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SKILFUL ARAB STONEMASONS WORK SIDE BY SIDE WITH THE A.I.F. RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION UNIT IN THE RECONSTRUCTION OF A BRIDGE THAT THEY PROBABLY HELPED TO BLOW UP. THE WOODEN ARCHES ARE USED AS A PATTERN AND BASE FOR THE STONE ARCHES THAT ARE TO BE BUILT HERE. (NEGATIVE BY F. HURLEY).
AFFULA - MEN OF THE RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION & MAINTENANCE GROUP OF THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS AT WORK ON THE LINE. MANY OF THE MEN WERE MEMBERS OF THE OLD A.I.F. AND WERE DOING SIMILAR WORK IN THE LA
AN INSCRIPTION CUT INTO A CLIFF TO RECORD THE CAPTURE OF DAMOUR BY THE AUSTRALIANS, AND OF DAMASCUS BY ALLIED TROOPS. THE CLIFF IS BESIDE A RAILWAY BEING CONSTRUCTED TO LINK HAIFA AND TRIPOLI. THE TWO
AN INSCRIPTION BEING CUT INTO A CLIFF TO RECORD THE CAPTURE OF DAMOUR BY THE AUSTRALIANS, AND OF DAMASCUS BY ALLIED TROOPS. THE CLIFF IS BESIDE A RAILWAY BEING CONSTRUCTED TO LINK HAIFA AND TRIPOLI. T
MAS'UDIYEH - MEN OF THE RAILWAYS RECONSTRUCTION UNIT POSE FOR AN OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH WITH THEIR NEWFOUND COBBERS - THE NATIVE CRAFTSMEN & STONEMASONS WHO ARE ENGAGED WITH THEM ON THE REBUILDING OF THE
MAS'UDIYEH, NEAR NABLUS. RAILWAYMEN FROM NSW AND WA ENGAGED ON RECONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE OLD TURKISH RAILROAD, TOGETHER WITH ARAB CRAFTSMEN ABLY ASSISTED BY THEIR TRUSTY AND VERSATILE CAME
GIZA - THE MATERIAL USED IN CONSTRUCTION OF THESE PYRAMIDS HAS BEEN SOURCE OF MUCH CONTROVERSY BETWEEN ARCHAEOLOGISTS BUT IT HAS BEEN PRETTY WELL ESTABLISHED THAT THEY ARE BUILT MAINLY OF STONE FROM N
