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Title
Hydro-electric generator, Chogoria, Kenya, ca.1923
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1923
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Rights Information
For commercial reproduction please contact the National Library of Scotland by referring to http://www.nls.uk/copyright . For access to the originals please e-mail manuscripts@nls.uk
National Library of Scotland
National Library of Scotland, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1EW, Scotland, UK
The National Library of Scotland license the use of this content under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 UK: Scotland License.
manuscripts@nls.uk
Description
“The Power House with 20 h.p. Hydro-electric plant.” Close up of a General Swedish Electric Company (ASEA) generator. The workshop at Chogoria was run using the hydro-electric power generated from the waterfall on the Kamara River. The purchase and installation costs were covered by Ernest Carr. ❧ This image is from the first years of the Chogoria mission in Kenya, which was run by the Rev. Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974), from the collection entitled ‘Chogoria, 1922. The early days.”
Type
image
Format
Photographic prints, 10.4 x 7.5 cm.
Identifier
impa-a-nls-97122180-1.tif
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-82095
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/impa-a-nls-97122180-1.jpg
Subject
Generators
Hydroelectric power
Workshops (work spaces)
Time Period
circa 1923
Place
Africa
Chogoria
Eastern Province
Kenya
Source
Acc.12016/6 [Reference number]
NLS DOD ID: 97122178 [File]
Relation
Chogoria - The Early Days. The Start to October 1922
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs from Scottish Missions, the National Library of Scotland
image/tiff

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