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Construction workers laying pipe along North Terrace [B 78559/2] • Photograph

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Summary

Construction workers and machinery working on laying reinforced concrete pipes for the stormwater drains along North Terrace in Adelaide ("New Industry For Port Lincoln" West Coast Recorder,6 September 1928). The photo was taken looking towards the Adelaide hills, with the Masonic Temple and AH Pretty Signwriters buildings on the right and two trams travelling along the road.

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Physical description

1 photograph : sepia ; 15.5 x 20.3 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1928

Subject

North Terrace (Adelaide, S.A.) -- Buildings
Freemasonry -- South Australia -- Adelaide
Drainage -- South Australia -- Adelaide
Roads -- South Australia -- Adelaide -- Design and construction
Building sites -- South Australia -- Adelaide
North Terrace (Adelaide, S.A.)

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General notes

Number 2 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

4,920 x 3,827 pixels (18.8 MP)

Size

56.51 MB

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