Lost Footsteps
Lost Footsteps
The pagoda we rarely see: the elegant Signal Pagoda in 1855
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1855

The pagoda we rarely see: the elegant Signal Pagoda in 1855

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The pagoda we rarely see: the elegant Signal Pagoda is now inside the old War Office compound. This very early photograph was taken in November 1855 by Linnaeus Tripe, at a time when the pagoda acted as a "signal" for ships approaching Rangoon harbour.

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