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Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Digital image Set of 2, Peter Waugh, 12/06/2014 12:00:00 AM
Series of two digital photos of the reconstruction of the sub-station Ballarat Tramway Museum - 12/6/2014 with the concrete being poured on 12-6-14 by Peter Waugh. 6029.1 - Paul Mong and ?? screeding off the concrete slab. 6029.2 - ditto with the isolating transformer in the background.Photo by Peter Waugh, collected for reference purposestrams, tramways, btm, substation, depot, reconstruction -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Research Notes, "The Footscray Tramway Trust - 1917 - 1920", c1990
Three page research report titled "The Footscray Tramway Trust - 1917 - 1920", outlining the work of the FTT in setting up the tramway system in Footscray, its authorised routes, MMTB takeover, the trams it ordered, transformers, delays due to WW1, development during WW2 and its decline and closure of most of its routes.trams, tramways, footscray, footscray depot, ftt, mmtb, world war 1, world war 2 -
Parks Victoria - Wilsons Promontory Lightstation
Lamp, Aldis
The lamps were pioneered by the British Navy in the late nineteenth century and introduced by the Royal Australian Navy after 1918, and continue to be used to the present day. Manufactured in 1960, the Wilsons Promontory lamp was provided to the lighthouse by the Department of Shipping for signalling ships but was also used for communicating with Cliffy Island, 18 nautical miles away. This type of lamp was renowned for its brilliant light, and lightkeepers from the two lightstations ‘used to practice their signalling with each other, as its effective use was reliant on precise positioning of the scope which is located on top of the lamp’. The inside of the case is imprinted with ‘RAN (Royal Australian Navy), and details on the lamp include a serial number, the date of 1960 and the initials of the Department of Transport, which at that time incorporated the Commonwealth Lighthouse Service. Another Aldis lamp and case with a date of 1960 is held at Cape Nelson and third lamp and case is at Point Hicks; (date unconfirmed but possibly 1943). A fourth lamp and case formerly at Cape Schanck disappeared from the collection sometime between 1995 and 2003.Aldis lamp and case (WPLS 0003.2; likely provenance) The lamps are not rare in museum collections however the Wilsons Promontory example has a confirmed provenance to the lightation and has first level contributory significance as a fine example of the Aldis lamps that were distributed to lightstations throughout Victoria and Australia.1. Handheld black signaling lantern with trigger mechanism. Glass front with inner reflective disc. Black electrical cord is attached with a two pronged plug at the end. 2. Black painted wooden box for transporting lantern. brass catch, leather handle. Grey electrical cord inside plus transformer. Hinged lid. The Aldis lamp is portable, hand held visual signalling lamp with trigger mechanism and inner reflective disk used for optical communication via Morse code. The concave mirror is tilted to focus the light into pulse signals. Larger versions of the lamp are fixed on ships or pedestals and have shutters in front of the device that are opened and closed to transmit signals. Wilsons Promontory’s black metal Aldis lamp and attached electrical cord has a black painted wooden carrying case with metal clasp and leather hand grip.1. On trigger;"AP16413" Around V shaped protrusion attached to lamp "AP197873 / AEI .LTD 59" Beneath screw on face;"AD16415" Inside lamp, under glass;"ADMIRALTY PATTERN 16409 / 5 INCH HAND SIGNALING LANTERN SERIAL No. 212 Year 1960 / AEI PTY LTD SYDNEY" •2. Box. On brass plate below handle."ADMIRALTY PATTERN 16409 / BOX FOR TRANSPORTING LANTERN / PATTERN 16409" Inside box on side of metal insert attached to inside of box;"EXTRA LOW VOLTAGE TRANSFORMER / MADE BY / M.Brodribb, Melbourne/ cat & APP / No v/QR / 1811A / 50 / 60 va / CONT. 55 c / RATIO 240, 12 V TAPS " Top of metal box on sticker;"C of A / D.O.T 143076 / 12 V 5A" On Bakelite plug on metal box;"EXTRA LOW VOLTAGE" -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Photograph of Clover Power Station, No. 3 Power Station, after May 1944
In July, 1941 work commenced on the site of the power station with the building of a coffer dam and excavation for the power station building and machine foundations followed. Work proceeded, and the access bridge, transformer foundations and transfer track were completed in April, 1943 and the power station building in May, 1943. Installation of the machines was then proceeded with and No. 1 machine was run for the first time in June 1944. No. 2 machine was completed in April, 1944 and placed in service in May.A pictorial record for the State Electricity Commission of the first Power Station commissioned in the Kiewa Hydro Electric Scheme.Black and white photograph of the bridge and entrance to No. 3 Power Station (Clover Power Station).Handwritten on back of photograph in blue ink "No. 3 Power Station".clover, power station, machine, kiewa scheme -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, 1974
Series of three black and white photographs printed on Kodak Inkjet paper of Frank Hanrahan working on the BTPS Isolating transformer during 1974 at the front of No. 1 road in the depot as part of the construction of the substation. Frank is being observed by one his sons. Could be posed, as Frank in white shirt and tie. See also Reg Item 6606 for other photographs.tramways, trams, btps, substation, depot, electric traction, electric failure -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Set of 6 Black & White Photograph/s, late 1920's
