VPRS 17093 Photographic Prints and B & W Negatives, Subject Headings, SECV Latrobe Valley Photo Collection

The SECV Latrobe Valley Photographic collection began in the 1920s with photographs taken of the progress of construction of the Yallourn Township, Power Station and Briquette Factory. It continued on a part-time basis until after World War II and eventually a full-time photographer was appointed and attached to the Yallourn Drawing Office. Between 1957 and 1961 the Morwell Project ran a separate photographic activity. 1962 saw the formation of the Latrobe Valley Region, which merged Yallourn and the Morwell Project. This resulted in the two photographic functions combining as part of the Yallourn Drawing Office.In the 1990s, with the corporatisation, disaggregation and privatisation of the SECV, the photographic collection was allocated to PowerWorks, which was jointly owned by the three Latrobe Valley based generation companies. In late 2010 the collection was transferred back into SECV custody.The collection is made up of:- Photographic prints & and B & W negatives,- Photographs in albums,- Glass Plate negatives,- 35mm slides,- IndexesThis series comprises Black and White Photographs and Negatives, covering the period 1935 to 1965. The photographs and negatives are arranged into subject headings as follows:-Township-Turbines-Coal Handling / Coal Winning-Ash Handling-General Equipment-Electrical-Briquetting-Lands and Buildings-Yallourn Open Cut-Yallourn North Open Cut-Circulating Water Plant-Transport-Workshops-General-Welfare-Boilers-Micrographs-Silk Screeen-Restricted-Vibrographs-Feed Water Plant-Weir-Copies-Numerical IndexThe Main Subject Headings are in some instances broken down into Sub-Categories as follows:Category:-TurbinesSub-Category:-Turbine C1 No. 12For photographic series from the SECV Head Office Photo Collection, refer to the inventory of series for SECV (VA 1002).