Rippon Falls (Uganda)PHOTOGRAPHSSPEKE'S TABLET
"Speke discovered this source of the Nile on the 28th of July 1862" Speke's tablet, originally located near Rippon Falls, was photographed by Gordon Mumford in 1951. The tablet was moved when the Owen Falls Dam (completed in 1954) was being constructed and this area was flooded. |
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Rippon Falls,1951 |
 Fishing at Rippon Falls, 1951 |
 Nile Perch, caught at Rippon Falls, 1951 |
 Another view from Rippon Falls |
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| Two similar views
of Rippon Falls, Jinja, Uganda, before the construction of the Owen Falls
Dam. Photo on the left was taken by Gordon Mumford in 1951, while the view on the right is from the 1920s, and was supplied by Caroline Glithero from the photographs of her grandfather, Capt. Wm. Barton. |
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A family picnic at Rippon Falls, Jinja (Uganda) in the 1920s/1930s (Caroline Glithero). |
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View taken in 1920s/1930s, showing position of |
Boating near Rippon Falls, Jinja |
Photographs on this page are the property of Gordon Mumford
(from 1951) and of
Caroline Glithero, from the the collection of her grandfather, Captain
Wm. Barton (1920s/1930s)
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May 12, 2008
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