Set of six small black and white prints of the interior of St Kilda Substation, tramways, 1920's, possibly soon after installation or commissioning. .1 - transformers in a large pit. .2 - view over rotary converters to switchboard .3 - Rotary converter slip rings view .4 - Rotary converters .5 - switchboard .6 - General view of interior.On rear in ink "St Kilda" on all photostrams, tramways, mmtb, substation, st kilda, rotary converters, switchboards -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Legal record, Christie & Gardiner, Consulting Engineer', "Contract between Footscray Tramway Trust and The Australian General Electric, 31/07/1919 12:00:00 AM
Set of documents sewn within a green folder titled "Contract between The Chairman and Members of the Footscray Tramway Trust and The Australian General Electric Co. Queen St Melbourne for the supply, delivery and Erection of Rotary Converters, Transformers and Switchgear for the Footscray Tramway Trust" containing: 1 - "Footscray Tramways Trust - General Conditions, Specifications and Forms for Tendering - Tender for the Supply Delivery and Erection of Rotary Converters, Transformers and Switchgear", Schedule of Prices, Tender Form, Schedule of documents, contract dated 31/7/1919, includes the seal of the FTT and copies of some 10 letters clarifying matters between the time of the tender and documentation. Documents have been signed and sealed. See page 5 bottom right hand corner for the FTT Seal. Documents prepared by Christie & Gardiner, Consulting Engineers, 97 Queen St Melbourne. Parts of the document have scanned to pdf.Has in pencil in the top right hand corner "49"trams, tramways, ftt, footscray, rotary converters, electrical engineering, electrical equipment, tenders, contracts -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, Industrial Electricity
The book was published for the use of personnel of the army, navy, marine corps and coast guard. The book was used by Charles Bacon who studied at the University of Nevada in the late 1930s/early 1940s. Bacon worked at Bunker Hill Mines and Kellogg Idaho, before arriving in Australian in 1951. He worked for CN Myers, a company involved with paper converting. CN Myers was a family business (on Charles Bacon's maternal line).Blue soft covered book of 607 pages. Chapters include electrical Algebra, fundamentals of Electricity, Wiring, Magnetism, Armature Wiring, Generators, Motors, Controllers, Geometry and Trigonometry, Alternating Current, AC Circuits, Transformers, Polyphase Systems, Alternators, Induction Motors, Stator Winding, Multi-Speed Induction Motors, AC Controllers, electrical instruments, Electron Tubes, Welding Systems, Welding Systems, electrical Drawings. charles bacon, mining engineering, metallurgy, university of nevada, armed forces, world war 2 -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Machine - Film Strip Projector, late 1030s
Projector was used at Christ Church Anglican Church Mitcham (now All Saints Mitcham) for showing film strips to the congregation, Sunday School and youth groups.Early 'Shelton' film strip projector in a steel grey painted and hinged metal case with carrying handle. Projector has been finished in a 'hammered' meta paint with a large transformer as its base. It is a 240 volt projector. The film strip is manually rolled through the slots of the projector to show each frame separately. Project lens is adjustable for focus and it has a small angle of adjustment foe aligning the image on the screen.Shelton Projector Made in Australiaphotography, projectors -
The Ed Muirhead Physics Museum
Ring Transformer
Cast, assembled. Varnished. Accessories: paper label in plastic sleeve screwed to top. Surface finish: varnished. Paper label affixed to top of object: “Ring Transformer E2/Core Details/Cast Iron Ring/Mean Diameter 15.45cm/Thickness (along radius) 2.0cm/Breadth ([parallel- signified by two vertical lines] to axis) 0.509 cm/Winding Details Primary/Secondary” Damaged label adhered to upper face in back left corner: “Part[illegible]” -
Federation University Historical Collection
Photograph, Black and White, Australian Porcelain Insulator Co. Ltd Factory, 1939, 1939
Australian Porcelain Insulator Co. Ltd Factory, 1939 Four black and white photographs relating to the Australian Porcelain Insulator Co. Ltd Factory .1) exterior view .2) view of a 22kv line pin .3) mechanical test m/c pulsating load 0-35,000 .4) electrical test room 120kv - 20kva test transformer test capacity. 2 tables approximately 40 feet to 10 inches per table.australian porcelain insulator company, industrial heritage, insulators, electricity, graham beanland -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Set of 5 Black & White Photograph/s, Department of Infrastructure (DOI), 1999
Set of 5 black and white photographs of the Glenhuntly depot sub-station, taken by the photographic section of the Dept of Infrastructure during early 1999. .1 - interior view of sub-station showing a rotary converter, crane rail and substation equipment. .2 - ditto .3 - High Voltage cable entry points .4 - view of Glenhuntly Depot showing location of sub-station through the large doors. .5 - Transformer with Mike Ryan standing alongsideEach photo has on the rear a "Copyright Department of Infrastructure with details for reordering and a hand written numbers - 1999 - 101 to 110 (not all photos printed).trams, tramways, substation, rotary converters, glenhuntly tram depot -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Newspaper, Andrew Jefferson, "City's trams back on track today", 26/12/2004
Newspaper clipping from The Courier, Ballarat, Sunday, December 26, 2004, titled "City's trams back on track today", written by Andrew Jefferson. Notes the resumption of services, quotes Stephen Butler, cost of new transformer and the 30th Anniversary of BTM Operations. Uses the same photo as appeared in the article of 17/11/2004 of Dave Macartney leaning against No. 38 - see Reg. Item 2959. Has date line fixed to top edge of cutting on rear.btm, lightning strike, closure, power supply, 30th anniversary -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Set of four Black & White Photograph/s, late 1920's
