milsonspoint

24 photos tagged milsonspoint, from 5 members of Flickr Commons.

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1880

2014

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Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection 12 photos
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons 5 photos
Royal Australian Historical Society 3 photos
State Library of New South Wales 2 photos
Powerhouse Museum 2 photos

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Sydney Harbour Bridge from Royal Australian Historical Society uploaded April 2017
Milsons Point from Royal Australian Historical Society uploaded April 2017
Circular Quay, from Milsons Point from State Library of New South Wales uploaded July 2014
'Old Milson's Point' RAHS/Osborne Collection from Royal Australian Historical Society uploaded April 2014
Dawes Point, Sydney N.S.W from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded May 2013
SS ACHILLES departing Sydney from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded May 2013
Lavender Bay and McMahons Point with tramsheds in the foreground from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded April 2013
Passenger liner KÖNIGIN LUISE acting as a flagship for the Anniversary Day Regatta on Sydney Harbour from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded December 2012
Sydney Harbour Bridge from Milsons Point, February 1932 from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons uploaded July 2012
Sydney Harbour Bridge from Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection uploaded May 2012
First Passenger Train to Cross Bridge from Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection uploaded May 2012
Overhead-wiring erection train at Milsons Point Station from Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection uploaded February 2012
Milsons Point Station, 1932 from Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection uploaded June 2011
Milson's Point from Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection uploaded March 2010
Bennelong Point, Circular Quay and Dawes Point, 1904 from State Library of New South Wales uploaded June 2009

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Sydney Harbour Bridge

from Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection

2 older comments, and then…
beachcomber australia said:
Comparison with the previous photo is Quite Interesting. This photo shows the extra parapets built at the top of the pylons during WW2 - "In 1942, the pylons were modified to include parapets and anti-aircraft guns designed to assist in both Australia’s defence and general war effort. The top level of stonework was never removed." - from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Harbour_Bridge#Pylons First Passenger Train 19/03/1932 Donations to the "Fund for Restoring Sydney Harbour Bridge to Its Original Intended Shape" can be made to my PayPal account!
pellethepoet said:
beachcomber australia Gun emplacements on The Coathanger ... you learn something every day. [PS. As soon as your fund is granted tax deductibility, I'll pay my two cents worth :) ]
Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection said:
Well spotted to both beachcomber australia beachcomberaustralia and to David Bromage over on the Archives Outside blog. And in record time too. We thought these photos might have kept you guessing for a little while. For further information see our War and Australia webpage where we have posted material concerning the use of the Bridge pylons by the military and the raising of Lewis machine guns to two of the pylons. www.records.nsw.gov.au/state-archives/research-topics/war... Jenny
Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection said:
beachcomber australia Beachcomberaustralia, you may be interested to read the comments of J Laws, a Main Roads engineer, written in October 1944 on the question of the removal of the walls.
Source: NRS 9771 [10/27345] File 42m457
beachcomber australia said:
Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection Thanks, that's a terrific letter. "On the other hand the public is not observant."! I'll take it as a "No" from Mr J. Laws (Engineer) for contributions to the FFRSHBTIOIS ! Oh well ...

First Passenger Train to Cross Bridge

from Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection

Elitist207 said:
These 'red rattler' trains were still in use, well into the 70s (even 80s?)
Mich said:
Last single deck trains retired in about 1993. But the last ones in use were the last batch made, made around 1958 with the automatic doors.

Milson's Point

from Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection

18 older comments, and then…
Pier Damiano Cimatti said:
Bellissima!!!!!!!!!!
beachcomber australia said:
Presumably "later than 1886" is due to the cable tram being there. it looks to me as if the railway station on the right (old Milsons Point station opened 1893) is not there - otherwise the photographer would have proudly included it in the picture. So perhaps before 1893? Certainly before 1895 as the Colonial Secretary's Office has no dome. I feel sorry for that tree - it needed re-potting!
beachcomber australia said:
Same subject from the left in 1900 - www.flickr.com/photos/powerhouse_museum/3022875713/ Including the tree - good to see it survived another five years at least!
beachcomber australia said:
Wait up! Someone DID re-pot that tree before 1900 - see the PhM photo at full zoomit - from.ph/28138 - the 'pot' is much wider. Unless it is oval shaped . . . .?
beachcomber australia said:
Alas! The poor tree did not survive till c.1905 - www.flickr.com/photos/powerhouse_museum/2448050898/