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| Keywords: Public Gardens, Rangoon.jpg en Photograph of the Cantonment Gardens in Rangoon Yangon Burma Myanmar taken by J Jackson in about 1868 part of the Dunlop Smith Collection Sir Charles Aitchison Album of Views in India and Burma The Cantonment Gardens were situated immediately to the south-west of the Shwe Dagon Pagoda within the military cantonment They were planned in 1854-56 by William Scott of the Calcutta Botanic Gardens and laid out by the city's Public Works Department This was a popular view of the gardens With a summerhouse to the left and a rustic wooden bridge to the right it is centred on the spire of the Shwe Dagon on the skyline and its reflection in the lake A gilded bell-shaped stupa the pagoda can be glimpsed from all over Rangoon due to its elevated position on Singuttara Hill http //www bl uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/photocoll/p/019pho0000355s1u00167000 html Jackson J 1868 Public domain PD-old Yangon Shwedagon pagoda Rangoon in the 19th century Reflections in lakes Water reflections of structures Country known JotaCartas Water reflections | ||||
