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Three men fishing at the foot of a waterfall

from Powerhouse Museum

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  • BobMeade said:
    "Three men fishing at the foot of a waterfall whilst another man rests behind them." may be a more apt title.
  • Andrew Galea Debono said:
    Great capture. I wonder where the location is. Reminds me of the Pocconos in Pennsylvania... but is it actually Australia?
  • Dennis said:
    nice shot, Thanks for sharing all these
  • Alan Third said:
    Hmm, looks to me like this is the same waterfall as this: www.flickr.com/photos/powerhouse_museum/2697484668. The waterfall itself looks mostly the same but the real give away are the two large rocks just to the right of the three fishermen.
  • BobMeade said:
    Good spotting, Flxzr.

Blaxland's Tree, Katoomba

from Powerhouse Museum

Wentworth Park Panorama c. 1920

from State Library of New South Wales

  • Stephen said:
    Wow - what a fascinating panorama!! It looks west towards Glebe, with Wattle Street in the foreground. It is a shame that this precinct was spoilt by the construction of the huge greyhound racing facility in 1932. Thankfully it is now being demolished.
  • Freiburg DL said:
    SL NSW, this appears to be much earlier than 1924.
    Examining the individual photos (which are offline atm)
    - Not a single car in any of the images.
    - Gas lighting still on Wattle St.
    - Still undeveloped areas of Glebe.
  • covid convict said:
    Sydney Lead Works appears here on Wentworth Park Rd towards the Blackwattle Bay end...it evidently started operation in 1892...so that might be an earliest date...

    trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/112599095 - the Evening News, 14th September, 1892...item re Sydney Lead Works

    But there's no sign of the shot tower, which was evidently built in ?1902-03...

    See comments re the shot tower here...it's a Beachcomber 're-discovery'...
    www.flickr.com/photos/statelibraryofnsw/55207168797/

    trove.nla.gov.au/work/184714866 - jfi this ?1930s NLA Fairfax aerial pic shows something of Wentworth Park as it then was...
  • covid convict said:
    Ha! here we go!

    trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/71389732 - the Australian Town & Country Journal, 13th October, 1900...'Progress of Pyrmont'...pics evidently by G.A. Hills studio, King St...
  • State Library of New South Wales said:
    This shot-tower was built in 1902, for the ‘Sydney Lead Works’ and designed by the architects Messrs. H. E. Ross and Slatyer and Cosh. The completed factory included a two-story brick building with the 46 metre tall tower next to it. After the ‘Sydney Lead Works’ moved to Waterloo in 1930 the site was taken over by Pabco Products Pty. Ltd. which manufactured roof and floor coverings. The new owners no longer used the tower to make shot and instead used it for storing chemicals. This would have fateful consequences as on 8 October 1937, disaster struck. Late that morning an explosion started a fire and within five minutes it had engulfed both floors of the 2,000 square metre factory. It then spread to the shot-tower