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908774
  • Title
    Album of railway photographs presented to R.Kendal [ie Kendall] from Angus & Co. contractors, 25 June 1892; Oreel Station, 1892?
  • Call number
    PXE 1200
    V/251
  • Level of description
    fonds
  • Date

    1892
  • Type of material
  • Reference code
    908774
  • Physical Description
    1 album (photographs)
    1 photograph
  • ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY

    Robert Kendall was Engineer-in-Chief of the Granville to Picton railway construction in 1892. He retired in 1922 as Engineer-in-Chief of NSW Railways.
    Reference source:
    Notes on ML file
  • Scope and Content
    Album (PXE/251):
    1. Unidentified male, possibly Robert Kendall
    2-5. Brick bridge, Granville to Picton [various numbered segments]
    6. Timber bridge, Granville to Picton
    7-8. Iron bridge, Granville to Picton
    9. Brick bridge, Granville to Picton
    10. Glen Lee bridge, Granville to Picton
    11. Glen Lee bridge showing alternation of grade, Granville to Picton
    12. Glen Lee bridge, Granville to Picton
    13. [16 portraits of Angus & Co. employees]
    14. [Group portrait of 26 men, probably Angus & Co. or railway employees]

    Mounted photograph (SV/251):
    Sheep at Oreel Station, 1892?
  • Description source

    Pic.Acc. Upgrade Project - Information transferred from Pic.Acc.5356 as part of the eRecords Project 2012-13
  • Variant title

    "R.Kendall, C.E." -- embossed on front cover
  • Signatures / Inscriptions

    "From Angus & Co. Contractors, 3 & 6 Lincolns Inn Chambers, Elizabeth Street, Sydney, June 25th 1892, with compliments [to] R.Kendal Esq. C.E. Head Office Sydney" -- p.1
  • Date note

    Mounted photograph undated. Date taken from album date
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