Historical information

An original photograph donated to the Kew Historical Society by the City's Engineering Department before the amalgamation of Kew into the City of Boroondara in 1994.

Significance

While not all of the photographs are of Studley Park, Kew or East Kew, each photo provides a fine snapshot of the work of local government engineering departments of the period. They reveal they types of labour conducted, the techniques used and the equipment and machinery in the possession of the local government authority.

Physical description

Public works. A high retaining wall holds back an embankment on a steep slope around which a road turns. It is believed that the photograph dates from the 1920s.

Inscriptions & markings

Inscription on reverse: "A difficult corner designed to obviate the use of steps. / Pedestrians using the road in front of the dwellings step off the pathway at the telegraph pole".