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Portable steam engine used by the State Rivers and Water Supply Commission

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Portable steam engine used by the State Rivers and Water Supply Commission,
Lesley Stephan, photographer,
Digital colour photo 2000px x 1500px, 2010
Collection of the Wheatlands Agricultural Museum

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Wheatlands Warracknabeal Agricultural Machinery Museum

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This Garrett portable steam engine was made in England in 1923. It was used by the State Rivers and Water Supply Commission in the construction of the Rocklands Dam on the Glenleg River in the early 1940s. The steam engine is part of the collection held by the Wheatlands Agricultural Museum located in Warracknabeal.

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