Object:

Powerhouse - reinforcing floor

Title / object name  Powerhouse - reinforcing floor
Maker  Date  
Adkin, Leslie  01.05.1923  
Medium Summary  black and white gelatin glass negative
Materials  sheet glass, silver, photographic plates
Format  half plate (1/2)
Classification  black-and-white negatives, gelatin dry plate negatives
Technique  black and white photography
Registration Number  B.022973
Credit Line
Gift of G. L. Adkin family estate, 1964

Adkin's description from album GH004327:- Figure 162 A further stage in the erection of the Hydro-electric Powerhouse at Mangaore - men fxing in position the intricate steel-bar reinforcing for the "Transformer" room 1.5.23.

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