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King William Street, Adelaide [B 14360] • Photograph

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Summary

[General description] King William Street, west side on June 29th, 1960. Roadworks are in progress in the centre of King William Street. The ornate building in the centre is the premises of one of Malcolm Reid's carpets and furniture stores. According to a researcher, this is the Kithers Building, opened in 1908. It was the first reinforced concrete building erected in Adelaide (and one of the first in Australia). It was built by the architect was Herbert Louis Jackman, structural engineer [Sir] John Monash and South Australian Reinforced Concrete Co. Earth from the basement excavation was used to build up the northern mound at the Adelaide Oval. This photograph would have been taken just before the balconies and other external features were removed and the facade covered by aluminium cladding.

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Physical description

Photograph; 14.1 cm x 8.0 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1960

Photographer

State Library of South Australia

Collection

Part of Acre 47 Collection

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Digitisation information

Date

22/03/2006

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

2,063 x 3,322 pixels (6.9 MP)

Size

20.59 MB

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