cover image: Dirt pounders help build Neyyar Dam

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Dirt pounders help build Neyyar Dam

1956

A photographer is surrounded by group of men and boys working on the Neyyar Dam. They carry traditional pestles used in rice pounding that were used to help compact the early earthen embankments.
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Authors

Halpern, Joel Martin

Collection
Joel M. Halpern Papers
Format
Photographs Slides (photographs)
Pages
1 slide ; 5 x 5 cm.
Place Discussed
India Kerala, India
Provider
Digital Commonwealth
Published in
India
Reference
Local other: mufs001-ii-i0509
Rights
Contact host institution for more information. All rights for this image are held by Joel M. Halpern. Requests to publish, redistribute, or replicate this material should be addressed to Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries.
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/5b294cc145e9176b26cdd41054e57e62