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Concrete pipes on a truck at Kilkenny factory. [B 78559/13] • Photograph

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Summary

Stack of eleven concrete pipes on the tray of a truck at Kilkenny concrete factory. The tray has the words 'Butterfield Carrier Contractor Torrensville' painted on it. The truck is a Vulcan and there is a sign under the tray that has the writing TARE 250 18MPH painted. A man in a tie and three piece suit and hat sits smiling in the driver's seat.

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Physical description

Photograph (black and white print), 6.6 x 11.1 cm.

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1920-1940

Subject

Pipe, Concrete -- Design and construction -- South Australia -- Kilkenny
Trucks -- South Australia -- Kilkenny
Factories -- South Australia -- Kilkenny
Kilkenny (S.A.)

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General notes

Numbers 11 to 13 of 35 photographs relating to Peter Clarn and his work as a plasterer and modeler, showing various scenes of pipe-laying around Adelaide and examples of cement form work and brick work. Mr Clarn was an organiser for the Plasterers' Society.

Historical information

Peter Clarn was a plasterer and modeler and this collection of photographs relates to concrete work, primarily concrete pipes and decorative pillars, at a factory in Kilkenny and construction sites on streets around Adelaide. There are several concrete company names referred to in Kilkenny over the years including Concrete and Steel Ltd., Kilkenny Pipe Works, and The South Australian Reinforced Concrete Company. Clarn was an Organiser for the Plasterers' Society of South Australia. In 1926 Clarn made a maquette of Sir Ross Smith from plaster on wire mesh, as part of preparations for the Sir Ross Smith Memorial at Cresswell Gardens.

Digitisation information

Date

29/03/2022

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

5,558 x 3,383 pixels (18.8 MP)

Size

56.43 MB

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