Port of Echuca
Photograph - Black and white photograph, approx. 1980
... P.S.Captain Sturt... is clear. blanchetown P.S.Captain Sturt pile driving Murray River ...
P.S. Captain Sturt, with a pile driver in the background. Possibly at Blanchetown. There are 5 men on the upper port deck. The paddle-steamer has 2 funnels and the pile driver has 4 funnels. The wheelhouse is above the upper deck.Demonstrates the use of floating pile drivers to assist in the construction of bridge or wharf building along the river Murray river in approximately the 1920's. The Captain Sturt is in close up so the structure of the paddlesteamer is clear. Rectangular, black and white copy of original photograph of P.S. Captain Sturt, with a pile driver in the background. Possibly at Blanchetown. There are 5 men on the upper port deck. The paddle-steamer has 2 funnels and the pile driver has 4 funnels. The wheelhouse is above the upper deck.In pencil on back: CaptainSturt, Blancheltown or similar. Pile driver in background.
On photograph "Captain Sturt" is visible on front and side of the paddlesteamer.blanchetown, p.s.captain sturt, pile driving, murray river, south australia, 1920's