EU: View of Colombo from the Roadstead (1870)
1870 Colombo, Sri Lanka
Viewed from the roadstead in 1870, this photograph shows Colombo's waterfront as seen from ships anchored offshore, before the port's sheltered breakwater harbor was built.
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