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Enlarging the main reservoir on Wittunga farm [B 70984/22] • Photograph

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A view of the earthworks undertaken in 1920 to enlarge the big reservoir. Keith Ashby drove horses pulling scoops (not shown) to move the soil, deepening the reservoir and building the retaining wall.

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Physical description

Photograph (B&W print); 8 cm x 13 cm

Dates / Publication details

1920

Collection

Part of Ashby Family Collection

Catalogue record

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General notes

An image from a collection of photographs and slides used to illustrate talks given by Enid Robertson: an address entitled 'Wittunga Garden - From a Family Point of View' given to the Historical Society of South Australia, 1996; and a second address entitled 'The Ashby Family' given to the Coromandel Valley National Trust, 2006. The individual images can be viewed by doing a number search on B 70984; this image relates to talk on 5 July 1996 (OH 363) by Enid L. Robertson.

Digitisation information

Date

08/12/2008

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,774 x 2,328 pixels (8.8 MP)

Size

26.39 MB

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