Not known
View of the Port of Baku, Late 19th Century, early 20th Century
Albumen print
254 mm x 194 mm
This photograph forms part of a group of images relating to Iran's first railway line which connected Tehran to the shrine of Abdul Aziz located in Rey. As such, it...
This photograph forms part of a group of images relating to Iran's first railway line which connected Tehran to the shrine of Abdul Aziz located in Rey. As such, it may reflect that equipment for the railway was transported from Belgium through the Port of Baku (where indeed a workshop was established), on its way to Tehran via the Port of Anzali in Northern Iran.