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412106
  • Title
    Series 139: Power from Tallawarra
  • Call number
    PXE 731/764-778
  • Level of description
    series
  • Date

    between 1958 and 1961
  • Type of material
  • Reference code
    412106
  • Physical Description
    15 photographic prints - silver gelatin - 20 x 26 cm or smaller
  • Scope and Content
    764. Tallawarra Power Station on the shore of Lake Illawarra. The photograph shows the main power station building, part of the switchyard, and 132,000 volt transmission lines and steel tower
    765. Section of 132KV switchyard Tallawarra Power Station, 22 April 1960
    766. Tallawarra provides jobs for hundreds of construction workers who own cars, Tallawarra Power Station with car park in foreground, 19 November 1959
    767. Tallawarra Power Station, 1 September 1961
    768. View of C.W. (cooling water) canal outlet Tallawarra Power Station, 22 April 1960
    769. Coal loaded trucks leaving Huntley Colliery for Tallawarra Power Station, 7 July 1958
    770. From the hopper, the coal is carried on conveyor belts into Tallawarra Power Station. These belts lift the coal about 90 feet above ground, and pass it through two transfer houses before emptying it into the coal bunker
    771. General view of C.W. (cooling water) pumps at Tallawarra Power Station, 22 April 1960
    772. Generators at Tallawarra Power Station, 1 September 1961
    773. Interior, Tallawarra Power Station showing first section of four 30MW units
    774. 30,000KW generating units at Tallawarra, 1 May 1957
    775. View through stator at Tallawarra Power Station, 19 November 1959
    776. Plant Control Room, Tallawarra Power Station
    777. General view of Boiler Control Room, 22 April 1960
    778. Section of electrical control panel, Tallawarra Power Station, 22 April 1960
  • Copying Conditions
    In copyright:
    Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy copyright holder
  • Description source

    Titled from accompanying envelope.
  • Signatures / Inscriptions

    'Electricity Commission of NSW' stamped on reverse of most images. Cardboard caption 'Inside view of a stator' and diagram of a stator and rotor affixed to front of image at PXE 731/775.
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