Tag Archives: transport

Inspired by the collection

Posted on March 22, 2013 by Kathy Hackett

88/289-644 Clyde Collection Glass Plate Negatives

The Photo Library responds regularly to requests from authors and publishers for images of collection objects and photographs. Sometimes we are contacted by people who request… More

Sydney Harbour Bridge Workshops – Milsons Point

Posted on September 29, 2012 by Nicolaas Earnshaw

Sydney Harbour Bridge Milsons Point Workshop

Update 20/12/2012: Collection of high resolution images are now available via the Powerhouse Museum online collection and Flickr Commons. This photo dated the 9th of… More

Sydney Harbour Bridge 1930s on site workwear

Posted on September 26, 2012 by Nicolaas Earnshaw

Habour Bridge Construction Workers 1930 Packs for Centre Joint Top Chord

Update 20/12/2012: Collection of high resolution images are now available via the Powerhouse Museum online collection and Flickr Commons. This striking photo of Sydney Harbour… More

Sydney Harbour Bridge long exposure from 1932

Posted on September 19, 2012 by Nicolaas Earnshaw

Habour Bridge Deck Illuminated 1932 long exposure print

Update 20/12/2012: Collection of high resolution images are now available via the Powerhouse Museum online collection and Flickr Commons. This 1932 photo of the Sydney… More

Bradbury motorcycle before and after restoration

Posted on August 28, 2012 by Lynne McNairn

B1174 Motor cycle and sidecar made by Bradbury & Co Ltd, Oldham, England, 1914.

The photograph above shows the Powerhouse Museum’s 1914 Bradbury motorcycle as it looked before restoration. The Bradbury and its sidecar were suffering from corrosion and… More

City of the Future exhibition at Royal Agricultural Show, 1947

Posted on May 17, 2012 by Kathy Hackett

This black and white photographic print of a photograph taken by Russell Roberts, shows the Atlantic Union Oil ‘City of the Future’ exhibition at Royal… More

Trainspotting 2011

Posted on February 4, 2012 by Paula Bray

This is our Trainspotting 2011 photo competition exhibition that is currently on display at the Museum. We have 47 amazing photographs featured in this exhibition… More

Loading overstuffed wool bales onto a ship

Posted on September 29, 2011 by Paula Bray

85/1284-1401 Glass negative, full plate, 'Shipping Wool, Circular Quay', Kerry and Co, Sydney, Australia, c. 1884-1917

In this photo, we see big fat wool bales being loaded onto a ship in Sydney. These bales have been formed in a hydraulic dumping… More

Wool drays and the curious case of the missing bodies

Posted on September 24, 2011 by Paula Bray

At first glance, this photo shows horse-drawn drays laden with wool bales, standing in a Sydney street near the waterfront. But look more closely and… More

Ghost of a steam engine

Posted on August 8, 2011 by Leonie Jones

Cinemagraph of RSJ Steam Engine from the Steam Revolution exhibition.

Dragged from farm to farm by horses, this Ransome, Sims and Jefferies steam engine drove threshers and pumps on properties across Central NSW in the… More

The Powerhouse Museum's Photo of the Day blog features a new image each day, chosen from the Powerhouse Photo Library.

The majority of these images have been taken by Museum photographers for a variety of purposes such as for exhibitions, of objects in our collection, events, behind-the-scenes and location shots. We also feature many images taken by our Flickr community and from our visitors. We hope you enjoy the photographs and stories.

The licensing of each image varies however we are trying to release as many as possible under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.1 license.