Panorama of Newcastle from the Dyke, 1904 / photographed by Melvin Vaniman
Panorama of Newcastle from the Dyke, 1904 / photographed by Melvin Vaniman
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Date
1904
Call Numbers
XV1B/NEWC/1904/1
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Formats
Pictures and Photographs
Physical Description
Contents
Photographs - 39.3 x 118.1 cm. - 1 platinum photoprint
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Full title
Panorama of Newcastle from the Dyke, 1904 / photographed by Melvin Vaniman
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Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Caption from "A Different Perspective" exhibition. This view from above the Bullock Island railway shows colliers being loaded along Dyke wharf by hydraulic cranes. These were powered from the incongruous Italianate pumphouse on the left, which still stands in Carrington.
Across North Harbour is Stockton, with Nobbys Head in the distance. Newca...
Signature / Inscriptions
Photographers imprint at lower left 'Melvin Vaniman'
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by the Royal Australian Historical Society, October 1970
Pic.Acc.2039
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Call Numbers
XV1B/NEWC/1904/1
Record Identifier
9O4oM2An
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9O4oM2An
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457776
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