Index 178, batch 29 [PRG 1409/23] • Photograph
Canoe tree
South Australian Museum staff look on as scaffolding is erected around an eleven metre long gum tree at Mannum on 15th March 1967.
Canoe tree
South Australian Museum staff look on as scaffolding is erected around an eleven metre long gum tree at Mannum on 15 March 1967.
Canoe tree
South Australian Museum staff look on as scaffolding is erected around an eleven metre long gum tree at Mannum on 15 March 1967.
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South Australian Museum staff look on as a mobile crane lowers a beam onto an eleven metre long gum tree at Mannum on 15 March 1967.
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South Australian Museum staff look on as a mobile crane lowers a beam onto an eleven metre long gum tree at Mannum on 15 March 1967. Two other staff are recording the event on film.
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The operator of a mobile crane lowers a beam onto an eleven metre long gum tree at Mannum on 15 March 1967. A man secures a rope at the base of the tree.
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A man perching on scaffolding at the top of the canoe tree attempts to secure the beam, which is dangling from the crane, to the tree with the help of a pulley.
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A man stands on tree trunk that has been sawn flat while holding on to the scaffolding. He appears to be attempting to secure a rope to the canoe tree.
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A man looks down from his perch on scaffolding around the canoe tree.
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A man shovels dirt away from the base of the canoe tree as two other men examine the base of the tree.
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A man shovels dirt away from the base of the canoe tree as two other men examine the base of the tree.
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Museum staff shovel dirt away from the base of the canoe tree as two other men examine the base of the tree.
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A man shovels dirt away from the base of the canoe tree as other museum staff examine the tree.
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A man shovels dirt away from the base of the canoe tree as other museum staff examine the tree.
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A man operates a chain saw at the base of the canoe tree.
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A man operates a chain saw at the base of the canoe tree.
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A man operates a chain saw at the base of the canoe tree.
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A man operates a chain saw at the base of the canoe tree as another man watches from a safe distance.
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A man operates a chain saw at the base of the canoe tree as another man observes his progress.
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A man operates a chain saw at the base of the canoe tree as another man observes his progress.
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A man sits in the dirt while operating a chain saw at the base of the canoe tree.
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A man sits in the dirt while operating a chain saw at the base of the canoe tree.
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'Great care had to be taken to ensure that the dead and brittle tree was not damaged during removal and transport to the Museum. A prefabricated, padded cradle was erected around the tree to enable it to be lowered to the ground by a mobile crane.' [Robert Edwards in article entitled 'A Unique Tree from Mannum, S.A.' in the Friends of the South Australian Museum Newsletter (no. 4, June 1967).
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Photograph of the prefabricated, padded cradle which was erected around the tree to enable it to be lowered to the ground by a mobile crane.
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Museum staff watch on as a man at the top of the canoe tree prepares for the tree to be lowered to the ground by a mobile crane.
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Museum staff watch on as the canoe tree is lowered to the ground by a mobile crane.
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Museum staff watch on as the canoe tree is lowered to the ground by a mobile crane.
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Museum staff watch on as a man facilitates the lowering of the canoe tree to the ground by a mobile crane.
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Museum staff prepare to remove ropes and wires from the canoe tree that has been lowered to the ground.
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Museum staff remove ropes and wires from the canoe tree that has been lowered to the ground.