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Riga Sugar Mill

Photographs from the Riga Sugar Mill by James Waite, 2004.

Date: 2004-12-29
Owner: Gallery Administrator
Size: 17 items
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The only steam loco at Riga, a Hudswell Clarke 0-8-0ST built in 1930, raises steam during the early morning. 2004-03-17.

Date: 2004-06-14
Owner: Gallery Administrator
Views: 672
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In the waiting yard... The Hudswell Clarke 0-8-0ST (works number 1644 of 1930) heads towards the sugar mill through the area where bullock carts with cane for crushing await their turn to enter the mill. 2004-03-17.

Date: 2004-06-14
Owner: Gallery Administrator
Views: 499
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The Hudswell Clarke 0-8-0ST runs over the level crossing outside Riga station. The cart on the left is loaded with sugar cane for the mill. 2004-03-17.

Date: 2004-03-16
Owner: Gallery Administrator
Views: 474
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The Hudswell Clarke 0-8-0ST (works number 1644 of 1930) heads towards the sugar mill through the area where bullock carts with cane for crushing await their turn to enter the mill. 2004-03-17.

Date: 2004-06-14
Owner: Gallery Administrator
Views: 426
anheizen_1.jpg

Lighting up in Riga - 1.

Date: 2005-05-05
Owner: Gallery Administrator
Views: 380
anheizen_2.jpg

Lighting up in Riga - 2.

Date: 2005-05-05
Owner: Gallery Administrator
Views: 354
bahnhofstreiben.jpg

The loco arrives at the station of Indian Railways where there is a large crowd.

Date: 2005-05-05
Owner: Gallery Administrator
Views: 537
level_crossing.jpg

The loco passes the level crossing at Riga.

Date: 2005-05-05
Owner: Gallery Administrator
Views: 430
locodriver.jpg

Loco driver's view out of the cab showing the waiting lanes for the ox carts.

Date: 2005-05-05
Owner: Gallery Administrator
Views: 450
on_the_way_1.jpg

The Great Race: ox carts on their way to the mill - 1.

Date: 2005-05-05
Owner: Gallery Administrator
Views: 345
on_the_way_2.jpg

The Great Race: ox carts on their way to the mill - 2.

Date: 2004-03-21
Owner: Gallery Administrator
Views: 318
oxcart_drivers_view.jpg

A cane farmer watches the loco's activities.

Date: 2005-05-05
Owner: Gallery Administrator
Views: 463
oxcart_from_loco_2.jpg

Passing the level crossing at Riga station.

Date: 2005-05-05
Owner: Gallery Administrator
Views: 382
rikshas_riga_stn.jpg

The locals pay attention to the small loco.

Date: 2005-05-05
Owner: Gallery Administrator
Views: 511
shiting_boy.jpg

More bystanders. A small boy stops to do his business while the loco approaches...

Date: 2005-05-05
Owner: Gallery Administrator
Views: 592
staff.jpg

The crew of the locomotive. Their future is uncertain.

Date: 2005-05-05
Owner: Gallery Administrator
Views: 521
tipong_wagenmeister.jpg

Builder's plate of the steam locomotive.

Date: 2005-05-05
Owner: Gallery Administrator
Views: 506
 
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