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Opening of the Fulham and Moore Park Bridges [B 73627] • Photograph

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Summary

Photograph of the 'opening of the Fulham and Moor [sic] Park Bridges, Henley Beach Road, May 8th 1913'. The woman cutting the ribbon is Miss Sheriff (daughter of Mr H. Sherriff, Chairman of the District Council and master of ceremonies): ' ... Miss Sheriff cut the ribbon barrier which had been extended across the Torrens bridge ('The Register', Friday 9th May 1913, page 8). The 'Advertiser' (Friday 9 March 1913, page 12) also reported on the event: ' ... the Commissioner of Crown Lands (Hon. F. W. Young) on Thursday afternoon officially opened the two new bridges that had been built at Fullarton, one over the Torrens, where the old Fulham-bridge stood, and the other over the Breakout Creek, to replace the old Moore Farm-bridge, the West Torrens District Council made a gala day and residents from all along the road came to join in the celebrations. Members of the Tramways Trust went down in a special car. The Fulham-bridge, where the opening ceremony of both were performed, was gay with bunting, and a large marquee had been erected on the corner, wherein were spread many good things to help make the occasion memorable'. A copy of this photo appeared in 'The Chronicle', Saturday 17 May 1913, page 32.

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Physical description

1 photograph : black and white ; 15.8 x 39.2 cm, on mount 28.2 x 55.7 cm

Dates / Publication details

8 May 1913

Photographer

Marchant, G. L

Collection

Part of Fullarton Collection

Subject

Bridges -- South Australia -- Fulham
Fulham Bridge (Fulham, S.A.)
Moore Park Bridge (Fulham, S.A.)

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General notes

The photo is attributed to 'Marchant' in 'The Chronicle' and G.L. Marchant was the only Adelaide based photographer in 1913.

Digitisation information

Date

12/03/2014

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

6,586 x 3,043 pixels (20.0 MP)

Size

60.15 MB

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