The ballast engine

Place Oceania: Australia, Queensland
Accession Number ART25553
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 30.5 x 40.5 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description pen and lilthographic colour on paper
Maker Curtis, R Emerson
Place made Australia: Queensland
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

In coastal country swept by torrential rains and subject to flooded rivers, the rail bed must be kept in constant repair. Despite the war enormous loads of material moved north and south over rail beds built originally for much lighter traffic.