Beersheba, Palestine, 1917-11. Australian soldiers stand among the ruins of a pumping plant blown ...

Place Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Palestine, Beersheba
Accession Number P02268.008
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Stewart, George S
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

Beersheba, Palestine, 1917-11. Australian soldiers stand among the ruins of a pumping plant blown up by the Turks shortly before the 4th and 12th Light Horse Regiments captured the town. The plant was used to pump water from Beersheba's wells. In the background (left), an Australian engineering party has erected a derrick over a well and, with a rope and pulley attached to it, is clearing the well and developing its flow of water. A sign fixed to wall of the building behind the well reads: 'Well No. (?) 1'. (Donor A. Stewart)