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Photographs of transportation in early Adelaide [B 71543/31] • Photograph

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Summary

Men and horses constructing railway lines

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Physical description

Electronic files (CD-ROM)
images
0.5 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1916

Collection

Part of General Collection

Subject

Transportation -- South Australia
Buses -- South Australia
Trams -- South Australia
Railroad trains -- South Australia
Ships -- South Australia

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General notes

The following information was provided by a researcher: In B 71543/15 and B 71543/24, there are three images that show locomotives on a dock or a ship. These images were taken in March 1926, when the heavy-lift vessel Beldis arrived at Ocean Steamer's Wharf at Port Adelaide. On board were 14 locomotives (and their tenders) built by Armstrong Whitworth in Newcastle, England. Not pictured here, but a second ship arrived the following month, carrying 16 locomotives. That ship did not carry a crane so it was docked outboard of the Beldis and the crane of the first-arriving ship was used to lift the vehicles from the outer ship to the dock (which must have been an impressive sight). To provide context, this was part of William Alfred Webb's plan to rehabilitate the South Australian Railways.

Digitisation information

Date

18/08/2004

Format

image/jpeg

Resolution

1,754 x 1,276 pixels (2.2 MP)

Size

365.47 K

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