West Australian Collection
Photography from 1890s to 1912

WA.121 Site of Helena River Reservoir..., c1890
Anon. Site of Helena River Reservoir (Coolgardie Water Supply) [large rock in foreground], c1890. Photogravure, printed title in margin below, 15.3 x 27.7cm. Slight foxing across image.
Caption continues "Area of Watershed, 569 square miles; capacity of Reservoir, 4,600,000,000 gallons. View looking upstream and showing the temporary dam."
WA.122 (The Works Flooded...), 1899
Anon. (The Works Flooded with the Winter Rains), 1899. Silver gelatin photograph, 14.8 x 19.8cm.
Annotated in album "1899. The Works Flooded with the Winter Rains."
WA.123 (The Fissure...), 1899
Anon. (The Fissure at the Bottom of the Excavation), 1899. Silver gelatin photograph, 19.9 x 14.9cm.
Annotated in album "This is the bottom of the excavation. The fissure at the bottom of the excavation, which had to be followed right out."
WA.124 (Forrester's 'Bungalow')..., c1900
Anon. (Forrester's "Bungalow") [family group in front of tents], c1900. Printout paper photograph, 10.7 x 15.1cm.
Annotated in album "Forrester's 'Bungalow' Mundaring."
WA.125 [People Viewing Excavation], 1900
Anon. Silver gelatin photograph, 20.1 x 15.4cm.
Annotated in album "Rock Crusher and Mixer Shed. Cement Shed. Cement Shoot. Flume. Easter Monday 1900."
WA.126 (Mephan Ferguson)..., c1890
Anon. (Mephan Ferguson) [pipe works with plume of smoke in distance], c1890. Silver gelatin photograph, 15.7 x 20.6cm.
Annotated in album "Mephan Ferguson's Pipe Works at Falkirk."
WA.127 (The Trimming Machine), c1900
A.J. Moulton. Silver gelatin photograph, 15.5 x 20.4cm.
Annotated in album "A plate (=1/2 a pipe). The Trimming Machine."
WA.128 (The Rolling Machine), c1900
A.J. Moulton. Silver gelatin photograph, signed "A.J. Moulton, W.A." in negative lower right, 15.7 x 20.7cm.
Annotated in album "Half pipes. The Rolling Machine."
WA.129 9The Closing Machine), c1900
A.J. Moulton. Silver gelatin photograph, signed "A.J. Moulton, W.A." in negative lower right, 20.6 x 15.4cm.
Annotated in album "The Closing Machine. (Note the ends of the locking bars are shown white)."
WA.130 (Mephan Ferguson...)..., c1900
Anon. (Mephan Ferguson and some of his lieutenants) [standing near train carrying pipes], c1900. Silver gelatin photograph, 15.4 x 20.7cm.
Annotated in album "Mephan Ferguson and some of his lieutenants." Part of a series on the Coolgardie Water Scheme.