Series 137: Warragamba Dam

PXE 731/697-711

series

between 1946 and 1959

Graphic Materials, Photographs

412092

15 photographic prints - silver gelatin - 21 x 26 cm or smaller

Scenes of male workers involved with various aspects of preparing the chosen site for the dam and the construction of the dam itself. Aerial and ground shots of the dam on completion and the supporting infrastructure nearby.

697. Trucks and other earth-moving machinery on the site
698. 2 male workers inspect charges laid for rock blasting
699. 2 male workers drilling
700. Installation of radial gates
701. Concrete pouring
702. Engineers inspect a floodgate
703. Crossing the Warragamba Gorge Suspension Bridge
704. Transformer adjacent to dam wall
706-707. Aerial shots of the dam and surrounds including work areas, offices and Warragamba township housing
705. Worker inspects gauges in plantroom
708. Dam wall showing 4 radial gates and centre drum gate, with transformer and Warragamba Gorge Suspension Bridge in the foreground
709. Dam wall and adjacent transformer
710. Dam wall with close up of the drum gate and a radial gate on left hand side and spillway
711. Dam wall showing floodgates and spillway

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Titled from accompanying envelope.

Reference source: Warragamba Dam / Red Morgan. Wallacia, N.S.W.: Red Morgan, 1999.