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Development of locks on the Murray River (volume 1) [B 71135/105] • Photograph

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Summary

driving Larssen steel shaft piles along centre line of barrage as watertight cut off - piles 40 ft. long - piles part driven in with a no.2 Warrington hammer and then in stages with a 9.B.2 McKiernan-Terry hammer

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Physical description

Photograph album; 21.5 cm x 27.6 cm x 3 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1932-1938

Photographer

Beaney, Harold

Collection

Part of Album Collection

Subject

Barrages -- South Australia -- Murray River Estuary -- Design and construction
Goolwa Barrage

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Historical information

Harold Beaney (1909-2004) joined the Engineering and Water Supply (E&WS) Department as a young engineering graduate, rising to become engineering chief by the time of his retirement. During his career he oversaw the construction of the Goolwa barrage and the Morgan-Whyalla pipeline, among others. The albums reflect his interest in photography.

Digitisation information

Date

23/06/2009

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,673 x 2,338 pixels (8.6 MP)

Size

25.79 MB

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