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Railway Turntable

c. 1920
Subcollections
Government > Railways
Overview

A sepia photograph of a railway turntable, in the background are railway tracks and buildings. Further in the background on the left hand side of the photograph is a two storey building. There is a horse tied up to a fence, a wagon and windmill further in the background on the right of the photograph. The photograph is on a white mount which has a zig zag edge.

Historical information

The two storey building in the background would be Kobeelya.

Details

Details

Registration number
cwa-org-202-HSP1987.116
Item type
Photographs
Material
Pasteboard (Paper)
Photographic Paper
Width
19.2000 cm
Height or length
15.2000 cm
Inscriptions and markings

On the back of the p[photograph handwritten in black ink is "No 2 looking Northwest", underneath written in blue ink is "Turn Table at Katanning Railway Station", "Operated manually for reversing", "engines". Handwritten in pencil vertically is "Vernon Harris".

Year
c. 1920
Primary significance criteria
Historic significance
Last modified
Thursday, 13 August, 2026
Completeness
94
Rights category
Date of creation +70 years
Permissions

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Attribution requirements

Courtesy of Katanning Historical Society.

Katanning Historical Society

Katanning Historical Society

Railway Turntable
Railway Turntable
Back of photograph of Railway Turntable
Back of photograph of Railway Turntable

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