Side view of Adelaide and Goodwood Motor and CGL (?) [picture]
- Bib ID:
- 2647728
- Format:
- Picture
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Description:
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- [between 1859 and 1898]
- 1 photograph : sepia toned ; image 19.5 x 24.0 cm., sheet 25.3 x 30.3 cm.
- Series:
- South Australian Railways.
- Notes:
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- Title devised by cataloguer based on information from acquisition file number 204/14/00163.
- Condition: good.
- Lettering on carriage "Adelaide and Goodwood". Lettering on engine "Merryweather & Sons Engineers, London". (Earliest private railway in South Australia).
- "Steam Motor Car. Engine: Weight of Engine in steam about 8 tons. Cylinders 6 1/2" x 10" strokes. Diam..t of 4. Coupled wheels 2'.2". Wheelbase 4'.6". Rail level to centre buffers 1'.9". Rail level top of chimney 16'.6". Boiler: Shell steel plates, steel fire box, brass tubes. Capacity of water tanks 100 gals. Built by Merryweather & Co. London for Exhibition, has worked 18 months. Car: has 2 compartments and will seat 70 passengers. Width of car 7'.0". Height from rail to top of car 14'.3". Weight of car about 6 tons. Gauge 5'.3"."--Inscription on reverse.
- Blind stamp: Printer's monogram on reverse "H.C. Mais C.E. - 60 Queen Street - Melbourne".
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-145876983
- Subject:
- Occupation:
- Locomotive engineers
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the South Australian Railways.
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Created/Published Date is Before 1955
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- Material type:
- Photograph
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1898
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