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Workmen at Murray Bridge [B 18557] • Photograph

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Summary

Men who built the 1st Murray Bridge - Mr. Rutland the Boss. A researcher 'believes the diver in this image to be James Putwain a very experienced commercial diver originally from Whitstable in Kent, UK. He had a long and very varied diving career in Australia. It was on this job at Murray Bridge that he suffered an accident when his air hose was severed'.

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Physical description

Photograph; 21 cm x 16 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1870

Collection

Part of Murray Bridge Collection

Subject

Construction workers -- South Australia -- Murray Bridge

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Digitisation information

Date

20/12/2006

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,126 x 2,346 pixels (7.3 MP)

Size

22.04 MB

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