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Message: <blockquote data-quote="punaruwan" data-source="post: 11040347" data-attributes="member: 174822">Rare Pictures of Colonial Ceylon. Various Modes of Transport.<img src="http://i.imgur.com/dUwjs.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />River Transport, Ceylon, Early 1900’sThis photo of old Sri Lanka demonstrates the Ceylonese use of coconut palms on the roofs of their water vessels.      Boats were often constructed out of large trees.      These would be hollowed out in the center.  The vessel would be kept from capsizing thanks to bent pieces of wood at each end and a long spare extending into the water.<img src="http://i.imgur.com/s7RO4.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Rickshaw Operators at Victoria Park, Colombo.Victoria Park in the middle of Colombo and was named in honour of Queen Victoria.    The fares for a rickshaw operators were calculated by time instead of distance.  In 1907, to hire first class rickshaw in Colombo would cost roughly 1 cent a minute,       with a discount to 50 cents for 60 minutes.   Rickshaws drawn by 2 operators were more expensive, as was hiring a rickshaw in the evenings.<img src="http://i.imgur.com/nJdAf.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Tea in Transit to Wharf.<img src="http://i.imgur.com/W5jSa.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Race Bull and Cart, Early 1900′s<img src="http://i.imgur.com/0vQus.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Catamaran, Native Fishing Boat. displayed in this popular image was planted by the British in<img src="http://i.imgur.com/cigNO.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />1905 A Double Bullock Cart. Bullock carts in Ceylon are known as bandies or Tamul wandi.       Bullock carts like the one shown here were normally used for carting coffee or rice.      These two-wheeled wagons were covered with plaited coconut leaves.       The bullocks would on average haul a fully laden cart 20 miles per day. <img src="http://i.imgur.com/jOByS.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Hamilton Canal in Negombo and Padda Boats, Early 1900’s<img src="http://i.imgur.com/leJxi.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Boat Bridge over Kalani River at Grand Pass 1880's<img src="http://i.imgur.com/99L8p.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Bullock Hackery.<img src="http://i.imgur.com/lOw1u.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Elephants Transporting a Boiler to Tea Factory.<img src="http://i.imgur.com/FqX7G.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Colombo - Kandy Mail Coach, c.1860 <img src="http://i.imgur.com/VfZeP.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Steam Engine at Matara Railway Station – 1895<img src="http://i.imgur.com/QLcgE.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Colombo Kandy Train - Crossing Bridge.<img src="http://i.imgur.com/mvZ1y.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Ballast Train, Colombo - Badulla Railway.<img src="http://i.imgur.com/BHMvT.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Tunnels on the Railway near Ohiya, Ceylon<img src="http://i.imgur.com/LzgHU.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Colombo to Kandy Railway Line<img src="http://i.imgur.com/ZE7tH.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Typical Road Scene on Galle Road, Ceylon 1880<img src="http://i.imgur.com/sZUZ1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />A Mountain Road to Haputale, Ceylon in 1894<img src="http://i.imgur.com/L3KLR.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Elephant at Work  One of many duties by elephant. Here the elephant is pulling a plane.</blockquote>

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