Circa 1910 - "Murphy's boatshed east of Como Railway Bridge", Como, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia [colourized version]

IMAGE INFO

- This very rare view is looking north-north-west from Murphy's main boat sheds launching ramp, towards the floating ballroom & boat sheds that previously were built & operated by "H.C. Press & Sons" (previously of Woolloomooloo). H.C. Press's rowing skiff & ballroom/hall hire business was in operation at Como circa 1898-1906, after which they re-located back to Woolloomooloo. It appears the Murphy brothers continued to operate the facilities post 1906.

- In the background can be seen the twin garret line, steel lattice railway bridge crossing the Georges River at Como.

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SOURCE INFO

- I created this restored image version from a downloaded copy of the digitized original held in the Kogarah, Oatley & South Hurstville Libraries digital images collection.

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CREDITS

- Credits go to -

(a) the Oatley Heritage Group

(b) the Kogarah, Oatley & South Hurstville Libraries (KOSHL)

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COPYRIGHT STATUS

- Per KOSHL advice -

Image freely available

Material type: Photograph

Published status: Published circa 1910

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RE-PROCESS INFO

- Latest version colourized & enhanced using AI software.

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