Summary
Part of a collection of 34 black & white and colour photographs relating to the Spotswood Sewerage Pumping Station, in an album donated Mr Walter Arnold, a former Superintendent of the Pumping Station site.
Description of Content
Aerial view of Spotswood Pumping Station eastern frontage. Taken from the West Gate Bridge looking across Yarra River. Parts of Spotswood Industries and the western suburbs can be seen in the background.
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Mr Walter Arnold - Melbourne & Metropolitan Board of Works (MMBW), Mrs Elspeth Arnold, May 2002
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Acknowledgement
Copyright: M.M.B.W. (Melbourne Water), 1978
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Place & Date Depicted
Spotswood Pumping Station, Melbourne & Metropolitan Board of Works (MMBW), Spotswood Sewerage Pumping Station, Spotswood, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1978
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Format
Photograph, 5 in. x 7 in., Colour
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Inscriptions
Typescript caption in album: 'THE GOVERNOR. / TO REGULATE ENGINE SPEED TO 16 REVOLUTIONS / PER MINUTE MAXIMUM'
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Type of item
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Image Dimensions - Photograph
171 mm (Width), 126 mm (Height)
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References
[Article] Churchward, Matthew. 2001. The Spotswood Pumping Station, in Rasmussen, Carolyn. 2001. A Museum for the People: A History of Museum Victoria and its predecesors, 1854-2000. pp.349-352., 2001, pp.349-352 Pages
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Keywords
Cypress Trees, Electric Power Substations, Engine Houses, Factories, Pipelines, Pumping Stations, Railway Lines, Rivers, Sewerage Works, Spotswood Sewerage Pumping Station, Straining Houses, Valve Houses
