Dock under construction
Art ART30268.011 Second World War, 1939-1945A scene from above of a graving dock under construction. McClintock's focus on the immensity of these structures is demonstrative of the scale of the project being undertaken.
Mechanical navy and bulldozer at work, Graving Dock Accession Number: ART30268.001
Description
Scene showing a bulldozer, workers and other equipment at Sydney graving dock. McClintock's focus on the immensity of the structures surrounding the workers is demonstrative of the scale of the project being undertaken.
Details
Accession Number
ART30268.001
Artist
Classification
Art
Object Type
Work on paper
Physical Description
Medium: brown ink wash with pen and ink over pencil on paper
Measurement
Overall: 27.4 cm x 36.2 cm
Medium
brown ink wash with pen and ink over pencil on paper
Date Made
c 1943
Place Made
Whole/Part
Child
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Presented by the Allied Works Council 1945
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
Conflicts
Places
Tags
In this collection:
- Blacksmith forges with Caisson section of dock wall in construction
- Bridge carpenters, service warf, graving dock
- CCC camp site on Fish River, Oberon
- CCC camp site, Fish River Oberon
- CCC labourers Oberon, November 1943
- CCC men, Oberon, November 1943
- CCC workers clearing timber, Fish River, Oberon, November 1943
- Cement workers graving dock construction, October 1943
- Concrete gang, graving dock construction, July 1943
- Concrete workers, graving dock, August 1943
- Concrete workers, graving dock, August 1943
- Dock under construction
- Early morning scene, CCC camp, Fish River, Oberon
- Graving dock under construction, showing electric gantry, August 1943
- Interior CCC canteen, Oberon, November 1943
- Interior CCC hut, Fish River, Oberon, November 1943
- Labourer with guy rope, graving dock construction, August 1943
- Labourers, graving dock
- Linesmen erecting pole, graving dock, August 1943
- Rope splicer, service wharf for graving dock under construction, October 1943
- Scene at CCC camp, Fish River, Oberon, November 1943
- Section of dock wall under construction, September 1943; verso: sketch of dock wall construction in pencil
- Sections of tank for floating caisson, graving dock, October 1943
- Studies, CCC workers, Oberon
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