Set of four small black and white prints of the interior of the Carlton MMTB substation, Bouverie St, Carlton during the construction phase. Printed on Kodak paper. Has English Electric equipment. .1 - Boxes of equipment and some assembled items .2 - View of substation with rotary converter and a switch board .3 - ditto with a transformer behind .4 - ditto and more boxes. Items .1 to .3 feature a man in a white shirt. Item .3 has a hand written note and arrow "ME".On rear in ink "Carlton" on all photos, with "Control Station" in addition on item .1trams, tramways, mmtb, substation, carlton, rotary converters, switchboards, english electric -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Magazine, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), SEC Magazine, 31/10/1944
Magazine published by the State Electricity Commission of Victorian reporting the success of the Ballarat, Bendigo and Geelong entrants in the Most Popular Conductress Competition with photographs of each of the Conductresses and their fundraising totals. Sylvia Mitchell Ballarat, Miss J McCurdy Geelong, and Mrs. D Rosewarne Bendigo. See item 8825 for part of this magazine collected by Sylvia Mitchell. See also item 247 for another image. Included in this issue are items on casualties on service, briquette factory notes, how street lights affect trees, unique transformer at Newport, Sergeant Staples and Mrs Mitchell, Australia's First Electric tram (Doncaster - Box Hill), Kiewa notes, G A Laurens on Bendigo, American Hospitality, In and around Yallourn, Rabual, How to become Magician C J White, Mozart by Wim Platt, the meaning of Maru, On Active Service, and letters from Servicemen.Demonstrates the SECV news reporting to employees and the general public during the Second World War.Magazine - 48 quarto pages + light card covers, coloured cover centre stapled.tramways, ballarat, bendigo, most popular conductress competition, sylvia mitchell, secv, doncaster, second world war, geelong -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - A.W.PULFER MOTORS PTY LTD: CORNER OF MUNDY AND HARGREAVES STREET, BENDIGO
Black and white photograph, rendered brick 2 storey building, parapet, single storey section at back with tall square brick chimney. Includes bus shelter, electricity pole with transformer. 2 small trees plnated in nature strip. Rocks around trees. ' The Technical and Further education 'Ted Thompson'building under construction C 1982. In the centre is the former Royal Princess Hotel (now shown as A. W. Pulfer Motors), on the corner of Mundy and Hargreaves Streets which was demolished in February 1983. Specimen Cottage is to the right. ' On back '11' Ward/A/FSP/1204' 'O'organization, education, tafe college -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, B. Prentice, 8/04/1973 12:00:00 AM
Has a strong association with some of the volunteer workers who undertook work for the BTPS in there 1972/73 period.Black and white photographs of the installation of a pole adjacent to No. 3 road. The depot fan is progressing, No. 1 road points have been installed, overhead troughing to No. 2 and 3 roads installed and the transformer is by No. 1 road door. Date possibly 16 June 1973 - based on the list of dates in the 1972 - 73 Annual Report. Note the little sections of rail indicating the position of the curve into No. 1 road laid out on top of the sleepers. See also Reg Item 4758 to 4760 for similar photos and colour slides. See 1972 - 1973 Annual Report which has a list of dates on page 3 of events at the depot.Bob Prentice in ink on rear.trams, tramways, depot fan, btps, construction, tram 40, tram 27, tram 26? -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Photographs – SECV – Clover Power Station
The Junction Dam and Clover Dam Power Station, stages of the Kiewa Hydro-Electric Scheme, were needed to meet the increased power demands of the wartime industry in Victoria. Clover added 26 megawatts to the grid. Junction Dam was completed and ready to hold water by September 1943, but was emptied in December 1943 and not filled again until May 1944. Construction of Clover Power Station commenced in July 1941 and both turbines were in service by May 1945Clover Power Station and Junction Dam were part of the Kiewa Hydro Electric Scheme constructed by the State Electricity Commission of VictoriaSet of 21 black and white photographs taken by the official SECV photographer who gave each photo a number prefixed by K (for Kiewa) K1463- 22 Mar 1944 Inside Clover Power Station K1464- 23 Mar 1944 Valve K1466- 23 Mar 1944 Fittings for the power station K1467- 23 Mar 1944 Valve K1472- 30 Mar 1944 Equipment being installed in Clover Power Station K1474- 31 Mar 1944 Equipment for the power station K1493- 19 April 1944 Transformer K1495- 28 April 1944 Part of the generator being installed K1514- 11 May 1944 Equipment in the power station K1563- 9 June 1944 Turbine under construction K1565- 22 June 1944 Shaft between turbine and generator K1567- 22 June 1944 Turbine in the power station K1568- 22 June 1944 Transformers K1570- 5 June 1944 Guide vane actuators K1574- 22 June 1944 Equipment in the power station K1567- 22 June 1944 Clover Power Station K1607- 14 Aug 1944 Equipment in the power station K1620- 27 Aug 1944 ‘Charles Tavare (?) Equipment in the power station K1626- 23 Aug 1944 Clover Power Station K1628- 23 Aug 1944 Clover Power Station K1629- 23 Aug 1944 Clover Power Station On the back- each photograph has a handwritten reference number starting with K and the date stamped or writtensecv; kiewa hydro electric scheme; clover power station; junction dam; bogong -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Colour Print/s - set of 30, Carolyn Dean, 2004
