In Bangkok Indian Engineers construct a ferry to convey railway locomotives to the east bank of the Chao Phraya river.

View of a railway bridge with set of points. Ferry under construction with (the Memorial Bridge?) bridge behind. Other angles of the ferry. View of the bridge; long pan to ferry with local sampan in front. An Indian sapper welding. More welding. Winch gear, part of the ferry's mooring equipment.

Notes

Unit is identified on the dopesheet as 220 Port Construction Company, Royal Indian Engineers.

Although Thailand had not been a belligerent during the war, it had been Japanese-occupied and its transport network heavily bombed during the war in order to hamper Japanese logistics. With the end of the war a widespread food shortage hastened the rehabilitation of Thai infrastructure, as Thailand had accumulated a surplus of rice during the war.

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