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EU: Colombo (Sri Lanka). View over the harbor with Cleveland ocean-going vapor (2) (1913)

1913 Colombo, Sri Lanka

A view over Colombo harbor with the ocean liner Cleveland at anchor, photographed in 1913. Colombo was the principal port of British Ceylon and a regular stop on transoceanic shipping routes.

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