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Prince Alfred Sailor's Home [B 10737] • Photograph

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Summary

Prince Alfred Sailor's Home, Port Adelaide is an imposing three storey building designed by architect Robert G Thomas. HRH Prince Alfred, the Duke of Edinburgh laid the foundation stone in 1869. It was built on intertidal ground and suffered severe subsidence with the foundation sinking 19 inches into the sediment. When the building was demolished several artifacts were discovered in the foundation stones which included bottles, coins copies of the newspapers of the time.

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Physical description

Photograph; 20.5 cm x 15.5 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1878

Creator

Sweet, Samuel White

Collection

Part of Port Adelaide Collection

Subject

Prince Alfred Sailors' Home (Port Adelaide, S.A.)
Port Adelaide (S.A.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.

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Digitisation information

Date

05/01/2006

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,558 x 2,707 pixels (9.6 MP)

Size

28.93 MB

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