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C1893
Map of South Australia, Showing Public Works Under the Engineer-in-Chief’s Department.
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Rare large scale map of South Australia showing works carried out or under construction in South Australia and Northern Territory between 1892-1893. A colour key at lower left identifies: Railways, Water districts under Government control and those under Water Trusts, … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Map of South Australia, Showing Public Works Under the Engineer-in-Chief’s Department.
Date:
C1893
Mapmaker:
Condition:
In good condition, with folds as issued. Laid on archival linen.
Technique:
Lithograph printed in colour.
Image Size:
585mm
x 670mm
Paper Size:
615mm
x 740mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1893
Description:
Rare large scale map of South Australia showing works carried out or under construction in South Australia and Northern Territory between 1892-1893. A colour key at lower left identifies: Railways, Water districts under Government control and those under Water Trusts, water supplies on stock routes, Lighthouses, Jetties, Wharves, roads and Stock routes. The inset at lower of the Northern Territory indicates the position of the Lighthouse for the Port of Darwin at Point Charles.
Alexander Bain Moncrieff (1845 - 1928)
Moncrieff helped Peter Scratchley to design and construct fortifications at Largs Bay and Glanville upon their completion he became resident engineer for the Great Northern Railway at Quorn. In 1888 Moncrieff returned to Adelaide as engineer-in-chief, succeeding H. C. Mais. He designed and implemented far-sighted drainage schemes in the south-east(1911). His Barossa dam was hailed by an American engineering journal as fit 'to rank with the most famous dams in the world' for 'the boldness of its design'.
