Alascheir railway, Asia minor, constructed by Samuel Bayliss, CE, circa 1875

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Summary

Creators:

Abstract:

Alascheir Railway, Asia Minor, an album of 30 albumen prints by an unknown photographer, documents the completed extension of the Smyrna Cassaba railroad from Cassaba to Alascheir (Alaşehir), Turkey, which was constructed under the direction of Samuel Bayliss and completed in 1875.

Extent:

1.5 Linear Feet (30 photographs in 1 album)

Language:

Collection material is in English.

Preferred citation:

Alascheir railway, Asia minor, constructed by Samuel Bayliss, CE, circa 1875, The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, Accession no. 89.R.24.

http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa89r24

Background

Scope and content:

The album of 30 albumen prints by an unknown photographer documents the completed extension of the Smyrna Cassaba railroad from Cassaba to Alascheir (Alaşehir), Turkey, which was constructed under the direction of Samuel Bayliss and completed in 1875. Included are city views of Cassaba and Alascheir, station buildings, two types of bridge construction, locomotives, and railroad cars. Of particular interest are views of Sardis and the Temple of the Sibyl.

The album has brown full leather covers with gilt tooling and title on front cover. Plate titles are taken from the printed index at the beginning of the album. The plate numbers are penciled on the mounts below the lower right corners of the images.

Wet stamp on front paste down: The / London / Stereoscopic / Company / 110 & 108 Regent Street / London.

Biographical / historical:

The English company, Smyrna Cassaba Railway, built the railway of the same name in Turkey in the 1860s. In 1872 the Turkish government granted the company rights to extend the line to Alascheir, increasing the rails to 108 miles. The extension opened on 1 March 1875. The construction engineer, Samuel Bayliss (1821-1898), was a British civil engineer who oversaw the construction of railroads in Egypt and Brazil prior to his work in Turkey.

Acquisition information:

Transferred from Photo Archive in 1989.

Processing information:

The finding aid was written by Beth Ann Guynn and input by her and Linda Kleiger.

Arrangement:

Arranged in a single series: Series I. Alascheir railway, Asia minor, constructed by Samuel Bayliss, CE, 1875.

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