Section of Tulloch Ship Yards

Place Oceania: Australia, New South Wales, Sydney
Accession Number ART25186
Collection type Art
Measurement sheet: 24.2 x 29.1 cm; image: 24.2 x 28 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description pen and oil on cardboard
Maker Rafty, Tony
Place made Australia: New South Wales, Sydney
Date made 1945
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Showing workmen at the stern of one of the "Lighters ships". The huge crane which moved between the ships under construction, would be constantly seen moving huge sections of the ship into position. The ship is blocked up, and when launched, a tractor gives the necessary push to start the huge ship down the incline into the sea. Launching lines can be seen. This method of launching and building this type of ship is the only type of it's kind in the world, Tulloch's Ship Yards, Rhodes, Sydney.