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Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Notice -SECV Fire Brigade - Fire Warning Signals & Evacuation
The State Electricity Commission of Victoria, who constructed the Kiewa Hydro Electric Scheme, established and controlled the Mt Beauty Fire Brigade before it was handed over to the CFA.Bushfires and fires in the towns were a threat during the Fire Danger Season. The SECV was responsible for looking after the safety of the community. Interesting to compare the information on the notice to that of today.Cardboard Notice to the SECV Fire Brigade re Fire Warning Signals for the 1962-63 Fire Danger Season. There are 3 messages: 1. Long Blasts 2. Short Blasts 3. Continuous Blasts. On the back "Evacuation": Be Prepared. Things to Take. Protection of House Property - Before leaving the house and lastly Where to Gomt beauty fire brigade, khes fire brigade, fire warnings -
Southern Sherbrooke Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - The official party watch the first blasting at Cardinia Reservoir
Three members of the official party watch on as the 'first' blasting takes place at Cardinia Reservoir, May 1970. It is clear from the extensive earthworks below the blast site that work has already commenced. -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Cape Grant Quarry, n.d
Port of Portland Authority Archivesport of portland archives, cape grant quarry -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Cape Grant Quarry, n.d
Port of Portland Authority ArchivesBack: Purple PHT stamp -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Blacknose Quarry, 04/05/1953
Port of Portland Authority ArchivesBack: Purple PHT stampport of portland archives, blacknose quarry -
Buninyong & District Historical Society
Photograph - Original Photograph, BCAE Metallurgy Staff, Lal Lal Blast Furnace, 1977
detail of historic buildingB/W Photograph, Lal Lal Blast Furnace, exterior in 1977buninyong, lal lal, blast furnace -
Buninyong & District Historical Society
Photograph - Original Photograph, BCAE Metallurgy Staff, Lal Lal Blast Furnace, interior, 1977
detail of historic buildingB/W Photograph, Lal Lal Blast Furnace, interior, in 1977buninyong, lal lal, blast furnace -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Blacknose Quarry, 04/05/1953
Port of Portland Authority ArchivesBack: Purple PHT stamp -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Slide, Ian McCann, After Blasing on the Eastern Wall, 1965
Lake Bellfield During ConstructionColour Slide: Shoning smoke after blasting on the Eastern Side of Lake Bellfieldgrampians -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Slide, Ian McCann, After Balsting at the Eastern Side of Lake Bellfield, 1965
Lake Bellfield Under ConstructionColour Slide: Showin the results of blasting on th eeastern side of what will be Lake Bellfield -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - NORMA STOKIE COLLECTION: LETTER TO J.H. ABBOTT & CO BENDIGO
Letter addressed to Messrs J.H. Abbott & Co., Bendigo. regarding delivery of gelignite and blasting gelatine for the Bendigo Magazine. Letterhead from W. & J. Lempriere, Melbourne, sole agents for Phoenix Explosives, dynamite, gelatine dynamite, blasting gelatine and detonators. -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Cape Grant Quarry, n.d
Port of Portland Authority Archivesport of portland archives, cape grant quarry -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Blacksmith's Bellows
In the Middle Ages double-acting bellows was introduced. It had 2 parts, one operated by hand or foot, the other took air from it and was weighted so it forced air out while the part was filling. Blacksmithing is the shaping of hot iron and steel, usually by hammering. Very hot fires were produced by 1.a hot air blast. 2. burning charcoal (not wood). Bellows were used to make tools, fix equipment including machinery, drays, carriages, harnesses etc. Farmers in the Kiewa Valley often had their blacksmith forge. They made their own tools, were able to mend equipment, drays etc., gates, and most items that were made of iron and steel.Large Double Acting bellow with wooden top and bottom, shaped like a 'water drop' - narrow at one end and broad at the other. The wood is held by strips of wood and leather bound and placed around the perimeter. The wood on the top side has inscriptions (illegible). The wood on the bottom side has a rectangular hole. The narrow end feeds into a pipe to enable the fire to receive a hot blast of air. When the bellow is squeezed it allows both pieces of wood to be pushed together.Illegibleblackmiths, bellows, double acting bellow -
