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Shire of Toodyay > Records

TELEPHONE POLE BROKEN AMONGST DEBRIS

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1935

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Natural Disasters

Overview

Black and white photo of a power pole with insulators at the top. Leaning to the right rather severley is a large build up of debris around the base. There is very little in the foreground just flat ground, rather desolate. A rail line appears to be in the background and in the far background there are trees and a hill/mountain

Historical information

Writing on reverse of photo reads: "Telephone base broken off at base and taken opposite side of the road/Lloyds Crossing. Near Toodyay."

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Registration number

cwa-org-37-2007.20

Item type

Material

Width

86 mm

Height or length

142 mm

Themes

Inscriptions and markings

Telephone base broken off at base and taken opposite side of the road/Lloyds/near Toodyay on reverse

Year

1935

Shire of Toodyay

Shire of Toodyay

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