File:General Post Office - Madras.jpg
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English: The G.P.O. the site for the construction of the building was finally selected in 1873 and the construction work entrusted to Mr. R.F. Chosolm. Construction started in 1874. The magnificent, red-painted 55,000-square foot General Post Office building might be described as a Victorian County-Colonial or Victorian Gothic-Colonial overlay on Indo-Saracenic. This building, yet another Chisholm design with 125-foot tall twin towers, was built on the site of the Abercrombie Battery at a cost of about Rs. 8 lakh. |
| Date | Taken on 20 February 2011, 13:26:40 |
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| Author | Williamsatish25 |
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| current | 15:47, 11 January 2014 | | 2,592 × 3,872 (2.4 MB) | Andy king50 | rwm |
| 06:49, 26 September 2012 |  | 2,592 × 3,872 (4.32 MB) | Williamsatish25 | User created page with UploadWizard |
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