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Railway Yard, Peterborough [B 12114] • Photograph

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Summary

Railway coaling yard, Peterborough. The railway arrived in Petersburg (later Peterborough) in 1881 when the line from Jamestown opened. Carriage of ore from Broken Hill to the smelters at Port Pirie was the major contributor to the rail traffic through Peterborough with 70 trains a day passing through the town in 1898. Over the next fifteen years the line was recognised as the busiest single track railway in the world (1911-1914 especially so)

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Physical description

Photograph; 16.6 cm x 10.6 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1907

Photographer

Angus, W. J

Collection

Part of Peterborough Collection

Subject

Railroads -- South Australia -- Peterborough -- Yards

Catalogue record

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Digitisation information

Date

13/02/2006

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,339 x 2,173 pixels (7.3 MP)

Size

21.80 MB

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