Summary
View of Flinders Street railway yards from Flinders Street Station, looking west towards Spencer Street, and with Sandridge Bridge across the Yarra River on the left. Photograph by Thomas Beckett, 17 September 1899.
Part of a collection of glass plate negatives taken by Dr Thomas George Beckett, doctor, pioneering radiologist and amateur photographer between 1891 and 1910. The collection is primarily of Beckett's family, friends, homes, and towns and suburbs where Beckett and his family lived, including Charlton in central Victoria and Northcote & South Yarra, suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria.
Description of Content
General view of Flinders Street railway yard looking in westerly direction showing trains, signal box and the Sandridge rail bridge over the Yarra River.
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Mrs Joan Hadden, by Sep 1990
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Place & Date Depicted
Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 17 Sep 1899
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Photographer
Dr Thomas George Beckett, 180 High Street, Northcote, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 17 Sep 1899
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Format
Glass Negative, Black & White
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Classification
Rail transport, Railway infrastructure - permanent way, Metropolitan
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Category
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Discipline
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Type of item
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Keywords
Bridges, Railway Lines, Railway Rollingstock, Railway Signals, Rivers, Signal Boxes
