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Unloading water at Karcultaby [B 28038] • Photograph

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Summary

Unloading water on the West Coast for Flying Gang, from a galvanised tank to tanks of railway rolling stock. The term 'Flying Gang' was used by the South Australian Railways to describe track maintenance gangs based in remote areas, and it was common for these gangs in the water scarece areas of Eyre Peninsula to be supplied with water by train. (Information supplied by Peter Knife.).

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Physical description

Photograph; 14 cm x 9.2 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1924

Collection

Part of Karcultaby Collection

Subject

Railroad trains -- South Australia -- Karcultaby

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Digitisation information

Date

12/09/2007

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,430 x 2,073 pixels (7.1 MP)

Size

21.36 MB

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