A defining change
It was built to replace Bori Bunder, the terminus of the Great Indian Peninsula Railway from 1853 to 1888 and was named Victoria Terminus to commemorate the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria.
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Move through the dated record of Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, separating what is documented, what is visible today and what still needs archival evidence.
It was built to replace Bori Bunder, the terminus of the Great Indian Peninsula Railway from 1853 to 1888 and was named Victoria Terminus to commemorate the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria.
Aha will show a draggable historical comparison here only when a sourced archival image and a sourced current view are available. Until then, the dated record stays textual and verifiable.
Maps reveal position. Satellite imagery reveals the present landscape. Historical imagery is labeled separately because coverage varies.
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Inspect evidence ↗mediaChatrapati Shivaji Terminus (Victoria Terminus Station).jpg · CC BY-SA 4.0
Inspect evidence ↗mediaChhatrapati shivaji terminus, esterno 01.jpg · CC BY 3.0
Inspect evidence ↗mediaChowpatti.jpg · CC BY-SA 2.0
Inspect evidence ↗mediaCotton bales lying at the Bombay Terminus of the Great Indian Peninsular Railway ready for shipment to England.jpg · Public domain
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