Abermain No.2 Colliery, New South Wales

dc.contributor.otherCazneaux, Harold (Pierce), 1878-1953en_US
dc.coverage.spatialAbermain, New South Walesen_US
dc.date.accessioned2004-02-25T03:20:46Zen_US
dc.date.accessioned2011-01-05T09:55:24Z
dc.date.available2004-02-25T03:20:46Zen_US
dc.date.available2011-01-05T09:55:24Z
dc.date.created1925en_AU
dc.description.abstractView of a tall chimney emitting smoke and two smaller ones expressing steam, with colliery buildings in the background. Silhouetted against the sky are the winding wheels, cables, platform and ladders of the machinery that operates the pit shaft lifts. The structure appears to be constructed of steel tracery. Several men stand at the base of the big chimney and two others walk towards the colliery. There is also a dog in the scene. This colliery was opened in 1912 and was one of three that worked the Greta seam, which had been discovered in 1886. Cazneaux printed this image from a photograph he took for one of the many projects assigned to him by the art firm of (Ure) Smith and (Harry) Julius. He and artist, Albert Collins (died 1951) created the illustrations for a souvenir volume for Abermain Seaham Collieries. In the book the picture's title is: Abermain No.2 Colliery - A fine effect.The Archives image differs from that on page 33 by being more closely cropped. Cropping was one of the techniques used by Pictorialist photographers like Cazneaux to create compositions that resembled artworks made in more traditional media. The print is in the Adelaide Steamship Company's collection because in 1905 the company acquired large interests in the Abermain Colliery (near Cessnock), the Seaham Colliery (near Newcastle) and the North Bulli Mine (near Wollongong) in order to secure its source of bunkering coal - a move that was to prove advantageous when the price of British steamering coal rose dramatically in 1908. The interests of the Abermain and Seaham collieries merged in 1922 and in 1931 a further merger created J. & A. Brown & Abermain Seaham. The Adelaide Steamship Company remained the mining company's largest shareholder.en_US
dc.format.extent91397036 bytesen_US
dc.format.mediumBlack and white photographen_US
dc.format.medium25.1cm x 19.7cmen_US
dc.format.mimetypeimage/tiffen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/20en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://digitalcollections.anu.edu.au/handle/1885/558615
dc.language.isoen_AUen_US
dc.publisherAbermain & Seaham Coals; Sydney: Abermain Seaham Collieries, 1925 (Sydney: Pratten Bros.) This image differs from that on page 33 by being more closely cropped.en_US
dc.relation.ispartofNoel Butlin Archives Centre. ANU Archives Program.en_US
dc.relation.ispartofAdelaide Steamship Companyen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesAlbum of eight photographs of Abermain and Seaham Collieries, Hunter River, and Newcastle wharves, beach and harbour taken by Harold Pierce Cazneaux, 1925.en_US
dc.rightsThis image is provided for research purposes only and must not be reproduced without the prior permission of the Archives Program, Australian National University.en_US
dc.subject.otherPhotographsen_US
dc.subject.otherindustrial photographyen_US
dc.subject.othercoalminesen_US
dc.subject.othercoal industryen_US
dc.subject.otherchimneysen_US
dc.subject.othersmokeen_US
dc.subject.othercoalminersen_US
dc.subject.otherbuildings, structures & establishmentsen_US
dc.subject.otherindustrial buildingsen_US
dc.subject.otherindustrial equipmenten_US
dc.subject.otherplant (industrial)en_US
dc.subject.otherderricksen_US
dc.subject.otherlift shaftsen_US
dc.subject.otherwheelsen_US
dc.subject.otherindustrial areaen_US
dc.subject.otherdogsen_US
dc.subject.otherAbermain Seaham Collieries Limiteden_US
dc.titleAbermain No.2 Colliery, New South Walesen_US
dc.typeImageen_AU
dspace.entity.typeANUArchivesItem
local.citationN046-114-05en_US
local.description.notesInscribed in white on image, l.l.: 1925.en_US
local.description.notesinscribed in pencil below image, l.l.: 'Abermain No 2 Colliery.'en_US
local.description.notesinscribed in pencil below image, l.r.: H, Cazneauxen_US

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