Travel to Peninsular India: Mumbai / Bombay: The VT and Taj Mahal Hotel: Photo 13 Across the street are the Bombay Municipal Buildings, also designed by Stevens, and completed in 1893. The statue on the gable boasts: Urbs prima in Indis. The Mughal dome, by the way, is not just decorative: it holds water tanks that were installed not only to extinguish fire but also to counterbalance the building's hydraulic elevators. View: tiny * small * medium * big * biggest Photo Size Back to Peninsular India: Mumbai / Bombay: The VT and Taj Mahal Hotel chapter Short link for this page: http://www.greatmirror.com?justpic=1983

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