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Photograph of Zungeru Bridge under construction [1904]

GB1752.UAC/1/11/9/6/34 | UAC Public Relations Department.UAC Public Relations Department: Photograph Albums.Corporate Relations. | A bridge is shown under construction at Zungeru, Nigeria. The bridge supports a railway line and constructed upon wooden pillars over a narrow river crossing, surrounded by rocky ground. There are several African workers standing on the bridge; it's completion has reached the far river bank [The bridge was erected by Lord Lugard in 1904].