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Great Southern Railway last spike ceremony

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1889

Overview

Ceremony for the driving of the last spike on the GSR

Photo type: black and white.

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Registration number

cwa-org-23-P02037

Themes

Transport > Railways

Width

180 mm

Height or length

130 mm

Year

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