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Title
Providing water to the mission, Chogoria, Kenya, ca.1924
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1924
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
“Missionary work is full of variation. Our water supply gave out & here we are with 200 workmen digging a dam and trench from an adjoining stream.” Exterior view of workers digging a trench. The Chogoria mission generated power from a small waterfall on the Kamara River but, during the dry season, the flow was insufficient and additional water was fed into the Kamara, from the South Mara River, through a trench and dam. ❧ Image from the collection of Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) showing the early years of the Chogoria mission, established near Mt Kenya in 1922 and run by Dr Irvine, ministering to the Chuka and Mwimbi peoples.
Type
image
Format
Photographic prints, 10.5 x 8.2 cm.
Identifier
impa-a-nls-97124718-1.tif
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-80563
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/impa-a-nls-97124718-1.jpg
Subject
Water supply
Hydroelectric power
Industries
Workers
Time Period
circa 1924
Place
Africa
Chogoria
Eastern Province
Kenya
Source
Acc.12016/7 [Reference number]
NLS DOD ID: 97124716 [File]
Relation
Chogoria Early Days, 1922-1930
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs from Scottish Missions, the National Library of Scotland
image/tiff

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