How we lived
The railway, ferries and canoes, lorries, poda-podas and the roads between towns.
← Everyday lifeThe Cotton Tree, Bungalow Train 1910s
The Mountain Railway's 3.30 p.m. train waiting at Cotton Tree Station, photographed by Freetown's own Lisk-Carew Brothers studio.
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Kroo Town Road 1911
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Inside the railway museum 2011
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Locomotive No. 81, built in Leeds in 1947 2009
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Congo Bridge, Mountain Railway 1910s
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Pademba Road 1856
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BEATTY(1915) Fig14 A natural Bridge on the road to Gbangbama published 1915
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A bridge built in the local way, Taiama, 1930–31 1930
Original title: Bridge, landscape
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A road through the Kissi country, 1930–31 1930
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A bridge, Kissi country, 1930–31 1930
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The road into Blama, 1930–31 1930
Original title: Road, village
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People standing on the side of the road 1934–36
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Three men with two dogs standing on the side of the road 1934–36
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Women with children on the road 1934
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People standing on the road 1934
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Wide shot of Panguma late 1934, showing road running through with huts and trees either side 1934
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Photo taken picturing Panguma down the end of a road 1934–36
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A long road in Panguma village, structures visible on the left 1934–36
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Man and woman standing on the side of the road with fishing nets and wood 1934–36
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Woman on the road, returning from fishing and collecting fire wood, Panguma rainy season 1934 1934–36
Original title: SierraLeone Hofstra 368
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Panguma (Sierra Leone) with local lorry for Hangha, late 1934 1934
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Gross began an eight-week voyage on board 'Highland Monarch' in late November 1941. The ship sailed from Avonmoth to-Suez via Sierra Leone, 1941 (Second World War)
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German cargo ship MV Vogelsberg when unloading bags and general cargo in the port of Freetown - 1958 1958
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The village of Kakoya (Koya), Sierra Leone (West Africa) (2118689384) 1967
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Sierra Leone 1970 - train to Bo 11-07-1970
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KoiduStreet Unknown date (probably 1980s - the date on the photographs i
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KoiduStreet2 Unknown date (probably 1980s - the date on the photograph is
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A Canoe At The River Number 2 - Sierra Leone 2004
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Freetownstreet 2005
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Kenema-Kailahun Road 2005
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Sierra Leone Road originally uploaded on June 4th, 2005
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VW bus near farm shelter along road in northern Sierra Leone (West Africa) (851713453) Photographed 1967 or 1968
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Aberdeen Bridge form my Balcony - Freetown Oct 2010 - panoramio 2009
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On the Road form Freetown to Bo - Oct 2010 - panoramio 2009
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Sierra leone mounts , on the road to Bo . Oct 2010 - panoramio 2009
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Sunset over Aberdine Bridge - Dec 2010 Freetown - panoramio 2009
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Fishing boat in Port Loko river - Feb 2011 - panoramio 2010
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Aberdeen, Freetown, Sierra Leone - panoramio - Ghassan Mroue 2011
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Little Scaries or Kaba River Outamba Kilimi Park 2012
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Outamba Kilimi Park Canoe Trip 2012
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Rice fields on the road to Outamba-Kilimi in Sierra Leone 2012
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On the road to BO - panoramio 2013
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A village street, Panguma Photographed 1935
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Crossing a river by hanging bridge with a load on the head, Panguma Photographed 1935
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Hodroj Houssein (IMG 0046) 2015
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Hodroj Houssein-Murray Town (IMG 2172) 2015
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Pademba Road Prison, Sierra Leone - Mapillary (iFw0gAytXuvaYBmTKE2dvQ) 2016
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The Boat Man 2017
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Aberdeen beach road 2019
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Boat IMAGE 04 2019
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Boat Ride IMAGE 03 2019
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Female standing by the road 2019
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Boat Ride IMAGE 01 2020
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Boat Ride IMAGE 05 2020
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Po River Bridge 2020
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Sierra Leone, Guinea international road 2020
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Tonkolili 2021
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Hammock Bridge, Sierra Leone Lisk-Carew postcard, c. 1905–1920s
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Moa river bridge, Sierra Leone Lisk-Carew postcard, c. 1905–1920s
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A Bullom boat, one shilling 1956
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