Bridge at Wadi built of pontoons and small mahailas. This was subsquently destroyed by a storm and was replaced by a bridge of large mahailas. River was low, probably taken beginning of March
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Accession Number
NAM.1983-12-72-41
Description
Photograph: Bridge at Wadi built of pontoons and small mahailas. This was subsquently destroyed by a storm and was replaced by a bridge of large mahailas. River was low, probably taken beginning of March. Shows the destruction of a pontoon bridge by a storm, 1916. Inscribed as title on reverse. From a collection of 265 photographs compiled by Maj W Leith-Ross, Indian Army Staff, 1915-1917. Associated with Wadi Camp, March 1916. Associated with World War One, Mesopotamia (1914-1918).
Campaigns
World War One, Mesopotamia (1914-1918)
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