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O'Regans heavy boiler lift at Glebe Island
O'Regans heavy boiler lift at Glebe Island

O'Regans heavy boiler lift at Glebe Island

Photographer (Australian, 1899 - 1953)
Date1935-1953
Object number00021044
NameNegative
MediumEmulsion on acetate film
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineANMM Collection
DescriptionThis image depicts a carrier loading a pressure vessel by the use of a shearlegs on the wharf at Glebe Island. The truck bears the inscription 'no. 61 / R. H. O'regan / pty Ltd / Carriers / 123 sussex st. / Sydney / ma1651' on the door. The pressure vessel has the stamped inscription 'Balmain / 40301 / Sydney / Firth-Brown Sheffield / o length 27 - 3 / o dia 8 - 0'. The background is possibly a view across White Bay to Balmain.SignificanceThe Samuel J Hood photographic collection records an extensive range of maritime activity on Sydney Harbour, including sail and steam ships, crew portraits, crews at work, ship interiors, stevedores loading and unloading cargo, port scenes, pleasure boats and harbourside social activities from the 1890s through to the 1950s. They are also highly competent artistic studies and views - Hood was regarded as an important figure in early Australian photojournalism. Hood’s maritime photographs are one of the most significant collections of such work in Australia.