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Month: November 2009

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Railway tracks to Kandy, Ceylon c1890s

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Colombo Harbour Breakwater 1900-1910

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Lion’s Mouth Colombo Kandy Line

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View Across Kandy Lake, Ceylon

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Trams & Bullock carts on Chatham Street Junction

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Rest House at Trincomalie (Trincomalee), Ceylon 1911

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Ferry boat over Negombo lagoon, Ceylon c.1880?s

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Railway Bridge Over Bentota River, Galle in 1894

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A Bertius map of South India and Sri Lanka

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Kandy Central Market, Sri Lanka 1962

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A tollkeeper with his badge of office, Ceylon

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The Boer Cemetery near Bandarawela, Ceylon 1903

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