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| View Original: | StateLibQld 1 138615 Part of the Commercial Hotel awaiting removal to higher ground after the 1916 Clermont flood.jpg (1000x688) | |||
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| Keywords: StateLibQld 1 138615 Part of the Commercial Hotel awaiting removal to higher ground after the 1916 Clermont flood.jpg en Part of the Commercial Hotel awaiting removal to higher ground after the 1916 Clermont flood Considering the size of the task of moving a hotel the procedure did not take long The contract to move the Grand Hotel was signed in June 1917 the steam engine began its work on 16 August and by 15 September the Grand was opposite its new site on the corner of Capella and Daintree Streets While the hotel was 'on the road' the boarders had their meals served in the dining room as usual and slept in their rooms each night The other hotels were also moved in this way although the Commercial being so large and built in an 'L' shape plan was sawn in half and moved in two sections Other buildings moved by traction engine included several houses and Griffin's store ' Pullar's shop and the Queen's Hotel are visible to the right 1917 handle 10462/deriv/12335 Item is held by John Oxley Library State Library of Queensland Pullar Gordon C PD-Australia StateLibQld-License Floods in Queensland Hotels and pubs in Clermont Queensland Clermont Queensland 1917 in Queensland Black and white photographs Transport of buildings | ||||
