2-717-350 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Torrens' Weir, Adelaide', 1901. Construction of a concrete weir was begun in November 1880 and was completed at a cost of £7,000, in 1881. The River Torrens was named after Colonel Robert Torrens, a colonial commissioner and figure in the city of Adelide's founding. From "Federated Australia". [The Werner Company, London, 1901]