Thanks to Chris Nicholes for the picture and description: This 1949 Ford tow truck, towed in hundereds of smashed cars that Snowy workers pranged on the way home to Talbingo. One Saturday night there were 11 smashes overnight. John Wyse Snowy Smash Repairs.
Archives for 2016
Oddy’s Bridge
Thanks to Glen Ward for this find via the University of Newcastle Library of Oddy’s Bridge which connected East and West Blowering (click on picture for full-sized version): Discussion on our Facebook page estimates the date of the picture as pre-1917, when there was a wash-out of the bridge.
Yee Hing and Co Building
Thanks to Bill Hodges for this picture. Would anyone like to guess the year the picture was taken? Best estimate would be mid 1980s: Yee Hing & Co general store, now the Golden Chicken Tumut.
PGH Gilmore Sawmill 1966
Thanks to Chris Nicholes for these great pics and descriptions of the PGH Sawmill in 1966 (click on the pictures to get the full-sized version): The waste incinerator at the PGH Gilmore sawmill, constructed 1966. The treatment plant for chemical treated pine logs 1966. Photo from the waste incinerator under construction 1966. PGH Gilmore sawmill […]
48 Class locomotive hauling freight
This picture was taken in 1971 and shows a 48 Class locomotive hauling freight out of Tumut. Thanks to Glen Ward for the picture.