Set of 30 colour prints, taken by C. Dean from 30/10/2004 to 2/1/2005 of the rebuilding of the sub-station and initial tramway operations. .1 - Interior view of substation after transformer removed - 30/10/2004 .2 - ditto .3 - ditto .4 - ditto .5 - G.Wood, A. Reither working on the re-building of the walls. .6 - Temporary door .7 - Sign on No. 39 - "There are no trams running today". .8 - COTMA Storage shed frame at Bungaree - 2/12/2004 .9 - 38 outside shed, pending delivery of the transformer - 17/12/2004 .10 - 38 and 1 ditto .11 - ditto .12 - The box arrives - with forklift and G. Wood .13 - unpacked .14 - ditto - with P.Mong .15 - ditto .16 - ditto .17 - P.Mong checking delivery .18 - moving into position - G.Wood and P.Mong .19 - ditto .20 - ditto with Pallet mover. .21 - In position .22 - ditto .23 - No. 40 being repainted .24 - 38 and 1 outside the shed .25 - framing the new walls .26 - ditto .27 - new device frame .28 - The BTM big band - re-opening day - 26/12/2004 .29 - ditto - Sam Boon .30 - No. 26 and that road traffic - cars! - Wendouree Parade - 2/1/2005Each photo has on rear in ink "date", "number" and "Photo by Carolyn Dean"btm depot, substation, wendouree parade, tram 38, tram 1 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Digital image Set of 10, Warren Doubleday, Repairs to No. 40, 7/8/2004 to 26/12/2004
Set of 10 Digital Images of the work involved in the repairs to tram No. 40 during the period 7/8/2004 to 26/12/2004. .1 - No. 1 end panel removed .2 - work to sand down underway - not top gutter rail. .3 - Trolley with trolley pole bases .4 - damaged to gutter metal work .5 - close up showing the rust to the metalwork at No. 1 end drivers dash .6 - removed panels .7 - rust to the gutter metal work .8 - Alastair Reither sanding one of the pillars .9 - ditto .10 - work progressing with undercoat and new timber panel - ex the packing case that arrived with the Isolating Transformer.trams, tramways, btm, maintenance, painting, tramcars, trolley poles, tram 40 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Newspaper, The Courier Ballarat, "Appeal to get trams rolling back on track", 17/11/2004 12:00:00 AM
Newspaper clipping from The Courier, Ballarat, Wednesday November 17, 2004, titled "Appeal to get trams rolling back on track". Article written by Andrew Jefferson about the failure of the BTM's power supply due to a lightning strike. Quotes Stephen Butler, as President. Notes cost of the new transformer and where donations could be sent to. Has a photo of Dave Macartney leaning against No. 38 and a cartoon with swans and a photographer and the caption "Lake Wendouree Tourist Transport that is still running." Has date line fixed to lower edge of cutting. 2nd copy added 16/7/05, folded page complete. Collected by Depot Staff.btm, lightning strike, closure, power supply -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Functional object - Lens Bulb
This light bulb or globe was used for lighting the torch of an electronic tongue depressor. It was donated to Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village by the family of Doctor William Roy Angus, Surgeon and Oculist. It is part of the “W.R. Angus Collection” that includes historical medical equipment, surgical instruments and material once belonging to Dr Edward Ryan and Dr Thomas Francis Ryan, (both of Nhill, Victoria) as well as Dr Angus’ own belongings. The Collection’s history spans the medical practices of the two Doctors Ryan, from 1885-1926 plus that of Dr Angus, up until 1969. ABOUT THE “W.R.ANGUS COLLECTION” Doctor William Roy Angus M.B., B.S., Adel., 1923, F.R.C.S. Edin.,1928 (also known as Dr Roy Angus) was born in Murrumbeena, Victoria in 1901 and lived until 1970. He qualified as a doctor in 1923 at University of Adelaide, was Resident Medical Officer at the Royal Adelaide Hospital in 1924 and for a period was house surgeon to Sir (then Mr.) Henry Simpson Newland. Dr Angus was briefly an Assistant to Dr Riddell of Kapunda, then commenced private practice at Curramulka, Yorke Peninsula, SA, where he was physician, surgeon and chemist. In 1926, he was appointed as new Medical Assistant to Dr Thomas Francis Ryan (T.F. Ryan, or Tom), in Nhill, Victoria, where his experiences included radiology and pharmacy. In 1927 he was Acting House Surgeon in Dr Tom Ryan’s absence. Dr Angus had become engaged to Gladys Forsyth and they decided he would take time to further his studies overseas in the UK in 1927. He studied at London University College Hospital and at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary and in 1928, was awarded FRCS (Fellow from the Royal College of Surgeons), Edinburgh. He worked his passage back to Australia as a Ship’s Surgeon on the on the Australian Commonwealth Line’s T.S.S. Largs Bay. Dr Angus married Gladys in 1929, in Ballarat. (They went on to have one son (Graham 1932, born in SA) and two daughters (Helen (died 12/07/1996) and Berenice (Berry), both born at Mira, Nhill ) Dr Angus was a ‘flying doctor’ for the A.I.M. (Australian Inland Ministry) Aerial Medical Service in 1928 . The organisation began in South Australia through the Presbyterian Church in that year, with its first station being in the remote town of Oodnadatta, where Dr Angus was stationed. He was locum tenens there on North-South Railway at 21 Mile Camp. He took up this ‘flying doctor’ position in response to a call from Dr John Flynn; the organisation was later known as the Flying Doctor Service, then the Royal Flying Doctor Service. A lot of his work during this time involved dental surgery also. Between 1928-1932 he was surgeon at the Curramulka Hospital, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia. In 1933 Dr Angus returned to Nhill where he’d previously worked as Medical Assistant and purchased a share of the Nelson Street practice and Mira hospital from Dr Les Middleton one of the Middleton Brothers, the current owners of what was once Dr Tom Ryan’s practice. Dr L Middleton was House Surgeon to the Nhill Hospital 1926-1933, when he resigned. [Dr Tom Ryan’s practice had originally belonged to his older brother Dr Edward Ryan, who came to Nhill in 1885. Dr Edward saw patients at his rooms, firstly in Victoria Street and in 1886 in Nelson Street, until 1901. The Nelson