More Views of The Victoria Terminus Bombay – 6 Old Postcards
More views of the Victoria Terminus in Bombay, now Mumbai from 6 old postcards. The postcards date from the 1910s to 1920s. See past posts with ten different views of – Victoria Terminus Bombay, 10 Postcard Views.
The Victoria Terminus or Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus is one of the most beautiful railway stations in the world. Once owned by the Great Indian Peninsula Railways it was nationalized and renamed Central Railway in 1951.
Designed by F W Stevens, that took ten years to complete. The Victoria Terminus was built where the Bori Bunder Station stood in 1887. Marking Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee in the same year. It was in Bori Bunder the first train journey took place in India in 1853. The station incorporated beautiful stone carvings, gargoyles, and busts.
Did you know – Queen Victoria’s statue was installed on the main façade of the building, in a canopy under the clock. But after 1947 the statue went missing and to date, there is no record as to how it disappeared.
Past posts – Raja Ravi Varma Commemorative Stamp Folder., Glimpse of British Women In India, Photo 1887., View Of Bombay Fort & Harbour – Old Print 1840., Theatre In British India Mumbai- Old Postcard 1895.
The images are of the actual items from my collection. And Not a photocopy, pirated, reproduced, stock photos, or taken from other sources.
