NRS-22570 | Slides and Papers of William Keith King

Series of slides from W.K. [William Keith] King which include pictures of the Hawkesbury River Bridge, historical stonework in NSW, Railway Bridges, Mortuary Station, photographs of slips and floods.Also included are copies of King's employment record cards and an index to some of the slides.W.K. King began work for the railways as a shop boy. In 1929, under the Eddy memorial scheme he began studies in engineering at Sydney University. He progressed from the position of draftsman in 1929 to Assistant Engineer Design Class 1 in 1939 - he worked on dismantling the Hawkesbury River Bridge and the erection of the new bridge. By 1961, he was Assistant Secretary of Railways. He set up the Research and Development Section leading to the establishment of the Railway Archives. He retired in 1973.Series and item start and end dates are circa only. Slides have been organised into like groups. Numbers [1-28] have been imposed on the slides. Numbers [29-30] have been imposed on the paperwork.Custody History From 1955 until 2000 the State Rail Authority of New South Wales maintained an 'in house archives' consisting of the archival records of the Authority, its predecessor agencies and the private railway companies taken over by the government. The date ranges of the records were from 1849 until 2000. When the decision was made to close the 'State Rail Archives' the parts of the collection that were required as State archives were transferred to the State Records Authority of NSW. Those record series were incorporated into the State Records series system of archives control and were re-numbered. This series was formerly part of the State Rail Archives collection where it was identified as series R465. It may have been viewed in the State Rail Archives as series R465 and could have been previously cited as such in notes by researchers at State Rail Archives or in publications or unpublished works.