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Great Western Tea Factory, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Great Western Tea Factory, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1920
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This evocative photograph captures the Great Western Tea Factory in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) during the early 1920s, a time when the British Empire held sway over the island nation's lucrative tea industry. The image showcases the impressive architecture of the factory buildings, with their red-tiled roofs and ornate lettering that proudly displays the name 'Great Western'. The factory was part of the vast network of plantations and processing facilities that made Ceylon a leading exporter of tea in the global market. In the foreground, a line of wooden carts filled with freshly plucked tea leaves wait to be transported to the factory for processing. The carts, pulled by oxen or horses, were a common sight in the tea plantation regions of Ceylon, where the labor-intensive process of tea cultivation and manufacture relied heavily on manual labor and traditional methods. The Great Western Tea Factory, like many others in Ceylon, was a symbol of the British colonial presence and the commercial success of the tea industry. The factory buildings housed the latest technology and machinery for tea processing, including rollers, cutters, and fermentation tanks, which transformed the raw tea leaves into the prized finished product. The factory's output was then shipped to markets around the world, contributing significantly to the economic prosperity of the British Empire. This photograph offers a glimpse into the past, transporting us back to a time when Ceylon's tea industry was at the height of its glory, and the Great Western Tea Factory was a testament to the power and reach of the British Empire.
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