Street practice also had a 2 bed ward, called Mira Private Hospital ). Dr Edward Ryan was House Surgeon at the Nhill Hospital 1884-1902 . He also had occasions where he successfully performed veterinary surgery for the local farmers too. Dr Tom Ryan then purchased the practice from his brother in 1901. Both Dr Edward and Dr Tom Ryan work as surgeons included eye surgery. Dr Tom Ryan performed many of his operations in the Mira private hospital on his premises. He too was House Surgeon at the Nhill Hospital 1902-1926. Dr Tom Ryan had one of the only two pieces of radiology equipment in Victoria during his practicing years – The Royal Melbourne Hospital had the other one. Over the years Dr Tom Ryan gradually set up what was effectively a training school for country general-practitioner-surgeons. Each patient was carefully examined, including using the X-ray machine, and any surgery was discussed and planned with Dr Ryan’s assistants several days in advance. Dr Angus gained experience in using the X-ray machine there during his time as assistant to Dr Ryan. Dr Tom Ryan moved from Nhill in 1926. He became a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in 1927, soon after its formation, a rare accolade for a doctor outside any of the major cities. He remained a bachelor and died suddenly on 7th Dec 1955, aged 91, at his home in Ararat. Scholarships and prizes are still awarded to medical students in the honour of Dr T.F. Ryan and his father, Dr Michael Ryan, and brother, John Patrick Ryan. ] When Dr Angus bought into the Nelson Street premises in Nhill he was also appointed as the Nhill Hospital’s Honorary House Surgeon 1933-1938. His practitioner’s plate from his Nhill surgery states “HOURS Daily, except Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturday afternoons, 9-10am, 2-4pm, 7-8pm. Sundays by appointment”. This plate is now mounted on the doorway to the Port Medical Office at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village, Warrnambool. Dr Edward Ryan and Dr Tom Ryan had an extensive collection of historical medical equipment and materials spanning 1884-1926 and when Dr Angus took up practice in their old premises he obtained this collection, a large part of which is now on display at the Port Medical Office at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village in Warrnambool. During his time in Nhill Dr Angus was involved in the merging of the Mira Hospital and Nhill Public Hospital into one public hospital and the property titles passed on to Nhill Hospital in 1939. In 1939 Dr Angus and his family moved to Warrnambool where he purchased “Birchwood,” the 1852 home and medical practice of Dr John Hunter Henderson, at 214 Koroit Street. (This property was sold in1965 to the State Government and is now the site of the Warrnambool Police Station. ). The Angus family was able to afford gardeners, cooks and maids; their home was a popular place for visiting dignitaries to stay whilst visiting Warrnambool. Dr Angus had his own silk worm farm at home in a Mulberry tree. His young daughter used his centrifuge for spinning the silk. Dr Angus was appointed on a part-time basis as Port Medical Officer (Health Officer) in Warrnambool and held this position until the 1940’s when the government no longer required the service of a Port Medical Officer in Warrnambool; he was thus Warrnambool’s last serving Port Medical Officer. (The duties of a Port Medical Officer were outlined by the Colonial Secretary on 21st June, 1839 under the terms of the Quarantine Act. Masters of immigrant ships arriving in port reported incidents of diseases, illness and death and the Port Medical Officer made a decision on whether the ship required Quarantine and for how long, in this way preventing contagious illness from spreading from new immigrants to the residents already in the colony.) Dr Angus was a member of the Australian Medical Association, for 35 years and surgeon at the Warrnambool Base Hospital 1939-1942, He served as a Surgeon Captain during WWII 1941-45, in Ballarat, Victoria, and in Bonegilla, N.S.W., completing his service just before the end of the war due to suffering from a heart attack. During his convalescence he carved an intricate and ‘most artistic’ chess set from the material that dentures were made from. He then studied ophthalmology at the Royal Melbourne Eye and Ear Hospital and created cosmetically superior artificial eyes by pioneering using the intrascleral cartilage. Angus received accolades from the Ophthalmological Society of Australasia for this work. He returned to Warrnambool to commence practice as an ophthalmologist, pioneering in artificial eye improvements. He was Honorary Consultant Ophthalmologist to Warrnambool Base Hospital for 31 years. He made monthly visits to Portland as a visiting surgeon, to perform eye surgery. He represented the Victorian South-West subdivision of the Australian Medical Association as its secretary between 1949 and 1956 and as chairman from 1956 to 1958. In 1968 Dr Angus was elected member of Spain’s Barraquer Institute of Barcelona after his research work in Intrasclearal cartilage grafting, becoming one of the few Australian ophthalmologists to receive this honour, and in the following year presented his final paper on Living Intrasclearal Cartilage Implants at the Inaugural Meeting of the Australian College of Ophthalmologists in Melbourne In his personal life Dr Angus was a Presbyterian and treated Sunday as a Sabbath, a day of rest. He would visit 3 or 4 country patients on a Sunday, taking his children along ‘for the ride’ and to visit with him. Sunday evenings he would play the pianola and sing Scottish songs to his family. One of Dr Angus’ patients was Margaret MacKenzie, author of a book on local shipwrecks that she’d seen as an eye witness from the late 1880’s in Peterborough, Victoria. In the early 1950’s Dr Angus, painted a picture of a shipwreck for the cover jacket of Margaret’s book, Shipwrecks and More Shipwrecks. She