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Photographs of roads, bridges, equipment, vehicles and floods [B 72583/1-44] • Photograph

Photographs of roads, bridges, equipment, vehicles and floods

c. 1875-1974, Photograph, B 72583/31

Tray top truck with kangaroo emblem on side at the Adelaide Cement Company at Port Adelaide (same as B 28718)

Photographs of roads, bridges, equipment, vehicles and floods — Photographs of roads, bridges, equipment, vehicles and floods

c. 1875-1974, Photograph, B 72583/31

Tray top truck with kangaroo emblem on side at the Adelaide Cement Company at Port Adelaide (same as B 28718)

Photographs of roads, bridges, equipment, vehicles and floods

c. 1875-1974, Photograph, B 72583/32

Bullock team hauling grain

Photographs of roads, bridges, equipment, vehicles and floods — Photographs of roads, bridges, equipment, vehicles and floods

c. 1875-1974, Photograph, B 72583/32

Bullock team hauling grain

Photographs of roads, bridges, equipment, vehicles and floods

c. 1875-1974, Photograph, B 72583/33

Bullock team hauling grain

Photographs of roads, bridges, equipment, vehicles and floods — Photographs of roads, bridges, equipment, vehicles and floods

c. 1875-1974, Photograph, B 72583/33

Bullock team hauling grain

Photographs of roads, bridges, equipment, vehicles and floods

c. 1875-1974, Photograph, B 72583/34

A modified Ferret Scout car with South Australian registration plate

Photographs of roads, bridges, equipment, vehicles and floods — Photographs of roads, bridges, equipment, vehicles and floods

c. 1875-1974, Photograph, B 72583/34

A modified Ferret Scout car with South Australian registration plate

Photographs of roads, bridges, equipment, vehicles and floods

c. 1875-1974, Photograph, B 72583/35

Toll House, Mount Barker Road (same as B 10809)

Photographs of roads, bridges, equipment, vehicles and floods — Photographs of roads, bridges, equipment, vehicles and floods

c. 1875-1974, Photograph, B 72583/35

Toll House, Mount Barker Road (same as B 10809)

Photographs of roads, bridges, equipment, vehicles and floods

c. 1875-1974, Photograph, B 72583/36

Water tanks at a water point 17 miles south of Bordertown, c.1958

Photographs of roads, bridges, equipment, vehicles and floods — Photographs of roads, bridges, equipment, vehicles and floods

c. 1875-1974, Photograph, B 72583/36

Water tanks at a water point 17 miles south of Bordertown, c.1958

Photographs of roads, bridges, equipment, vehicles and floods

c. 1875-1974, Photograph, B 72583/37

First ferry landing, Mannum

Photographs of roads, bridges, equipment, vehicles and floods — Photographs of roads, bridges, equipment, vehicles and floods

c. 1875-1974, Photograph, B 72583/37

First ferry landing, Mannum

Photographs of roads, bridges, equipment, vehicles and floods

c. 1875-1974, Photograph, B 72583/38

PS Queen paddle steamer at Lyrup in the early 1920s

Photographs of roads, bridges, equipment, vehicles and floods — Photographs of roads, bridges, equipment, vehicles and floods

c. 1875-1974, Photograph, B 72583/38

PS Queen paddle steamer at Lyrup in the early 1920s

Photographs of roads, bridges, equipment, vehicles and floods

c. 1875-1974, Photograph, B 72583/39

Murray River ferry (or punt)

Photographs of roads, bridges, equipment, vehicles and floods — Photographs of roads, bridges, equipment, vehicles and floods

c. 1875-1974, Photograph, B 72583/39

Murray River ferry (or punt)

Photographs of roads, bridges, equipment, vehicles and floods

c. 1875-1974, Photograph, B 72583/40

Murray River ferry (or punt)

Photographs of roads, bridges, equipment, vehicles and floods — Photographs of roads, bridges, equipment, vehicles and floods

c. 1875-1974, Photograph, B 72583/40

Murray River ferry (or punt)

Photographs of roads, bridges, equipment, vehicles and floods

c. 1875-1974, Photograph, B 72583/41

Sandbagged flooded street in Mannum, Commercial Bank on left, Hotel on right, 1956

Photographs of roads, bridges, equipment, vehicles and floods — Photographs of roads, bridges, equipment, vehicles and floods

c. 1875-1974, Photograph, B 72583/41

Sandbagged flooded street in Mannum, Commercial Bank on left, Hotel on right, 1956

Photographs of roads, bridges, equipment, vehicles and floods

c. 1875-1974, Photograph, B 72583/42

Paringa road and rail bridge during the 1956 Murray River flood

Photographs of roads, bridges, equipment, vehicles and floods — Photographs of roads, bridges, equipment, vehicles and floods

c. 1875-1974, Photograph, B 72583/42

Paringa road and rail bridge during the 1956 Murray River flood

Photographs of roads, bridges, equipment, vehicles and floods

c. 1875-1974, Photograph, B 72583/43

Kingston Bridge, River Murray, 1974 flood

Photographs of roads, bridges, equipment, vehicles and floods — Photographs of roads, bridges, equipment, vehicles and floods

c. 1875-1974, Photograph, B 72583/43

Kingston Bridge, River Murray, 1974 flood

Photographs of roads, bridges, equipment, vehicles and floods

c. 1875-1974, Photograph, B 72583/44

Cover of a Christmas card with a drawing depicting a vehicle composed of drink related items including West End beer bottle cap wheels.

