Album of photographs of the construction of the Captain Cook Graving Dock, Garden Island, Sydney, 19...
Album of photographs of the construction of the Captain Cook Graving Dock, Garden Island, Sydney, 1941-1945 / Sir Alexander Gibb & Partners
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
1941-1945
Call Numbers
PXE 1688
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Pictures and Photographs
Physical Description
Contents
3 albums (375 photographic prints) - 38 x 25 cm - gelatin silver
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Access Conditions
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Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Created before 1955.
Please acknowledge: : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales.
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
Albums include photographs including folding panoramas, of the construction of the Captain Cook Graving Dock, and views of Sydney and the harbour:
Album one contains views of the dock site and harbour foreshore and the early staging, excavation and construction work, July 1941 and July 1943, with captions and some photographs stamped 'Herber...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Album of photographs of the construction of the Captain Cook Graving Dock, Garden Island, Sydney, 1941-1945 / Sir Alexander Gibb & Partners
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Author / Artists
Notes
General note
Title page of first album contains 'Graving Dock Sydney, Progress Photographs, Book. No. 1, 8/7/41 to 3/7/43' in pen and ink and stamped 'Sir Alexander Gibbs & Partners, Queen Anne's Lodge, Westminister, London S.W.1'.
Title page of second album contains 'Rotherwick set No. 2' and third album contains 'Rotherwick set No. 3' in pencil.
Signature / Inscriptions
Some photographs stamped on verso 'Secret - not for publication'.
Conservation note
Minor wear and creasing on some prints and panoramas. Some photographs and captions are loose.
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from Hordern House, April 2016 [catalog no. 3]
Administrative / Biographical history
In May 1940, Prime Minister Menzies announced the building of the Captain Cook Graving Dock, which would involve the reclamation of 30 acres between Potts Point and Garden Island and the construction of a graving dock.
The Commonwealth Government appointed the British firm of Sir Alexander Gibb and Partners as consulting engineers for the d...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXE 1688
Record Identifier
1xqGMReY
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1xqGMReY
Other Identifiers
Reference code
1001662
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