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Shire of Toodyay > Records

BUILDING STANDARD GAUGE RAILWAY LINE, TOODYAY 1964

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1964

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Overview

Black & white photo of building of standard gauge rail line - group of men (workers) standing on bridge over road way during construction - locomotive pulling flat top rolling stock with equipment at the Harper Road underpass.

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Registration number

cwa-org-37-2001.1739

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Themes

Material

Photographic Paper

Width

90 mm

Height or length

127 mm

Contextual Information

As part of the works a new road, later named Anzac Terrace, was created running parallel to the rail line and linking to a new underpass to the town centre.

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-31.551455529508, 116.46233777026

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