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Signal Station, Semaphore [B 2408] • Photograph

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Summary

Signal Station, Semaphore. The Pilot is seated at the end of the wall & Signalman William Uden is leaning on the post. In the enclosure is the old wooden room in which the pilots on night duty slept. The two storey house was owned by Richard Jagoe, the shipping reporter. The Time Ball tower on the extreme left was completed by December 1874. The time service commenced on 2nd August, 1875. See research note 545. This view was reproduced in the 'Observer', 27th December, 1924, also on the 21st May, 1904 (wrongly dated 1860s).

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Physical description

Repro. of photograph; 20.0 cm x 15.7 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1877

Photographer

Sweet, Samuel White

Collection

Part of Semaphore Collection

Subject

Uden, William J., 1834-1918
Signals and signaling -- South Australia -- Semaphore

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Digitisation information

Date

04/04/2005

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,063 x 2,396 pixels (7.3 MP)

Size

7.36 MB

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