The Ceylon Plates

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Old photographs of Kadugannawa

The dramatic railway incline climbing from the lowlands towards Kandy, home of the overhanging Sensation Rock.

TCP-T97Engine climbing around the cliff on the Kandy lineKadugannawa Incline, Colombo-Kandy line · Date unknownTCP-T78Overhanging rock on hillsideKadugannawa Incline, Colombo-Kandy line (probable) · c. 1870–1900TCP-T111Locomotive under overhanging rock (Sensation Rock)Kadugannawa Incline, Colombo-Kandy line · c. 1880–1905TCP-T90Line along a rock face with telegraphKadugannawa Incline, Colombo-Kandy line (probable) · c. 1870–1900TCP-T92Track curving around the cliff toward KandyKadugannawa Incline, Colombo-Kandy line · Date unknownTCP-T96Carriage on the cut ledge, Kadugannawa inclineKadugannawa Incline, Colombo-Kandy line · Date unknownTCP-T91Sensation Rock, where the line runs along a cliff edgeKadugannawa Incline, Colombo-Kandy line · Date unknownTCP-T103Tunnel mouth being cut on the Colombo–Kandy lineColombo-Kandy railway line · c. 1860TCP-T79Sensation Rock with Bible Rock on the skylineKadugannawa Incline, Colombo-Kandy line · c. 1870–1900TCP-T99Locomotive on ledge (Sensation Rock)Kadugannawa Incline, Colombo-Kandy line · c. 1880–1905TCP-T89Train on a rock ledge, Kadugannawa inclineKadugannawa Incline, Colombo-Kandy line · Date unknownTCP-T94Overhanging rock (Sensation Rock) on lineKadugannawa Incline, Colombo-Kandy line · c. 1870–1900TCP-T100Railway wagon under overhanging rockKadugannawa Incline, Colombo-Kandy line (probable) · c. 1880–1905TCP-T76Overhanging rock on railwayKadugannawa Incline, Colombo-Kandy line (probable) · c. 1870–1900TCP-T77Rock tunnel on hillsideKadugannawa Incline, Colombo-Kandy line (probable) · c. 1870–1900TCP-T80Track on a ledge above a plunging valleyKadugannawa Incline, Colombo-Kandy line (probable) · c. 1870–1900TCP-T95Train on ledge beside a rock face (Sensation Rock)Kadugannawa Incline, Colombo-Kandy line · c. 1880–1905TCP-T93Track passing beneath the overhang called the Lion's MouthKadugannawa Incline, Colombo-Kandy line · Date unknownTCP-T98Locomotive on ledge beside a rock face (Sensation Rock)Kadugannawa Incline, Colombo-Kandy line · c. 1880–1905

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