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Dunn's Mill, Port Adelaide

Sweet, Samuel White, c. 1872, Photograph, B 10812

Dunn's Mill, Port Adelaide. This six storey steam flour mill was erected by John Dunn junior and was producing flour by 1866. It was burned down later that same year. Sabotage was suspected and the mill was rebuilt the following year and destoyed by fire again in 1887. Dunn eventually owned eleven steam mills. The mill in this photograph was situated between the Port Adelaide railway yard and Lipson Street.

Sail-Maker, Port Adelaide

c. 1886, Photograph, B 10880

Sail-maker's shop in Lipson Street, Port Adelaide. Jane Street is on the extreme left of the photograph. Left - right: David Deex; ? ;? ; Captain Jones; Captain Swiggs; Robert Linton. The photograph shows the premises of Henry Weman - sail maker and ship chandler. Situated in Jane Street the back of F Pinard's premises can be seen in the distance.

Robin & LeMessurier's Timber Yard, Port Adelaide

c. 1867, Photograph, B 17416

LeMessurier's Timberyard and steam saw Mill at Port Adelaide. It is believed the view is looking east from Commercial Road to Dunn's Mill in Lipson Street.

Bonded & Free Store's Offices

1900, Photograph, B 24286

Bonded and free store's offices, Lipson Street, Port Adelaide.

Fountain, Port Adelaide

1976, Photograph, B 32428

Drinking fountain at the corner of St. Vincent and Lipson Streets, Port Adelaide.

James R. McColl, coppersmith

c. 1912, Photograph, B 33711

James R. McColl's store, 99 Lipson Street, Port Adelaide. The business, which specialised in coppersmithing, house and ship plumbing, tinsmithing and gasfitting, was founded in 1861, while the shop building was erected in 1885.

Boiler Workshop

1902, Photograph, B 33923

Copper boilers being made at James R. McColl's shop, Lipson Street, Port Adelaide.

Boiler Workshop

1902, Photograph, B 33924

Copper boilers being made at James R. McColl's shop, Lipson Street, Port Adelaide.

Boiler Workshop

1902, Photograph, B 33925

Copper boilers being made at James R. McColl's shop, Lipson Street, Port Adelaide.

James R.McColl Workers

1903, Photograph, B 33926

James R, .McColl staff with 8 and a half inch copper bend piping made for Broken Hill South Mine at their workshop in Lipson Street, Port Adelaide.

James R.McColl Workers

1903, Photograph, B 33927

James R.McColl staff with a 6 inch bend made for the "Investigator" at their workshop in Lipson Street, Port Adelaide.

Foreshore at Port Elliot

c. 1920, Photograph, B 13535

The foreshore at Port Elliot. The area of Horseshoe Bay was proclaimed a port on August, 28, 1851 following Thomas Lipson's survey of the proposed anchorage. Granite outcrops, sandy beach rolling ocean and relics of the once busy port are apparent. This photograph shows day trippers enjoying the beach. Beach tents and cars line the foreshore. Children are paddling in the sea

Port Adelaide Blacksmith

Nicholas, R., 1973, Photograph, B 38272

Mr. Gilbert Young, last of Port Adelaide blacksmiths in Lipson Street, the shop is to be transferred to a museum complex at Alice Springs.

Bank of South Australia

c. 1880, Photograph, B 41790

The Bank of South Australia, Port Adelaide, on the north-east corner of Commercial Road and Divett Street. (See also B 2782.) It was built in 1859, by architect Edmund Wright and builder Charles Farr (vide Observer 12 March 1859, p3b). According to a researcher, this image depicts the Bank of South Australia on Commercial Rd, Port Adelaide not Lipson Street.

Willunga Rifle Regiment

c. 1886, Photograph, B 21612

Members of Willunga Rifle Regiment. Originally under the command of Capt. T.Atkinson it was later disbanded but re-formed during the Russian scare under the command of Capt. Noye, again disbanded until the Boer War when a cavalry troop was formed under Capt.Lipson.

George Hall

c. 1875, Photograph, B 6236

George Hall M.L.C acted as Harbour Master to Thomas Lipson from 1840-1841. He started a business salt-curing beef. Worked on a cattle property near Angaston, then set up a shipping business in Port Adelaide. He was a committee member of SA Railway Company, Chamber of Commerce, Burra Burra Mine. He was a founder of SA Gas Company. He was elected to the Legislative Council and owned the property of Woodside House. The photograph is copied from glass portrait donated by Miss Alice E Hall of Frome House, North Terrace.

John Stuart Sanders

Adelaide Photographic Co., c. 1870, Photograph, B 5677

Portrait of John Stuart Sanders.

Mr. Gilbert Wood

c. 1875, Photograph, B 15797

Mr. Gilbert Wood and his wife Mrs Ann Wood (nee Fraser) had four daughters and three sons and they lived at Seaton Cottage on Magill Road. Gilbert Williamson Wood (1828 - 1886) was born in the Shetland Islands and came to Australia as chief mate on the brig "Seaton". In 1876 he founded the company G Wood and Company with premises in Rundle Street, Adelaide and Lipson Street, Port Adelaide. He was a deacon of Clayton Congregational Church for seventeen years

Mrs. Gilbert Wood

c. 1900, Photograph, B 15795

Mrs. Gilbert Wood wearing a dark dress with a large lace collar. Ann Wood (nee Fraser) was born on Muckle Row, Shetland Islands in 1829 and died November 27, 1920. Her husband Gilbert Wood had four daughters and three sons and they lived at Seaton Cottage on Magill Road. Gilbert Williamson Wood (1828 - 1886) was also born in the Shetland Islands and came to Australia as chief mate on the brig "Seaton". In 1876 he founded the company G Wood and Company with premises in Rundle Street, Adelaide and Lipson Street, Port Adelaide. He was a deacon of Clayton Congregational Church for seventeen years

Mrs. Gilbert Wood

c. 1875, Photograph, B 15796

Mrs. Gilbert Wood wearing a dark dress with a large lace collar. Ann Wood (nee Fraser) was born on Muckle Row, Shetland Islands in 1829 and died November 27, 1920. Her husband Gilbert Wood had four daughters and three sons and they lived at Seaton Cottage on Magill Road. Gilbert Williamson Wood (1828 - 1886) was also born in the Shetland Islands and came to Australia as chief mate on the brig "Seaton". In 1876 he founded the company G Wood and Company with premises in Rundle Street, Adelaide and Lipson Street, Port Adelaide. He was a deacon of Clayton Congregational Church for seventeen years

Laying the foundation stone of St Stephen's Church, Willunga

1924, Photograph, B 55417/51

WILLUNGA: The Bishop of Adelaide, The Right Reverend A. Nutter Thomas, laying the foundation stone of the St. Stephen's Church of England, Parish Hall. From left: Charlie Lipson, Captain Malpas, Gilbert Hunt, Rev. Thrush and Rev. Nutter Thomas. November 20th 1924.