Parel Road To Byculla Bridge Bombay, 1923 Photo
A 1923 photo of Parel Road to Byculla British in British era Bombay (Mumbai). The Byculla Bridge is possibly the old Hancock Bridge. The Hancock Bridge was first built in 1879. Named in honor of Colonel H. F. Hancock, the then President of the Bombay Municipal Corporation now the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai.
The Byculla Bridge was demolished and rebuilt in 1923, which may have been the period this photograph was taken. It was again demolished in 2016 making way for a new bridge and preserving some portions of the older structure. This is a series of two photos taken from Parel Road looking towards Byculla Bridge. Notice the motor car of the period and the tramway tracks in the middle of the road. At that time gas street light still seem to be in use in Bombay, just as seen here on the right.
Read more Hancock Bridge. See posts- Colaba And Earliest Motor Car – Old Photograph 1900., and Horse-Drawn Tram In Mumbai – Old Photograph 1900.
Did you know- Bombay was once a group of seven islands that became a single landmass after reclamation.
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