Upside down in a pipeline

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Charlie Miller was employed on the goldfields pipeline during the depression. The pipeline was established to take water from Mundaring Weir near Perth to Coolgardie and Kalgoorlie. After working as a stockman in the state’s north, he took a job on the pipeline. For eight and a half years, eight hours a day, he laid on a small trolley and pushed himself along the inside of the pipes, cementing the interior as he went. The conditions were wet and it was hard work but Charlie was happy to have work during these times. The photo shows a 1971 newspaper article about him. He was 84 at the time.