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Subiaco Museum > Records

PHOTOGRAPH: 'UNDERGROUND POWER UPGRADING, ROKEBY ROAD' 1989

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1989

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Overview

A coloured photograph of Rokeby Road. In the centre of the image, yellow signs which read 'DETOUR' and 'ROAD CLOSED' block off the road. There is also a smaller sign which reads 'BUS' with an arrow pointing left. On the right side of the image there is a yellow tractor. A man in an orange jacket is sitting in the tractor. To the right of this tractor there are storefronts, including one with a white sign which reads 'SABRE' in green lettering. Two more yellow tractors can be seen in the background of the image.
Reverse: There is a label on the reverse that reads 'Underground Power, Rokeby Road, Hamersley Road to Heytesbury Road, 29 & 30/7/89'

Historical information

Photograph of works undertaken by the City on the upgrade of Rokeby Road.

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Registration number

cwa-org-43-2023.198.7

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Material

Width

152 mm

Height or length

102 mm

Keywords

Rokeby Road, Subiaco

Heytesbury Road

Year

Geotag

-31.953651, 115.823929

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