Photographs of roads, bridges, equipment, vehicles and floods — Photographs of roads, bridges, equipment, vehicles and floods

c. 1875-1974, Photograph, B 72583/44

Cover of a Christmas card with a drawing depicting a vehicle composed of drink related items including West End beer bottle cap wheels.

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Summary

Collection of photographs showing bridges, roads, vehicles, road construction equipment, punts, River Murray flood scenes and a cover from a South Australian themed Christmas card.

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Physical description

Photograph (B&W print); various sizes

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1875-1974

Collection

Part of Album Collection

Subject

Bridges -- South Australia
Road machinery -- South Australia -- Glanville
Floods -- South Australia -- Mannum
Christmas cards -- South Australia
Roads -- South Australia

Catalogue record

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Formatted content

B 72583/1: Construction crew on the first Murray Bridge (same as B 17389/59)
B 72583/2: First Murray Bridge road and train bridge (same as B 6549)
B 72583/3: Opening of Willochra Bridge in 1909 (same as B 62401)
B 72583/4: Opening of bridge over Torrens at Stephen Terrace, Walkerville in 1903
B 72583/5: Opening of bridge over Torrens at Stephen Terrace, Walkerville in 1903
B 72583/6: Bridge on Gorge Road
B 72583/7: Construction team, Gorge Road
B 72583/8: Pile driving for Goolwa Ferry Landing, 13 October 1920
B 72583/9: Port Wakefield road bridge over railway at Dry Creek
B 72583/10: Demolishing bridge over Port River
B 72583/11: Demolishing bridge over Port River
B 72583/12: Demolishing bridge over Port River
B 72583/13: Blanchetown Bridge under construction, 1963
B 72583/14: Troop train, Terowie Station, c.1943
B 72583/15: Bitumen spraying, Glanville (same as B 29105)
B 72583/16: Bituminous stabilisation, Coorong, c.1953
B 72583/17: Road construction, Port Road
B 72583/18: Road construction, Port Road
B 72583/19: Laying bituminous concrete on road, 1923
B 72583/20: Steam tar sprayer, 1924
B 72583/21: Steam traction engine, Highways Department Thebarton depot
B 72583/22: Steam roller and group of men, possibly from the Highways Department
B 72583/23: M.T.T. rail scrubber car
B 72583/24: Mechanism that opened and closed the original Jervois Bridge at Port Adelaide. It was a swing bridge. It was officially opened in 1879 and was closed to traffic in 1969 and subsequently demolished
B 72583/25: Electric trolley bus on Port Road at Hindmarsh with cycle track to the right of photographs
B 72583/26: Electric trolley bus on Port Road at Hindmarsh with cycle track to the right of photographs
B 72583/27: Port Road and Adam Street intersection, Nathan Brewery (now Southwark) on the left
B 72583/28: South Road and Port Road intersection (formerly Taylors and Government Roads), c.1950s
B 72583/29: Old equipment in the Thebarton Local Government yard, 1917
B 72583/30: Bullock team hauling logs, Magill Road
B 72583/31: Tray top truck with kangaroo emblem on side at the Adelaide Cement Company at Port Adelaide (same as B 28718)
B 72583/32: Bullock team hauling grain
B 72583/33: Bullock team hauling grain
B 72583/34: A modified Ferret Scout car with South Australian registration plate
B 72583/35: Toll House, Mount Barker Road (same as B 10809)
B 72583/36: Water tanks at a water point 17 miles south of Bordertown, c.1958
B 72583/37: First ferry landing, Mannum
B 72583/38: PS Queen paddle steamer at Lyrup in the early 1920s
B 72583/39: Murray River ferry (or punt)
B 72583/40: Murray River ferry (or punt)
B 72583/41: Sandbagged flooded street in Mannum, Commercial Bank on left, Hotel on right, 1956
B 72583/42: Paringa road and rail bridge during the 1956 Murray River flood
B 72583/43: Kingston Bridge, River Murray, 1974 flood
B 72583/44: Cover of a Christmas card with a drawing depicting a vehicle composed of drink related items including West End beer bottle cap wheels.

General notes

Numbers 19 and 29 have Highways Department stamps on them and a statement that the photographs may be published provided acknowledgement is made.

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