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Engine [PRG 631/2/157] • Photograph

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Summary

This is a photograph of an exhibition of various pieces of (probably steam driven) machinery. The large engine in the foreground has a placard in front of it which reads as follows; 'This old beam engine is one of the first six engines of its type built by the celebrated Watts / It was brought out to South Australia by the late Mr. John Ridley and put under steam by him / It was the first engine under steam and the first to grind meal in South Australia / It is the oldest engine now under steam in the world / Presented for preservation to the South Australian Chamber of Manufactures inc. by Mr. Thomas Magarey' [On back of photograph] 'Engine used by John Ridley in his flour mill at Hindmarsh in 1840'. According to a researcher, this photo was taken at the S.A. Chamber of Manufactures 'Century Exhibition of Arts and Industries', held 15 March to 16 April 1900. (see Express & Telegraph, 15 March 1900, p. 2) The engine was also exhibited at their 1905 'South Australian Exhibition of Arts, Products and Industries', but by then Henderson & Co, Confectioners, exhibiting to the right of the engine, were no longer trading. Some of the statements on the sign in the photo are false. See LJ Jones, 'The beam-engine of Ridley's "Hindmarsh Mill": the fate of an historic artefact', South Australiana vol 19 no 1, March 1980.

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Physical description

Photograph; 24.9 cm x 18.8 cm

Dates / Publication details

1900

Photographer

Gall, Ernest

Collection

Part of General Collection

Subject

Ridley, John, 1806-1887
Engines -- South Australia

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Digitisation information

Date

14/11/2017

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

30,621 x 24,420 pixels (747.8 MP)

Size

747.79 MB

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