Photograph - PHOTOGRAPH, TAMARAN BRIDGE, British Air Force, C1943-1945

Historical information

Refer Cat no. 5445.2

Physical description

Photo shows flat, uninhibited land. A river (low tide) snakes through the photo. In the centre is a trestle bridge crossing the river. A bomb ( water and smoke) blast is rising from the side of bridge

Inscriptions & markings

Photograph rear in ink. “Tamaram bridge" being bombed. Bridge built by POWS. The span was never rebuilt. Trains stopping both sides and goods carried along foot of bridge, on a narrow bridge by POWs.

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