Image showing general view of the excavation works for Drift Dam. There are a few men standing in the middle of the photograph. It is annotated "Works on right bank of river looking upstream 3-9-59"
Stamped on reverse "Richards Bros Penzance"
Image showing shuttering for concrete and ladders.
It is annotated "Excavation & Concrete left bank of river 3-9-59"
Stamped on reverse "Richards Bros Penzance"
The cannon bears a crest and the title Le Comte de Vermandois. There was a French nobleman of this name, son of King Louis XIV, who was given the title Admiral of France, who died in 1683.