Frankston RSL Sub Branch
Claymore Mine
The M18A1 'Claymore' Directional Fragmentation Mine which is used as part of the perimeter defences at, for example Fire Support Base or for use in ambush situations. The convex side is faced toward the enemy and the mine is configured to be electrically detonated from a remote location, (these mines can be connected by white "det cord" & detonators from the detonator wells show to link a series of mines)). It is raised off the ground by a small stand to maximise the blast radius. Claymore mines contain 700 steel ball bearings impressed into 650 grams of plastic explosive. The M18A1 has a lethal range of up to 100 metresA replica of the M18A1 'Claymore' Directional Fragmentation Mine. The convex side is faced toward the enemy and the mine is configured to be electrically detonated from a remote location. In practice this mine type is raised above the ground slightly by a small legs designed to maximise the blast radius. These mines contain approximately 700 small steel ball bearings impressed into 650 grams of plastic explosive. The M18A1 has a lethal range of up to 100 metresOn the front"Front Toward Enemy" on the reverse "Back M18A1 Apers Mine" -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Photograph, The Crater made by the blast: Image No. 2, 1970
B/W photo of an APC & a Centurion Tank. 11 Australian soldiers standing around looking at the crater made by the blast.Australian War Memorial: PO4665.981operation massey harris, armoured personnel carrier, denis gibbons, centurion tank, anti tank mine -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Photograph, 40lb Mine Blast
A black and white photograph of an American Dustoff helicopter prepares to land to collect some of the fifteen Diggers wounded by a massive 40lb mine blast under APC 13A. The size of the blast lifted the APC fifteen feet into the air. Part of Operation Massey Harris (note text is missing from the bottom of the photograph)photograph, dustoff helicopter, apc 13a, operation massey harris, gibbons collection catalogue, mine blast -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Photograph - Photograph - Colour, L.J. Gervasoni, Blowhole, Hepburn Springs, 1987
Colour photograph of a view through a blast hole made through basalt at Hepburn by Chinese Miners to divert the Jim Crow Creek.blowhole, hepburn, chinese, jim crow creek -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - GOLDEN SQUARE HIGH SCHOOL COLLECTION: A VALEDICTORY, 1976 - 1982
Document. GSSC, a Valedictory by Oz Nelson Principal 1976 - 1982. Three pages. This is a blast from the past from one of the men of yesterday. -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Print, At the Harp of Erin
Reproduction of newspaper drawing of earthworks near the Harp of Erin in Kew East during construction of the Outer Circle railway.Reverse: " Sketch of blasting near Harp of Erin Hotel, East Kew about 1889 -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - Dr. John Bomford
Dr. John Bomford research and documentationDocument Sheet 1 - Bomford Blast - Sheet 2 Psychiatry pioneer reflects on changes - Sheet 3 The answer is more funding for good ideas.alexander bayne centre, dr. john bomford, psychiatry, bendigo hospitals -
Federation University Historical Collection
Booklet, Arthur Raistrick, Books relating to ironworks, 1975
.1) David and Sampson: A pair of blast furnace blowing engines, Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust Seven page booklet on a pair of blast furnace blowing engines which stand at the entrance to Blists Hill Open Air Museum. .2) The Coalbrookdale Ironworks, Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust Twenty page book on the Coalbrookdale Ironworks including a synopsis of some important events in the history of the company.blast furnace, blowing engines, ironbridge gorge museum trust, industrial heritage -
