File:Trans-Australian Railway -- track-laying rig, ca 1916 (SLSA B 30824).jpg
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DescriptionTrans-Australian Railway -- track-laying rig, ca 1916 (SLSA B 30824).jpg |
English: A track-laying rig in operation during construction of the Trans-Australian Railway; one of two purchased from Roberts Bros, Chicago USA. The machines brought forward sleepers and rail to the point where fettlers laid the track. They achieved as much as 2.5 miles (4.0 kilometres) in a day and 442.5 mi (712.1 km) in a year -- records at the time. |
Date | 1913–1917 |
Source | State Library of South Australia: https://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/ (followed by photo number shown in filename) |
Author | Unknown authorUnknown author |
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