cover image: Working on building the Neyyar Dam

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Working on building the Neyyar Dam

1956

Young men and boys empty baskets of gravel and stones, and pound earth using wooden pestles while filling in the earthen embankments in the early days of building the Neyyar Dam. The workers live in houses on top of the 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-i0511
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/141fc7ac2157bf3b032497be09e8d818