Building materials for Lock 6 |
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| Title : | Building materials for Lock 6 |
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| Source : | P.S. Murrabit discharging stone for Lock 6 | ||
| Date of creation : | 1928 | ||
| Format : | Photograph | ||
| Contributor : | State Library of South Australia | ||
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| Description : |
Stern and side view of 'P.S. Murrabit' discharging crushed granite for Lock 6, with mounds of gravel on the river bank and a derrick boat behind Lock 6 was at Murtho (Paringa) and was the last lock in South Australia before the river passed the border into new South Wales/Victoria. Lock 6 was completed in 1930. |
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| Coverage year : | 1928 |
| Place : | Murtho |
| Region : | Riverland and Murraylands |
| Further reading : | Linn, Rob Murray water is thicker than blood: the stories of the families who made the River Murray's locks and barrages Waikerie, S. Aust.: Historical Consultants for River Murray Locks & Barrages Reunion Committee, 2001 Johnston, E.N. Preliminary report of Captain E.N. Johnston, relative to the construction of locks and weirs on the River Murray, May 31st, 1912 Adelaide: Govt. Printer, 1913 |
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