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Blacksmith forges with Caisson section of dock wall in construction
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Maker: McClintock, Herbert
Construction of a dock wall at Sydney Graving Dock. Men stand and work in the sheds below. A caisson is half-way along the wall, partly engulfed by black smoke. McClintock's focus on the immensity...ART30268.009
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Bridge carpenters, service warf, graving dock
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Maker: McClintock, Herbert
Five bridge carpenters working on a service warf for a graving dock.ART30268.025
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Cement workers graving dock construction, October 1943
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Maker: McClintock, Herbert
Three workers guide a cement structure, attached to a crane, at Sydney Graving Dock. Other cement workers stand in surrounding areas of concentrated construction. In the background more cement work...ART30268.013
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Cement workers, Sydney graving dock
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Maker: McClintock, Herbert
Four cement workers at Sydney graving dock carrying out heavy manual work working using equipment such as shovels. Cranes and ladders and building structures fill the background. McClintock's focus on...ART30256
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Concrete gang, graving dock construction, July 1943
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Maker: McClintock, Herbert
Four men working working to construct a graving dock in Sydney. They are performing tasks such as hammering, directing heavy loads, and shoveling. McClintock utilises social realism as a means to fa...ART30268.003
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Concrete workers, graving dock, August 1943
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Maker: McClintock, Herbert
Several concrete workers shoveling, drilling and directing the movement of concrete slabs in front of buildings and other construction at Sydney Graving Dock. McClintock's focus on the immensity of t...ART30268.004
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Concrete workers, graving dock, August 1943
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Maker: McClintock, Herbert
Construction of the Sydney Graving Dock, showing a landscape of cranes and electric gantry. McClintock's focus on the immensity of these structures demonstrates the scale of the project being underta...ART30268.005
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Concrete workers, Sydney graving dock
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Maker: McClintock, Herbert
Scene at a graving dock in Sydney. There are two workers in the foreground guiding the lifting of a cement block. Other workers perform tasks such as concrete drilling and the two levels above. McClin...ART30255
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Graving dock under construction, showing electric gantry, August 1943
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Maker: McClintock, Herbert
Construction of the Sydney Graving Dock, showing a landscape of cranes and electric gantry. McClintock's focus on the immensity of these structures is demonstrative of the scale of the project being ...ART30268.006
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Labourers, graving dock
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Maker: McClintock, Herbert
Five labourers working at Sydney Graving Dock, using equipment such as drills and shovels. McClintock utilises social realism as a means to facilitate the viewer's appreciation of the co-operation be...ART30268.002
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Labourer with guy rope, graving dock construction, August 1943
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Maker: McClintock, Herbert
A labourer working with a guy rope, with telegraph poles and cranes in the background. McClintock's focus on the immensity of these structures is demonstrative of the scale of the project being under...ART30268.008
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Linemen erecting power pole in excavation, Sydney graving dock
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Maker: McClintock, Herbert
Scene of four men working to erect power lines at Sydney Graving. In the background below a group of work around a crane. The four men in the foreground are exerting a large amount of energy though pu...ART30257
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Linesmen erecting pole, graving dock, August 1943
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Maker: McClintock, Herbert
Several linesmen working to erect a pole at Sydney Graving Dock. They are attaching ropes to the pole. Cranes as well as other construction occupies the background. McClintock's focus on the immen...ART30268.007
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Main concrete mixing plant, Sydney graving dock
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Maker: McClintock, Herbert
Foreground depicts two men shoveling cement at Sydney Graving Dock. The main concrete mixing plant occupies the background. McClintock's focus on the immensity of these structures is demonstrative o...ART30258
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Mechanical navy and bulldozer at work, Graving Dock
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Maker: McClintock, Herbert
Scene showing a bulldozer, workers and other equipment at Sydney graving dock. McClintock's focus on the immensity of the structures surrounding the workers is demonstrative of the scale of the proje...ART30268.001
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Section of dock wall under construction, September 1943; verso: sketch of dock wall construction in pencil
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Maker: McClintock, Herbert
Part of the dock wall at Sydney Graving Dock below crane carrying concrete blocks. Workers are depicted below. McClintock's focus on the immensity of these structures is demonstrative of the scale ...ART30268.010
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Sections of buoyancy tank and floating caissons, Sydney graving dock
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Maker: McClintock, Herbert
Built in the early 1940s to accommodate capital ships, the Captain Cook Graving Dock at Garden Island in Sydney was one of the greatest civil engineering projects in Australia up to that time. Seen as...ART30254
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Sections of tank for floating caisson, graving dock, October 1943
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Maker: McClintock, Herbert
Scene showing sections of tank for floating caisson at Sydney Graving Dock, as well as workers, dwarfed by the size of the structure. McClintock's focus on the immensity of these structures is demon...ART30268.012
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Sydney graving dock
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Maker: McClintock, Herbert
In this work the focus is placed on the immensity of the structure being built. The scale of the enterprise is emphasised by the towering walls, gantry cranes and a section of pipe being hoisted high...ART30253