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Shire of Toodyay > Records

BUILDING STANDARD GAUGE RAILWAY, TOODYAY 1964

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1964

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Overview

Black & white photo of machine pulling long-bed rail trucks carrying materials for rail line construction for the Standard Gauge Railway Line.
Front machine seems to be extruding rails or lines of some sort.
Trucks have post retainers on each side.
Star picket fence in foreground.
Small sedan in centre left beside trucks.
Buildings and trees on the right. Cloudy sky.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-37-2001.1762

Item type

Material

Photographic Paper

Width

90 mm

Height or length

125 mm

Themes

Inscriptions and markings

Written on back; "Building Standard Gauge Railway 1964."

Year

1964

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Shire of Toodyay

Shire of Toodyay

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