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Empty houses and coal stage, Harden, New South Wales

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dc.contributor.authorPhotographer: M. William John Ellisen_AU
dc.coverage.spatial(Street backing on to railway yards), Harden, New South Walesen_US
dc.date.accessioned2004-02-25T22:27:38Zen_US
dc.date.accessioned2011-01-05T12:05:34Z
dc.date.available2004-02-25T22:27:38Zen_US
dc.date.available2011-01-05T12:05:34Z
dc.date.createdDecember 1931en_US
dc.date.issued2004-02-25T22:27:38Zen_US
dc.description.abstractPhotograph of a row of cottages that back onto the railway yard. The timber houses have corrugated iron roofs and front verandahs with diagonal cross railings or vertical rails. A paling fence that runs in front is punctuated by white painted gates. In the background is the coal stage which loads coal onto trains. It is connected to a conveyor belt and is a long, high structure surmounted by metal trusses. These houses are probably a few of the many cottages that, like shops and barracks, were built near the railway station in order to accommodate the once large workforce that serviced the Harden loco depot. From the 1880s, Harden was an important railway junction and depot. In its heyday, around 1926, it employed 272 men, including fitters, to marshall and dispatch 40 trains a day. The repair workshops closed in 1967.en_US
dc.format.extent19623996 bytesen_US
dc.format.mediumBlack and white photographen_US
dc.format.medium11.1cm x 19.5cmen_US
dc.format.mimetypeimage/tiffen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/206en_US
dc.language.isoen_AUen_US
dc.relation.ispartofNoel Butlin Archives Centre. ANU Archives Program.en_US
dc.relation.ispartofNational Union of Railwaymen of Australiaen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesMaterial relating to railway matters collected by M.William John Ellis over the period 1898-1949. The series contains press cuttings, 159 photographs and 1 photograph album.en_US
dc.rightsThis image is provided for research purposes only and must not be reproduced without the prior permission of the Archives Program, Australian National University.en_US
dc.subject.otherHousesen_US
dc.subject.otherrailway workersen_US
dc.subject.othertownsen_US
dc.subject.othertimber housesen_US
dc.subject.othervernacular architectureen_US
dc.subject.otherverandasen_US
dc.subject.othercorrugated iron roofsen_US
dc.subject.otherroofsen_US
dc.subject.otherfencesen_US
dc.subject.otherpaling fencesen_US
dc.subject.otherrailway buildingsen_US
dc.subject.otherbuildings, structures & establishmentsen_US
dc.subject.othercoalen_US
dc.subject.othercoal loadersen_US
dc.subject.othergatesen_US
dc.titleEmpty houses and coal stage, Harden, New South Walesen_US
dc.typeImageen_AU
dspace.entity.typeANUArchivesItem
local.citationE80-61-092en_US
local.description.notesInscribed verso in ink: EMPTY HOUSES AND COAL STAGE/ HARDEN DEC 1931en_US
local.description.notesalternative number: K2094en_US
local.description.notesEllis entered NSW Railways Service in 1882 and retired May 1924. He was a fitter and turner at the Eveleigh workshops and for 13 years was examining fitter and fitter in charge of the Sydney accident train. His career in the Railways was disrupted by an incident in 1909 when he was dismissed from his position because he had suggested to the NSW Railway Commissioner that some senior officers be removed. Ellis maintained they were negligent in their duties to the safety of the train-travelling public. On 25/3/12 a Select Committee recommended that Ellis be reinstated and compensed for losses. The last was done but Chief Commissioner Johnson did not reinstate him. It was only when Johnson left NSW in 1915 that Ellis was re-employed in the workshops. In July 1926 he was a witness in the coronial inquiry into the Aberdeen railway accident of 10/6/1926.en_US

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