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South end Circular Quay Sydney N.S.W.

from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

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  • Andy Brill said:
    Here is the second Customs House extension (post 1896) c1900 from State Records NSW:
  • beachcomber australia said:
    [http://www.flickr.com/photos/51979177@N02] Ha ha thanks! Yes, this photo shows the 1887 extension work to the Customs House (James Barnet, architect, modifying the original two-storey building by Mortimer Lewis). See - Andy Brill They extended again twelve or so years later!
  • beachcomber australia said:
    The earlier two-storey Customs House - acms.sl.nsw.gov.au//item/itemDetailPaged.aspx?itemID=220378
  • beachcomber australia said:
    About the EMU (1865 - this ISN'T the 1841 ship) -
    "The Manly paddler 'Brightside' (269 tons - 950 passengers) was built in Glasgow and exported to Brisbane to be reassembled for use on the Brisbane River and Moreton Bay as PS EMU. She was originally owned by the Queensland Steam Navigation Company. After another owner, she came to the Port Jackson Steam Boat Company in January 1877 and stayed with the various forms of the Manly ferry company until 1909. She was renamed BRIGHTSIDE in 1887 and sank in June 1897. She was converted into a cargo ferry in 1902 and worked the Manly run in that role until 1908. After being gutted by fire in 1908 the hull was converted to a lighter, but was broken up in 1909."
    From "A Pictorial History of Ferries, Sydney and surrounding waterways" Graeme Andrews, Reed 1982
  • beachcomber australia said:
    In 1887 the EMU also had a collision with the WARATAH which sank just to the left of this photo. Maybe just after this photo was taken?! - trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/13627954

Elswick Shipyard, 1885

from North East Museums

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  • optimal chicken said:
    That's fantastic! The tall steeple which can still be seen along Scotswood Road is in this photo. Of particular interest to me is the fact they appear to be on a sandy beach?! It certainly doesn't look like that now - all thick deep dirty mud..
  • Michael Brady said:
    That tall Steeple is St Stephens church and as you say, can still be seen today, and I believe they are on the sandy shoreline of what was once Kings Meadows Island, which a local tower block took its name from. This apparently is the only known picture of the island which had its own public house and horse racing track...all long since dredged away of course.
  • Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums said:
    Many thanks for your comments - we've updated the entry to take account of them.
  • optimal chicken said:
    Fascinating. I'll have to go trawling through my old maps now!
  • Billy Embleton said:
    Chilean ironclad Blanco Encalada moored on the left of the photo, the first ship in the world to be sunk by a torpedo in 1891!! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilean_ironclad_Blanco_Encalada

Amphibious Tank on the River Tyne

from North East Museums

  • Stephen Tindle said:
    The crew of the RN Whaler being passed by the "Tank"(possibly an over ambitious name for such a small vehicle) is looking somewhat bemused by the spectacle. 2nd oar starboard is so gobsmacked by the apparition that he has managed to get totally out of stroke with his crew mates.
  • optimal chicken said:
    Well spotted. ^^ I still wouldn't trust a floating tank..