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BW192/3/1/3/1/2
Mr Charles Burdett gauging a coal boat at Hawkesbury Junction
Description
Black and white photograph of Mr Charles Burdett [Mrs Baumbers' father] gauging a coal boat at Hawkesbury Junction where he was toll-collector. Taken facing in the opposite direction to BW192/3/1/3/1/1, there is a bridge in the background with a man working under it and a white horse behind it. [Possibly the last boat-horse working apart from Skinner's mule 'Dolly'].
Date
1950s
Reference code
BW192/3/1/3/1/2
Extent & medium
1 photograph