was blind in later life and her daughter wrote the actual book for her. Dr Angus and his wife Gladys were very involved in Warrnambool’s society with a strong interest in civic affairs. Their interests included organisations such as Red Cross, Rostrum, Warrnambool and District Historical Society (founding members), Wine and Food Society, Steering Committee for Tertiary Education in Warrnambool, Local National Trust, Good Neighbour Council, Housing Commission Advisory Board, United Services Institute, Legion of Ex-Servicemen, Olympic Pool Committee, Food for Britain Organisation, Warrnambool Hospital, Anti-Cancer Council, Boys’ Club, Charitable Council, National Fitness Council and Air Raid Precautions Group. He was also a member of the Steam Preservation Society and derived much pleasure from a steam traction engine on his farm. He had an interest in people and the community He and his wife Gladys were both involved in the creation of Flagstaff Hill, including the layout of the gardens. After his death (28th March 1970) his family requested his practitioner’s plate, medical instruments and some personal belongings be displayed in the Port Medical Office surgery at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village, and be called the “W. R. Angus Collection”. The W.R. Angus Collection is significant for still being located at the site it is connected with, Doctor Angus being the last Port Medical Officer in Warrnambool. The collection of medical instruments and other equipment is culturally significant, being an historical example of medicine from late 19th to mid-20th century. Dr Angus assisted Dr Tom Ryan, a pioneer in the use of X-rays and in ocular surgery. Lens bulb, NEICO #24B -2.5v, for an electronic tongue depressor in original cardboard package; part of the W.R. Angus Collection. The package is rectangular and the base slides out, giving access to the small globe. Package reads "Genuine NEICO #24B -2.5v lens bulb for National Model N24 tongue depressor. Operates from battery handle or Transformer. Long life. Brilliant", "Made in U.S.A.. Tested and sealed at factory", "National Elec. Instr. Co. Inc. Long Island, New York". "Apply current gradually until filament is changing from yellow to a white light - THEN STOP. Glaring Illumination indicates excessive voltage which shortens filament light without increasing illuminating efficiency."flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, dr w r angus, dr ryan, surgical instrument, t.s.s. largs bay, warrnambool base hospital, nhill base hospital, mira hospital, flying doctor, medical treatment, medical history, national electric instrument company, electronic tongue depressor, lens bulb -
Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Domestic object - Ceramic KOOKABURRA Electric Jug, Nilsen Porcelain Australia, 1930s
Electric kettles were invented by the English to speed up tea preparation. In Australia fancy ceramic electric jugs quickly became a status symbol. During the Great Depression era anyone who could offer you a cuppa from a beautiful Electric Kookaburra Jug was considered to be doing well. Made by Nilsen Porcelain Australia in the 193Os, these kettles were unique for their charming art deco bird shape. Nilsen Electric Kookaburra Jugs are now regarded as a classic Australian icon prized by collectors. Oliver John Nilsen was born in Collingwood, Victoria in 1894. In 1916 he began his own electrical business, Oliver J. Nilsen & Co. (later Oliver J. Nilsen (Australia) Ltd). Nilsen's manufactured goods included such diverse products as transformers, bearings, battery chargers, bells, buzzers and gongs, porcelain ware, fuses, insulators and neon signs. Nilsen Porcelain Australia was a smaller company within the Nilsen group. Nilsen still operates as an electro-technology company operating throughout AustraliaThis jug is an excellent example of art deco ceramic appliances of the 1930s to 1950s on both a local and national level. It is also representative of products developed by a major Australian manufacturer. Earthernware ceramic jug, moulded in art deco style to represent an Australian kookaburra.vintage electric kettles, kitchen appliances, nilsen australia -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Lights, porcelain, wall, electric light switch; Door Knob Porcelain, early 20th C
Both the Light switch and Door knob were used in Box Cottage during the late 19thC and early 20thC by the Box and Rietman families. William and Elizabeth Box purchased the two ten acre Lots of land with the Cottage in 1868 where they raised their family of 12 children and developed a flower garden producing seedlings. August and Frieda Rietman rented the Cottage 1917 with 1 acre of land and purchased it in 1935 where they raised 2 children while August established Rietman's Landscaping Pty Ltd making pressed concrete garden furniture. Porcelain is a ceramic material made by heating materials, generally including kaolin, in a kiln to temperatures between 1,200 and 1,400 °C The toughness, strength and translucence of porcelain, relative to other types of pottery, arises mainly from vitrification and the formation of the mineral mullite within the body at these high temperatures. Porcelain and other ceramic materials have many applications in engineering, especially ceramic engineering. Porcelain is an excellent insulator for use at high voltage, especially in outdoor applications, see Insulator (electricity)#Material. Examples include: terminals for high voltage cables, bushings of power transformers, insulation of high frequency antennas and many other components. Both the Light switch and Door knob were used in Box Cottage during the late 19thC and early 20thC by the Box and Rietman families. William and Elizabeth Box purchased the land with Cottage in 1868 and raised their familya) An electric light switch that would be attached to a wall. An Ivory Porcelain Base Single Light Switch with antique Brass top b) A porcelain door knob Both items used in Box Cottage early 20th Ca) On base BRITISH MADE / ENGLAND / 4 / 6959 lights, porcelain, electricity, early settlers, moorabbin, cheltenham, bentleigh, box william, box elizabeth, rietman august, rietman frieda, market gardeners, flower gardens, seedling nurseries, world war 1 1914-18, war memorials, sculpture, pottery, pressed concrete, door handles, door knobs -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Report, Public Transport Corporation (PTC), "Tram Maintenance", c1993
