December 1960 - Como Swimming Club Junior Handicap races at the historic baths on the Georges River at Como, New South Wales, Australia

IMAGE INFO

- Viewpoint is looking north from the edge of the river baths.

- In the photo, yours truly can be seen standing, waiting his turn to dive into the cold waters from the floating pontoon, 3rd from the right.

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HISTORIC INFO

- The original single line steel lattice rail bridge seen here was a real bottleneck on the Illawarra line & was replaced on 27 Nov 1972 with a newer double line concrete structure, immediately to the west of the old bridge.

- Later, the old bridge was refurbished & re-purposed as a dual-use pedestrian/cycle path, opening to the public on 15 Dec 1985.

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SOURCE INFO

- The original black and white image was captured by my late dad.

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PROCESS INFO

- Digitized using a Canon Canoscan 8800F scanner.

- Initially restored from the badly faded & scratched original B&W quality using Adobe Photoshop CS Windows (sepia duo-tone version).

- Subsequently replaced with AI colourized & enhanced version.

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