Cheese World Museum
Anti-shatter solution, Taubmans
This item was found in Val Ryan's father's shed in Melbourne. The paint was used on windows during WWII to prevent the glass splintering during air raids.Tin of Taubman's anti-shatter solution with label listing directions for use.Definitely reduces the splintering and prevents the flying of glass from blasts during air raids or gun fire. -
Lorne Historical Society
Tool - Blasting Box, 1930 to 1950s
Blasting box used to store explosives for making of the Great Ocean Road .Rectangular wooden box without lid. Metal bindings and bracing Rope handle each end and a metal handle at one end . Black writing on each side. Indecipherable writing, just a few words. “ T empt,” “ Newcastle” means, "When Empty Return to BHP Newcastle"great ocean road construction, tools, explosives -
Bendigo Military Museum
Photograph - PHOTOGRAPH, TAMARAN BRIDGE, British Air Force, C1943-1945
Refer Cat no. 5445.2Photo shows flat, uninhibited land. A river (low tide) snakes through the photo. In the centre is a trestle bridge crossing the river. A bomb ( water and smoke) blast is rising from the side of bridge Photograph rear in ink. “Tamaram bridge" being bombed. Bridge built by POWS. The span was never rebuilt. Trains stopping both sides and goods carried along foot of bridge, on a narrow bridge by POWs.ww2, pow, tamaran bridge, burma railway -
Southern Sherbrooke Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - Colour photograph, Cardinia Reservoir construction
Colour photograph of blasting works during the construction of the Cardinia Reservoir, Narre Warren East, in the 1970s. Plumes of dust rise from the orange sand and rock. In the distance low treed hills are visible. -
Federation University Historical Collection
Magazine, Ballarat School of Mines Students' Magazine, Vol. 8, No. 2., Second Term, 1905
Grey soft covered magazine on 18 pages. Contents include: Wet Lead Assay, Swedish Iron, Cambridge Life, Arizona Mining Camp (photograph) , Adelaide School of Mines, Blast Furnace, Cupellation and Parting.ballarat school of mines, ballarat school of mines students' magazine, david ham, swedish iron, blast furnace, refining, commercial wet lead-assay, daniel walker, woolfram ores, mounty lyell ore deposits, cambrisge university, arizona copper mining camp, g.j. dawbarn, arizona, new mexico, clifton, adelaide school of mines, j.a. haslam, biggest blast furnace in the world, o.e. jager, anaconda copper mining co., cupellation, j.m. baldwin, kerr grant, w.j. lakeland, e.m. weston, r. lamb, h.b. cooke, p. mathews, g.s. hart, john rahilly, martin h. bade, hugo eklund, cupulation -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Cape Grant Quarry, 09/01/1959
Port of Portland Authority ArchivesBack: Purple PHT stamp '9 JAN 1959' '9/1/59' -pencil, top leftport of portland archives, cape grant quarry -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Article - Article, Clipping
Two A3 copies of newspaper articles printed in the Sydney Morning Herald (SMH). 1) Heavy Toll in Mine Blast , Nui Dat, 22 July 1969. 2) A Case for Conscription 21 July 1969.newspaper articles -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Photograph, NZ Mortar Team
A black and white photograph of the crew of a New Zealand mortar, mounted inside an Australian Australian Personnel Carrier, cover their ears against the blast sound, as they fire in support of ANZAC infantry operating in Phuoc Tuy Provincephotograph, 1st atf base, nui dat, phuoc tuy province, 4 rar nz, mortars, apc, gibbons collection catalogue -
Federation University Historical Collection
Booklet - Document, Robert Ashley et al, 'The Lal Lal Iron Tramway', 1970
High on a series of terraces overlooking the Moorabool River stands the remains of the Lal Lal Blast Furnace, classified 'A' by the National trust (to be preserved at all costs). This was the location of Victoria's only pig iron industry. A series of tramways served the works, as a well surveyed narrow-gauge tramway connected the blast furnace with the Victorian Roailways' main line about 3.5 miles away. Light Railways, no 24, Summer 1970-71, 36 pages. This booklet considers the Lal Lal Iron Tramwaylal lal iron, lal lal blast furnace, tramways, railways, pig iron, ironstone quarry, industrial heritage