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Negative - Flinders Street Railway Yard, Melbourne, Victoria, Sep 1899
Reg. No: MM 8173
- Summary:
- View of Flinders Street railway yards from Flinders Street Station, looking west towards Spencer Street, and with Sandridge Bridge across the Yarra River on the left. Photograph by Thomas Beckett, 17 September 1899.
Part of a collection of glass plate negatives taken by Dr Thomas George Beckett, doctor, pioneering radiologist and amateur photographer between 1891 and 1910. The collection is primarily of Beckett's family, friends, homes, and towns and suburbs where Beckett and his family lived, including Charlton in central Victoria and Northcote & South Yarra, suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria. - Description Of Content:
- The railway lines, signals and signal boxes west of Flinders Street Station. The Yarra River and the Sandridge Bridge are on the left.
- Acquisition Information:
- Copied from T. Beckett, 1990
- Acknowledgement:
- The Biggest Family Album of Australia, Museum Victoria
| Discipline: | Technology |
More information
| Tagged with: | bridges, railway carriages, railway lines, railway signals, rivers, signal boxes |
| Themes this item is part of: | Images & Image Making Collection, Transport Collection, Dr Thomas George Beckett Collection, Dr Thomas George Beckett (1859-1937), The Biggest Family Album in Australia Collection |
| Primary Classification: | RAIL TRANSPORT |
| Secondary Classification: | Railway Infrastructure - Permanent Way |
| Tertiary Classification: | metropolitan |
| Organisations Depicted: | Flinders Street Railway Station; Yarra River |
| Format: | Negative: Black & White; 35 mm |
| Place & Date Depicted: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 17 Sep 1899 |
| Photographer: | Dr Thomas Beckett, Northcote, Victoria, Australia, 17 Sep 1899 |
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