Finding aid for Alascheir railway, Asia Minor, constructed by Samuel Bayliss, CE, circa 1875 89.R.24
Beth Ann Guynn
Special Collections
2017
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Title: Alascheir railway, Asia minor, constructed by Samuel Bayliss, CE
Creator:
London Stereoscopic Company
Identifier/Call Number: 89.R.24
Physical Description:
1.5 Linear Feet
(30 photographs in 1 album)
Date: circa 1875
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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.
Language of Material: Collection material is in English.
Publication Rights
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
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.
Arrangement
Arranged in a single series: Series I. Alascheir railway, Asia minor, constructed by Samuel Bayliss, CE, 1875.
Digitized Materials
Digitized by the repository in 2017 and the images are available online: http://hdl.handle.net/10020/89r24.
Processing Information
The finding aid was written by Beth Ann Guynn and input by her and Linda Kleiger.
Related Archival Materials
The repository holds another album of the same title, that contains only 28 photographs and lacks an index. See the Pierre
de Gigord Collection of Photographs of the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Turkey, Special Collections accession no. 96.R.14,
box 44.
Scope and Content of Collection
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.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transferred from Photo Archive in 1989.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Photographs, Original
Albumen prints -- Turkey -- 19th century
Photograph albums -- Turkey -- 19th century
Railroads -- Turkey
Railroad bridges -- Turkey -- Design and construction
Sardis (Extinct city)
Turkey -- Antiquities
Turkey -- Description and travel
Alaşehir (Turkey) -- Description and travel
Alascheir railway, Asia minor, constructed by Samuel Bayliss, CE, Series I.
circa 1875
Alascheir railway, Asia minor, constructed by Samuel Bayliss, CE (Digitized version)
Arrangement
In original order.
Scope and Contents
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.
box 1, page Front paste-down
Front paste-down 89.R.24-fpe
Scope and Contents
Wet stamp on front paste-down: The / London / Stereoscopic / Company / 110 & 108 Regent Street / London.
box 1, page Front free endpaper
Index 89.R.24-ffe
Scope and Contents
Printed index of plates.
box 1, page 1 recto
General View of Casaba 89.R.24-1r
box 1, page 2 recto
Type of 30 Ft. Bridge, Outside Girders 89.R.24-2r
box 1, page 3 recto
General View of Achmetli Station, Type of 3rd Class Station 89.R.24-3r
box 1, page 4 recto
Passenger Station, Achmetli Station, Type of 3rd Class Station 89.R.24-4r
box 1, page 5 recto
Goods Shed, Achmetli Station, Type of 3rd Class Station 89.R24-5r
box 1, page 6 recto
Platelayers Hut, Achmetli Station, Type of 3rd Class Station 89.R.24-6r
box 1, page 7 recto
Achmetli Bridge, Type of Double 30 Ft. Under Girder Bridge 89.R.24-7r
box 1, page 8 recto
General View of Sardis 89.R.24-8r
box 1, page 9 recto
Ruins of Sardis 89.R.24-9r
box 1, page 10 recto
Hot Mineral Baths, Sardis 89.R.24-10r
box 1, page 11 recto
Quarrymen at Work, Sardis 89.R.24-11r
box 1, page 12 recto
Ruins of the Temple of Cybile, Sardis 89.R.24-12r
box 1, page 13 recto
Kourschid Pacha Halte, Tartan Tchiflik 89,R.24-13r
box 1, page 14 recto
General View of Salikli Station, Type of 2nd Class Station 89.R.24-14r
box 1, page 15 recto
Passenger Station, Salikli, Type of 2nd Class Station 89.R.24-15r
box 1, page 16 recto
Goods Shed, Salikli Station, Type of 2nd Class Station 89.R.24-16r
box 1, page 17 recto
Ancient Cemetery, Salikli 89.R.24-17r
box 1, page 18 recto
Type of 3. 30 Ft. Bridge, Outside Girders 89.R.24-18r
box 1, page 19 recto
View of Monavak-Cavé Station, Type of 4th Class Station 89.R.24-19r
box 1, page 20 recto
Goods Shed, Monavak-Cavé, Type of 4th Class Station 90.R.24-20r
box 1, page 21 recto
Type of Double 30 Ft. Bridge, Outside Girders 89.R.24-21r
box 1, page 22 recto
View of Mountains near Dere-Keui Station 89.R.24-22r
box 1, page 23 recto
Type of 3. 30 Ft. Bridge, Under Girders 89.R.24-23r
box 1, page 24 recto
View of Railway from the Heights of Alascheir 89.R.24.24r
box 1, page 25 recto
Engine House, Turntable, & Water Crane, Alascheir, Type of 2nd Class Station 89.R.24-25r
box 1, page 26 recto
General View of Alascheir 89.R.24-26r
box 1, page 27 recto
Tender Engine 89.R.24-27r
box 1, page 28 recto
Tank Engine 89.R.24-28r
Scope and Contents
Plaque affixed to engine reads: Chediz.
box 1, page 29 recto
Carriage Stock, 1st, 2nd, 3rd Carriages and Passenger Break Van 89.R.24-29r
box 1, page 30 recto
Wagon Stock, Covered Goods, Circular Ended, Cotton, and Low-sided Wagons 89.R.24-30r