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Signal Station [B 14069] • Photograph

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Summary

Signal Station, West Terrace, opposite Franklin Street, 7th May 1958 being demolished. Adelaide Observatory was built in 1860 and contained a domed equatorial room. Experimental wireless telegraphy equipment transmitted between Adelaide and Henley Beach in 1899. Richard Davis was appointed Signal Man on October 28, 1847.He died there in 1878 aged 69.

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Physical description

Photograph; 14.1 cm x 8.0 cm

Dates / Publication details

1958

Photographer

State Library of South Australia

Collections

Part of Adelaide Views Collection
Part of Signal Station Collection

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Digitisation information

Date

24/03/2006

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,485 x 1,924 pixels (6.7 MP)

Size

20.15 MB

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