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Subiaco Museum > Records

PHOTOGRAPH: 'YORK STREET, COMMENCEMENT OF POWER UNDERGROUNDING '1985

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1985

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A coloured photograph of construction being done on the York Street footpath. There are piles of yellow sand on this path. Part of the sand is covered by a brown tarp. There is a metal gas can on one pile of sand. The area behind this can is sectioned off by orange tape that reads 'DANGER'. On the left side of the image, there is a white car parked along the side of the road. One of the car's back doors is open.
Reverse: A typed label reads 'YORK STREET, March 1985, Commencement of work to under-ground power mains between Townshend and Coghlan Roads.'.

Historical information

A photograph of York Street before power undergrounding.

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Registration number

cwa-org-43-2023.341.9

Item type

Material

Width

152 mm

Height or length

102 mm

Keywords

York Street, Subiaco

Year

Geotag

-31.946239, 115.829941

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