Unidentified photographer
1859-
Lewis and Nickinson's crushing battery at the Balaclava Mine, Whroo [Australia]

Ambrotype
13.3 x 18.5 cm (sight) 17.7 x 22.5 cm (case)
 
State Library of Victoria
Accession no: H39206
 
hows two log huts with extensive bark roofs and a tramway with a small cart on wheels. A hand quartz crushing machine, designed by Wilson Berdan, an American, is visible near the centre of the picture.
 
LL/77125