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The 'Captain Sturt' river steamer, Goolwa [B 9965] • Photograph

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Summary

River steamer the 'Captain Sturt' at the slip.

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Physical description

Photograph; 9.0 cm x 13.4 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1915

Collection

Part of Goolwa Collection

Subject

Captain Sturt (Paddle steamer)
Paddle steamers -- South Australia -- Goolwa

Catalogue record

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General notes

Negative (glass) made from photograph.

Historical information

"The sternwheeler, the PS Captain Sturt, made of plate iron, was especially brought in from America in pre-fabricated form. The hull was re-assembled and the engine installed at Mannum before being towed to Blanchetown where the superstructure including decks and cabins were completed. In 1916, the PS Captain Sturt with its 28 feet diameter stern wheel, was commissioned as the main workhorse, usually pushing three barges heavily laden with granite and other materials ahead of it." Source Helen Stagg, 2015, "Harnessing the River Murray: stories of the people who built Locks 1 to 9, 1915-1935". She was refitted as a houseboat in 1946 and moored at Goolwa, but by 1997 she had fallen into such a state of disrepair that her upper decks were removed and her hull filled with cement to become the centre of Goolwa's Captain Sturt Marina, where her paddle wheel is still visible.

Digitisation information

Date

30/11/2005

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,458 x 2,217 pixels (7.7 MP)

Size

7.69 MB

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