sukkur barrage museum
Sights/museum
Sukkur Barrage Museum and its new photo gallery allows visitors to experience a guided tour through the history of the step-by-step-construction of the Barrage. Among small models, a big and beautiful model of Sukkur Barrage is illuminated with spotlights. Some samples of the construction material, including stone, crush stone, Portland cement, gravel and others are kept in a box covered with glass, while models of its arches, gates and piers are displayed for viewing.
The construction of the barrage started in 1923 with the approval of the then governor of Bombay Sir George Ambrose Lloyd after whom this barrage was named The Lloyd Barrage. Sir Arnold Albert Musto was the architect and engineer of the Sukkur Barrage.
The museum was established long after the barrage. Recently, new life was breathed into the museum through renovations by painting the models in matte finish and installing spotlights. The photo gallery, however, is a new addition and contains pictures of Sir George Ambrose Lloyd and Sir Arnold Albert Musto and a guide to the step-by-step construction of the barrage and its off-taking canals.
Besides this, the machinery and equipment used for the construction of Sukkur barrage and later for its upkeep and maintenance have also been displayed outside the museum, which include a heavy duty crane, a boat, a small road roller and a lathe machine for cutting and designing nuts and bolts. The crane is used to pull and hang the roller train attached with the gates to replace the damaged rollers. The crane was deployed at Sukkur Barrage till 1986, after which it was replaced by a heavy crane. The small road roller was used in the construction of roads around Sukkur Barrage and the streets of Barrage Colony, but now it is not used any more.
The construction of the barrage started in 1923 with the approval of the then governor of Bombay Sir George Ambrose Lloyd after whom this barrage was named The Lloyd Barrage. Sir Arnold Albert Musto was the architect and engineer of the Sukkur Barrage.
The museum was established long after the barrage. Recently, new life was breathed into the museum through renovations by painting the models in matte finish and installing spotlights. The photo gallery, however, is a new addition and contains pictures of Sir George Ambrose Lloyd and Sir Arnold Albert Musto and a guide to the step-by-step construction of the barrage and its off-taking canals.
Besides this, the machinery and equipment used for the construction of Sukkur barrage and later for its upkeep and maintenance have also been displayed outside the museum, which include a heavy duty crane, a boat, a small road roller and a lathe machine for cutting and designing nuts and bolts. The crane is used to pull and hang the roller train attached with the gates to replace the damaged rollers. The crane was deployed at Sukkur Barrage till 1986, after which it was replaced by a heavy crane. The small road roller was used in the construction of roads around Sukkur Barrage and the streets of Barrage Colony, but now it is not used any more.
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