Set of approx. 48 A4 single sided sheets outlining overhaul procedures and scope of works for Plan Programmed Maintenance (PPM) Has been part of a larger report. Appendix A - Bogie Overhaul - 2 sheets B - Rotatating Machines - 2 sheets PPM Overhaul Schedule - All tram cases - three levels proposed - 1 W class and others trams - 8 sheets B class - 5 sheets Z class - 6 sheets Maintenance and repair overhaul - transformers - 3 sheets W class and other tram defect report sheets - 2 Bus Maintenance employees/ bus for Australian cities - 1 DH16 Overhaul labour/resource chart - 1 GE 247 motors - ditto - 1 Wheel condition report form - Yarra Trams c2000 - 1 Set of forward planning sheets for tram overhauls from W681 to A300 - c 1991 - 15 sheets.trams, tramways, tramcars, preston workshops, maintenance, w class, a class, b class, z class, compressors, motors -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book - Log Books, G. Beanland, Log-Books of Yarraville Laboratory, 1952-1954, 1952
Graham Beanland's logbooks for the Electrical Branch Hydro-Design Section. Beanland was later the Principal of the Ballarat School of Mines. Four foolscap books with handwritten notes. .1) includes Richmond Power Station, Midworth Statino Load Indicator Transmitter, Thomastown Experimental Line (220v), The story of Richmond, Power factor curves, dryout of 6.6. KV motor, etc .2) Pressure Tests at Mt Waverly Pump Station, Shunt capacitor Bank for Bendigo, Shepparton Main Substation, Boronia Level Crossing - Supply continuity. commissioning Warragul Main Sunstatin, Tests carried out on Sedgewick installation, Bendigo Main Substation, MMBW Instalation at McVeighs, The South-Western Story, etc .3) History of Kiewa Hydro Scheme, Kiewa Scheme Layout Plan, Kiewa No. 4 Main Transformers, Motor operatied Power-Station lift, etc (included flyers "Power From Kiewa" and "White Coal", etc .4) Newport B and C Power Station, Yarraville Maintenance Workshops, Richmond and Brusnwick Terminal Stations, Rubicon-Eildon Area, Kiewa No.3 Power Station, etc.graham beanland, electricity, kiewa power station, newport power station, yarraville, richmond terminal station, brunswick terminal station, white coal, coal, boronia level crossing lights -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Book, British Engineering Standards Association, "Electrical Machinery excluding motors for traction purposes", 1927-1939
.1 - Book - 56 pages + grey covers, side stapled, issued by the British Engineering Standards Committee "Electrical Machinery excluding motors for traction purposes", No. 72-1917, September 1917. Has "Commonwealth Engineer" label along the bottom edge. .2 - Book 28 pages - light grey covers, side stapled, issued by the British Engineering Standards Association, "Insulating oils for use in Transformers, oil switches and circuit breakers" No. 148-1923, April 1923. Has a Tait Book Co. stamp along the bottom edge and ESCo date stamp 1 Oct. 1925. Printed by Gaylard & Sons London. .3 - Book 72 pages - light grey covers, side stapled, issued by the British Engineering Standards Association, "Tungsten Filament Electric Lamps" No. 161-1925, August 1927. Has a Tait Book Co. stamp along the bottom edge and ESCo date stamp 15 Feb. 1928. Printed by Waterlow & Sons London. .4 - Book 48 pages - light grey covers, side stapled, issued by the British Standards Institution, "Metal Sheathed paper insulated plain annealed copper conductors for electricity supply including voltage tests" No.1 48-1933, March 1933. Has a Tait Book Co. stamp along the bottom edge and ESCo date stamp 15 Feb. 1928. Printed by Waterlow & Sons London. trams, tramways, power station, standards, materials, electrical systems -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Book, Australian Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association, "AC Electric Arc Welding Plant - Transformer type", "Brass water fittings - stop, bib, globe and ferrule or main taps", "Vegetable tanned leather belting", "Rubber Conveyor and Power Transmission Belting", "Maintenance of Portable Chemical Fire Extinguishers of the Acid-Alkali and Foam Types", "Copper Tubes", "Portland Cement", 1928 - 1942
.1 - Book - 12 pages + brown covers, side stapled, issued by the Australian Standards Association, "AC Electric Arc Welding Plant - Transformer type", C97-1942, July 1942. .2 - Book - 40 pages + grey covers, side stapled, issued by the Australian Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association, Tentative Australian Standard B1 - "Brass water fittings - stop, bib, globe and ferrule or main taps", B1-1928, August 1928. .3 - Book - 20 pages + grey covers, side stapled, issued by the Australian Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association, Tentative Australian Standard B4 - "Vegetable tanned leather belting", B4 - 1929, January 1929. .4 - Book - 16 pages + grey covers, side stapled, issued by the Australian Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association, Tentative Australian Standard B3 - Rubber Conveyor and Power Transmission Belting", B3 - 1929, March 1929. .5 - Book - 8 pages + green covers, side stapled, issued by the Australian Standards Association, "Maintenance of Portable Chemical Fire Extinguishers of the Acid-Alkali and Foam Types", CA 18-1941, May 1941. .6 - Book - 16 pages + grey covers, side stapled, issued by the Australian Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association, Tentative Australian Standard B2 - "Copper Tubes", B2 - 1928, July 1928. .7 - Book - 28 pages + grey covers, side stapled, issued by the Australian Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association, Australian Standard A2 - "Portland Cement", includes tests, A2-1926, December 1926. On top right hand corner has the date stamp of the "The Electric Supply Co. of Victoria Ltd Ballarat" .2 - 3 Sep 1928 .3 - 19 Jan 1929 .4 - 3 Apr 1929 .5 - SEC Stamp - ? 1941 .6 - 20 July 1928 .7 - 17 Apr 1934trams, tramways, power station, standards, materials -
