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Electrification of the Adelaide tramways [PRG 280/1/16/357] • Photograph

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Summary

Inauguration day for the start of the electrification of Adelaide tramways; crowds surround a steam-roller fixed with scarifiers waiting for instructions to begin tearing up the macadam road, a Union Jack flag flies from a flagpole in the foreground.

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Physical description

photograph; 11.5 x 14.5 cm

Dates / Publication details

1908

Photographer

Gabriel, Francis

Collection

Part of Searcy Collection

Subject

Street-railroads -- South Australia -- Adelaide
Crowds -- South Australia -- Adelaide
Traction-engines -- South Australia -- Adelaide
Adelaide (S.A.)

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General notes

Cutting from the Australasian newspaper, May 30 1908.

Digitisation information

Date

10/10/2001

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,115 x 2,462 pixels (7.7 MP)

Size

7.68 MB

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