Places

Date: [ca 1905]

From: Humphreys, W :Photographs of the Westport Coal Company's operation at Denniston

Reference: PA1-o-991

Description: The album opens with a photograph of a locomotive used in shunting coal trucks. This is followed by three images of Denniston incline seen from a distance, a view of Conns Creek Yards and another of the breakhead which was the top incline terminal at Denniston. There are images of the double cable roperoad railway crossing an iron trestle bridge with coal trucks on their way to and from the mines to the incline. The album also contains three images of a model of the iron trestle bridge constructed for the Westport Coal Company. One section of the album contains seven images of the Township of Denniston. There are views of the town seen from a distance on the edge of the plateau. Other views show the the basic rather primitive character of the place - many simple weatherboard cottages without gardens or fences among the ruined stumps of native trees in a town with few formed streets. Two other images are of Burnett's Face and industrial buildings at wooden bridge Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: Apr 1947

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-06790-F

Description: Aerial view of Denniston, West Coast region, April 1947. The Incline is in the foreground. Photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Incline recognised by cataloguer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 10.9 x 13.2 cm

Date: [between 1900-1930]

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-001888-G

Description: The brake head at the top of the Denniston Incline, circa 1910, photographed by William Archer Price. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Brake Head. Denniston 2221 B Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches