Earthquake damage to bridge, Japan 1876-1895

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Location	unknown
Town	Japan
Technique/ material	Photograph (magic lantern slide)
Original size (mm)	85 x 85
Artist/maker	unknown
Date	1876 to 1895
Description	A coloured lantern slide of damage to a bridge in Japan resulting from an earthquake. It is possibly the Nagara river railway bridge which was damaged in the 1891 earthquake. This is one of a collection of lantern slides which belonged to Professor John Milne (1850-1913).
Ref number	NETCC:2008.273
Credit	© Carisbrooke Castle Museum