Port of Echuca
Colour Photograph, Approx.1979
... rice mills, echuca...Colour photograph (postcard size) of rice mill silos... storage silos for grains. The rice mills in Echuca stored ...
This is of historical and social significance in that Echuca was a terminal for rice distribution and processing. The rice mills were located in Annesley st next to the railway line. Here 4 silos and 2 of the conveyor towers are visible, looking to the east. The rice mills employed many people in Echuca. Echuca has historically had many storage silos for grains. The rice mills in Echuca stored and processed rice up until the early 1990s. This photograph clearly shows the rice silos and conveyor towers that were in Annesley street .Colour photograph (postcard size) of rice mill silos, Echuca. Photograph shows 4 silos with 2 conveyor towers.In blue pen on reverse:"35A-36". Printed in red on reverse:"It's Kodak for color. Nov.79. Print made by Kodak. M."rice mills, echuca, echuca-industry