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King William Street [B 8026] • Photograph

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Summary

Telegraph Office, Operators room. Adelaide Telegraph Office was co-located with the Adelaide General Post Office. It was opened in 1872 and received the first message along the Overland Telegraph Line on 22nd October, 1872. In the photograph there appear to be at least ten operators at their desks.

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Physical description

Photograph; 22.9 cm x 17.6 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1872

Collection

Part of Acre 237 Collection

Subject

Telegraph -- South Australia -- Adelaide -- Employees

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Digitisation information

Date

03/11/2005

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,464 x 2,658 pixels (9.2 MP)

Size

27.66 MB

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