Heidelberg River

Published by Paula Bray on September 14, 2009 6 Comments

P2655-7

This is a detail from an early stereo photograph of the Heidelberg River at low tide. It was taken sometime between 1855 and 1860 and to the right we can see the Hotwell Hotel and a line of hansom cabs. Unfortunately we have not been able to identify who the photographer was.

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Post by Geoff Barker, Assistant Curator

  • beachcomberaustralia

    Heidelberg River??

    It looks more like Bristol and the Avon Gorge and river to me.

    The Clifton Suspension Bridge is incomplete (completed 1864). See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifton_Suspension_Bridge for more info and a similar view.

  • Geoff Barker

    It does indeeed look like an the Avon Gorge and an incomplete Clifton Suspension Bridge. Thanks for pointing this out, we have updated our captioning information in the stores and on the database to reflect this. This updated information should be online at the end of the month when the information is re-harvested. I now know why I couldn’t locate a Hotwell or Rotwell Hotel in Heidelburg, thanks once again Geoff.

  • beachcomberaustralia

    Glad to help, and I enjoyed the challenge. Have you got any more? Maybe you can start a “photo puzzle of the week” posting!

  • http://lifeasdaddy.typepad.com/ Bob Meade

    beachcomberaustralia you are a whiz!

  • http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/imagesrvices/ Paula Bray

    I love the idea of photo puzzle of the week! Great suggestion and I will work on what we should do. Suggestions welcome of course.

    Thanks beachcomberaustralia!

  • beachcomberaustralia

    Call it Who/What/Why/When/Where is This Foto?

    Or, for short, “WTF?”