Federation University Historical Collection
Booklet - Magazines, Ballarat School of Mines Magazine, 1924-1930, 1924-1930
The Ballarat School of Mines is a predecessor institution of Federation University Australia. Bound copies of the Ballarat School or Mines Students' Magazine. 1924 * Dr J.R. Pound * Noel Hay Obituary * The History of Chemistry * Literary Society * Herald B. Herbert * Chemistry in Modern Life by Val G. Anderson * Chemistry in Literature by J.R. Pound * School Literary Society * Ladies in Pharmacy * Musings on Modern Literature - Mainly Drama (W.G. C.) * Trip to Newcastle * Appreciation of the Masterpieces of Art * The Antique Room * Dressmaking * Pottery * Sloyd * The Mystery of the Atom *Inorganic Evolution by R.S. Russell * Photography * First Aid Club 1926 * The Trip to Morwell * Chemical Excursions (Yallourn) * Eastern Life and Customs by Rex Warrillow * Organic Evolution by Edwin A. Brophy * Chemistry in the Kitchen * Obituary for Professor Alfred Mica Smith * The Historical Development of Patterns i Silk Fabrics * Pottery * Literary Society * Early Evidence of Metallurgy in Britain * Brief Description of the Magnet Silver Mine, Tasmania * The manufacture of Leather Photographs * SMB Athletics Team, winners of the Herald Shield (M. Timmings, L. Evans, F. Sheahan, R. Collins, A. Murfett, W. Hughes, L. Hillman * SMB Football Team * Ballarat Technical Art School Tennis Four * SMB Girls' Basketball Team * SMB GIrls Hockey Team * Ballarat Junior Technical School Scholarship and Studentship Winners * On Punctuation Advertisements: Sunshine Biscuits, Harris Powell and Sandford, W. Gribble & Co., Gilbert Motors, T.J. Haymes The Wallpaper King, C. Marks and Co., Wilson's Tailors and Mercers, George S. Grant, Miss A. Corin Art Worker, Tunbridges, Felton, Grimwade & Co., Hasten and Ewins, Ballarat Wireless Stores, Fred A. Reed, Suttons, E. Hall-Jones, Stansfield and Smith, Ballarat Gas Company, Richards and Co Studio, F.H. Drew, Adam Scott, R.A. Hudson, Huttons, J.A. Holland, A.E. White, F. Barrow Monumental Sculptor, R. Young, H.A. Evans, Alexandria Tea Rooms, W. Cornell Chemist, Black Cat Tea Rooms, J.A. Reynolds, A.M. Palmer, Morris Cars and Trucks, Mrs Stones, Millers The Clothiers, T.G. Skewes, Wattle TEa Rooms, H.B. Selby, Middleton and Morris, C.P.A. Taylor, Thornton Studios, Fred Irwin, Isaac Abraham, Ballarat Radio Listening-In, Baxter and Stubbs 1927 * Chemists Trip to Melbourne (Mount Lyell Chemical Works, Footscray, Yarraville * Literary Society * Mr J.N. Rowell 1928 * Prohibition in U.S.A. by Ed A. Brophy * Dr. J.W. Mellor and His Work at Stoke, England by Reginald C. Callister * The Science of Chemistry by C.A. Schache * Trip to Yallourn (Brown Coal Deposits, Steam Plant at Yallourn, Switchgear and Transformers, Briquette Factory * Walhalla Past and Present by G.E.B. * The Hand Loom * Precious Stones 1929 * The Old Brewery * The History of Chemistry by J.R. Pound * Occurrence of Mineral Oil in Gippsland * Experiences with Malayan Chinese by R. Warrillow * Organise Colors (Dyestuff Pigments) in Rubber Goods 1930 * News from Chine by Henry Kum Yuen * L'Art Moderne * The Story of Clay by T.H. Trengrove * A Glimpse of England * The Beginnings of Arithmeticballarat school of mines, pottery, ceramics, reginald callister, metallurgy, chemistry, j. pound, alfred mica smith, herald shield, harold herbert, lindsay hillman, john rowell, j.r. pound, noel hay, drawing from antique, yallourn excusion, walhalla, sunshine biscuits, harris powell and sandford, w. gribble & co., gilbert motors, t.j. haymes, the wallpaper king, c. marks and co., wilson's tailors and mercers, george s. grant, miss a. corin art worker, tunbridges, felton, grimwade & co., hasten and ewins, ballarat wireless stores, fred a. reed, suttons, e. hall-jones, stansfield and smith, ballarat gas company, richards and co studio, r.a. hudson, huttons, j.a. holland, a.e. white, f. barrow monumental sculptor, r. young, h.a. evans, alexandria tea rooms, w. cornell chemist, black cat tea rooms, j.a. reynolds, a.m. palmer, morris cars and trucks, mrs stones, millers the clothiers, t.g. skewes, wattle tea rooms, h.b. selby, middleton and morris, c.p.a. taylor, thornton studios, fred irwin, isaac abraham, ballarat radio listening-in, baxter and stubbs, mount lyell chemical works, footscray, c.a. schache, yallourn briquette factory, t.h. trengrove, history of chemistry, excursions, morwell, morwell excursion, women in pharmacy, mt lyall, excursion, slloyd, drawing from the antique, james pound, yallourn, yallourn excursion, ballarat arch of victory, mt macedon, f.h. drew, adam scott, university women -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, George Coop, Power transformer on a QB boiler/flat wagon on display at Spencer Street Railway Station during the 1954 Victorian Railways Centenary Exhibition, Sep. 1954
"V.R. Cavalcade" Centenary 1854-1954 Exhibition (11-25 Sep 1954) presented a model railway occupying about 1,400 square feet in the Lower Town Hall featuring a number of model railway working scale models. The exhibition also included a display of rolling stock, track, electrical and other railway equipment held at Spencer Street Railway Station.Digital TIFF file Scan of Kopdak 620 black and white negative transparencygeorge coop collection, display, spencer street railway station, v.r. cavalcade, victorian railways centenary 1854-1954 exhibition, power transformer, qb boiler/flat wagon, qb-13