Cliff top gun emplacement at South Head
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Cliff top gun emplacement at South Head
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Format: Glass plate negative.
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Repository: Phillips Glass Plate Negative Collection, Powerhouse Museum www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/collection=Phillips_Glass_Plate_Negative
Part Of: Powerhouse Museum Collection
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Acquisition credit line: Gift of the Estate of Raymond W Phillips, 2008
S-train on top – empty rails below
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S-train on top – empty rails below
Danya at the top of her cat tree
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A struggle on the cat tree is captured here. Danya hangs onto the cat tree as Loki in a playful mode comes in and pushes her off.
Danya our long haired brown tabby cat. She was born on the streets and raised in a feral colony but after six months of living with us became a lap cat. She has stayed friendly ever since.
Samstag, 28. Januar 2012 11:28
very nice
Samstag, 28. Januar 2012 12:13
Appears to be Hornby Battery.
Judging from photograph angle, it appears to be taken from the steps of Hornby Lighthouse. The blur in the lower right hand corner of the photo appears to the railing on the lighthouse.
This is gun appears to be a 9 inch 12 ton Rifled Muzzle Loading (RML) manufactured in 1872.
The smoke in distance appears to show the battery on Signal Hill being fired.
You can see artillerymen near the RML gun.
You can also clearly see the sunken pathways between the batteries.
This emplacement was refurbished in 1939 and had BL Mark 7 guns placed there as part of Sydney’s WWII defences.
This emplacement survives to this day, albeit without any guns.
The RML pictured could possibly be the very same gun near HMAS Watson.
Samstag, 28. Januar 2012 12:21
orangetim – Good information!
One of the WWII era guns survives. It crossed the harbour to Mosman. See it here:
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Samstag, 28. Januar 2012 13:16
Oh nice! I didn’t know they kept any of the old 6in BL Mark 7 guns! Now, would that gun look nice back in it’s original position!
Samstag, 28. Januar 2012 13:17
Fascinating photograph.
Please add to: Artillery where it will be a welcomed addition to the group.
Samstag, 28. Januar 2012 13:50
This is a wonderful series of photos. So glad the Powerhouse museum has joined the commons and is now sharing these wonderful photos with us.