Photographs of built structures along Murray River (NSW section) [PRG 1258/3] • Photograph
Khancoban Station
Khancoban Station, Swampy Plain River, Upper Murray, with view of homestead, outbuildings, the plain rising to thickly wooded hills.
Site for Hume Reservoir before major construction started
Site for Hume Reservoir, with men working on an excavation site on the river bank, and a wide view of the river in high water, tree trunks inundated.
Hume Reservoir in the early stages of construction
Hume Reservoir in early stages of construction, with excavation works over a large area, and men working with horses and carts, temporary rail lines laid down, and a trench excavator smoking heavily at back.
First concrete poured for construction of Hume Reservoir
First concrete poured during construction of Hume Reservoir, the excavation site spread over a vast area.
Early stages of Hume Reservoir construction
Early stages of the construction of Hume Reservoir, with buildings and sheds on the site and along the hilltop overlooking the excavation works, a thick cloud of black smoke pouring from a high chimney in centre.
1936 flood waters passing through the Hume Weir valves
1936 flood waters passing through the Hume Weir valves.
Needle valve open at Hume Weir with torrential flow
One of the needle valves open at Hume Weir, with a man standing beside the torrential flow.
Hume Dam wall with water pouring through the open valves
View of the Hume Dam wall, showing water pouring through open valves, with two people silhouetted in the white water, taken January 1950.
View overlooking the completed Hume Reservoir
View overlooking the completed Hume Reservoir.
Eildon Dam under construction
Eildon dam under construction showing extensive excavation work.
Steel tunnel 23 feet in diameter being constructed
Steel tunnel 23 feet in diameter being constructed as part of the Eildon dam construction, showing men working inside the tunnel with a crane lowering a section.
Eildon Township
View of the Eildon township consisting of 300 houses for workers on the Eildon Dam, built in the 1950s.
Pressure tunnel under construction at Tumut 2
Tumut 2, underground pressure tunnel being constructed, through rock.
Eucumbene Snowy Tunnel under construction
Eucumbene Snowy tunnel under construction, a tractor advancing in the muddy tunnel past scaffolding.
Murray 1 power station with pipelines in background
Murray 1 power station showing pipe lines cut in to the hillside in the background.
Tumut pond dam
View of the Tumut Pond Dam wall, in the Snowy Mountains, an 86 metre high arch dam built of concrete.
Seven mile drilling camp with main Snowy Mountain Range behind
Seven mile drilling camp with rows of tents on left, transportable buildings on right, and the Snowy Mountain Range behind.
The much discussed Cotter dam
The much discussed Cotter Dam, a concrete gravity dam in the Brindabella Mountains, west of Canberra.