Place | Oceania: Australia, Queensland |
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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 This item is in the Public Domain |
The ballast engine
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.