Object: Powerhouse construction site
Title / object name  Powerhouse construction site
Maker  Date  
Adkin, Leslie  24.08.1923  
Medium Summary  black and white gelatin glass negative
Materials  sheet glass, silver, photographic plates, photographic gelatin
Format  half plate (1/2)
Classification  black-and-white negatives, gelatin dry plate negatives
Technique  black and white photography
Registration Number  B.022997
Credit Line
Gift of G. L. Adkin family estate, 1964

Adkin's desciption from album GH004327 : Figure 181 The Hydro-Electric Powerhouse built up to the level of the "travelling-crane floor". The elevator mast with "skip" and shute discharging concrete is seen on right. Pipe line under construction in background on left 24.8.23.

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