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Smelting chimney, Wallaroo [PRG 1218/34/715A] • Photograph

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Summary

View of a chimney at the smelters in Wallaroo, jetty is in the background. Known as 'Hughes Chimney Stack' the chimney was erected in 1861 and named after Sir Walter Watson Hughes, upon whose Moonta pastoral lease copper was discovered. Hughes was also co-founder of the University of Adelaide.

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Physical description

Negative (B&W); 120 mm

Dates / Publication details

1937

Photographer

Mountford, Charles P

Collections

Part of Mountford-Sheard collection
Part of Wallaroo Collection

Subject

Smelting -- South Australia -- Wallaroo
Wallaroo (S.A.)

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Digitisation information

Date

20/08/2010

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

4,846 x 4,984 pixels (24.2 MP)

Size

72.49 MB

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