Oji River Power Station run by the Electricity Corp. of Nigeria, 25 miles west of Enugu, Nigeria
Object Details
- Local Numbers
- Q 2 NIG 172.1 EE 59
- General
- Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.
- Local Note
- 58482 1 01
- Frame value is 13.
- Slide No. Q 2 NIG 172.1 EE 59
- Photographer
- Elisofon, Eliot
- Collection Photographer
- Elisofon, Eliot
- Place
- Africa
- Nigeria
- Topic
- Industries
- Photographer
- Elisofon, Eliot
- See more items in
- Eliot Elisofon Field collection
- Eliot Elisofon Field collection / Nigeria
- Extent
- 1 Slides (photographs) (col.)
- Date
- 1959
- Archival Repository
- Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
- Identifier
- EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EECL 13353
- Type
- Archival materials
- Slides (photographs)
- Color slides
- Collection Citation
- Eliot Elisofon Field Collection, EEPA 1973-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution
- Collection Rights
- Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
- Genre/Form
- Color slides
- Scope and Contents
- Original title reads, "Workers on structural steel, working on addition to big Oji River Power Station, which has a present generating capacity of 10,000 kilowatts. Addition will be completed by midyear 1960. Big structure of yellow steel will be turbine house and will house generators. The Oji river station serves Onitsha, Nkalagu and Enugu." [Elisofon field notes, August 1959-December 1959]
- This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was on assignment for Life magazine and traveled to Africa from August 18, 1959 to December 20, 1959.
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
- Record ID
- ebl-1536870822481-1536871015837-0
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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