Summary
A view of several boilers which made up the heating plant for the Olympic Village at Heidelberg during the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games.
One of a set of 147 35mm Kodachrome tranparencie slides donated to the Museum in 1987. The images are all taken during the Olympic Games held in Melbourne in November and December, 1956.
Description of Content
Group of heating boilers.
Physical Description
35mm, positive Kodachrome film mounted in paper slide frame.
More Information
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
Leisure, Public Life & Institutions, Home & Community, Engineering
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Acquisition Information
Donation from D. G. Morris, 08 Apr 1987
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Place & Date of Event
Olympic Village, Heidelberg West, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1956
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Format
Slide, 35 mm, Colour
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Inscriptions
Printed in red ink on back of slide frame: 'KODACHROME/TRANSPARENCY/ PROCESSED BY KODAK Handwritten in blue ink on front of slide frame: '5 BOILERS CONSTITUTE/ HEATING PLANT FOR/ VILLAGE' Printed in black ink on front of slide frame: '6'
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Image Dimensions - Mount
50 mm (Width), 50 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Boiler Houses, Heaters, Olympic Games: Melbourne, 1956, Steam Boilers