Roadworkers, Ballygar
TitleRoadworkers, Ballygar
RepositoryGalway County Council Archives Services
ReferenceGS21/02
Datec. 1925
Production date 1925
Scope and Content
Digital copy of sepia photograph depicting 6 roads workers with picks, sledge hammers and shovels, and a Ganger (Supervisor) on the left-hand side. They are grouped in a semi-circle, posing for the camera, working on a gravel road, with hedgerows, in full bloom, on either side. The man on the right is sitting on the road breaking stones that likely did not pass through an iron ring that was used as a gauge. The clean-shaven workmen are wearing caps or hats, with their shirt sleeves rolled up, some are wearing braces. The ganger is wearing a waist coat. Photograph is believed to have been taken in Ballygar area.
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Physical descriptionPhotograph
Conditions governing accessAvailable by appointment. Unrestricted access. The material in this collection is available to all bona fide researchers by appointment only, and subject to the conditions of access governing the consultation of archival material at Galway County Council Archives.
Conditions governing reproductionNo material may be reproduced from this collection without the written permission of the archivist, and reproductions are subject to the conditions of access. Reproductions must credit : Courtesy of from Brian Scanlon, Ballygar
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