Jetty, 1922

This photograph was taken from a middle of a wooden jetty looking back to the shore. The jetty has rail tracks down the centre and a white two railing fence on either side. Water and rocks can be seen on either side of the jetty. Several buildings and trees are along the shoreline. A vertical line runs through the centre of the image from top to bottom, the result of a crease in the original photograph.

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OBJECT TITLE / NAME

Jetty, 1922

DATE1922

MEDIAImage

PHOTOGRAPHERKodak

COLLECTIONHastings-Western Port Historical Society

REG NO.P693

HISTORY

This is the jetty at Stony Point on the Western Port. The roof of the Stony Point Railway Station can be seen through the trees in the centre of the image. The jetty was built in 1888 of light hardwood, 10 feet wide and 914 feet in length, with a head 166 feet long. It cost 1550 pounds and was built by Lawrence Morrat & Co. This photograph comes from the Arthur Woodley Collection.

DESCRIPTION

This photograph was taken from a middle of a wooden jetty looking back to the shore. The jetty has rail tracks down the centre and a white two railing fence on either side. Water and rocks can be seen on either side of the jetty. Several buildings and trees are along the shoreline. A vertical line runs through the centre of the image from top to bottom, the result of a crease in the original photograph.

SUBJECTS

Bays, Foreshores, Jetties and wharves, Piers

KEYWORDS

Stony Point Jetty, Stony Point Railway Station