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Bendigo Military Museum
Equipment - BAYONET FROG, Post 1960
The frog was black coated for ceremonial use otherwise it was a green colour to suit all equipment.Bayonet frog, webbing, black nugget coated for SLR Bayonet Scabbard with 3 loops to fit scabbardbayonet, frog, webbing -
Trafalgar Holden Museum
Functional object - Equine accessory, Equestrian crop
Used by mounted riders to encourage their mounts forward.Manufactured and sold by Holden and Frost Ca 1900Tapered shaft with 60mm loop on end. Other end has a leather know on with metal cap on bottomequestrian crop, whip -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Accessory - QC BINKS COLLECTION: BUCKLE
Metal buckle. Item is a rectangle frame with a decorative scrolled border. Object is rusted and the remains of a loop are on the reverse.bendigo, gold mining, qc binks -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Digital image Set of 5, George Coop, 1968 - 1970
Yields information about Wendouree Parade near Gardens Loop and Carlton StFive (5) Digital images taken by George Coop during the period 1968 - 1970, of SEC trams in the Gardens area. .1 - 17 in Gardens Loop with destination of Victoria St. .2 - 43 climbing the hill to Carlton St Loop. Has the destination of Mt Pleasant .3 - 26 and 31 in Carlton St Loop. 26 - Victoria St and 31, Mt Pleasant .4 - 33 climbing the hill to Carlton St, has the destination of Victoria St. .5 - 26 and 31 - side on at Carlton St loop (end of rowing coarse), crossing 26 - has a Briquettes roof advert and 31 a Electric Cooking advert. trams, tramways, wendouree parade, gardens loop, carlton st loop, tram 17, tram 43, tram 26, tram 31, tram 33 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Colour Photograph/s set of 5, Carolyn Dean, 4/03/1997 12:00:00 AM
Set of five colour photographs of Trolley Wire replacement in Wendouree Parade sent to the Editor of Trolley Wire - 2 used in the May 1997 issue of Trolley Wire. All photos by Carolyn Dean. All photos taken on 4-3-1997. All photos on AGFA paper. 1139.1 - Working on the trolley wire just to the north of Gardens Loop 1139.2 - Alan Snowball's Ute and trailer with wire reel, North Gardens area. 1139.3 - Replacing wire -group photo around behind truck - used on page 38 of Trolley Wire. 1139.4 - General photo of work with Ute and trailer in foreground and tower truck in background. Wire run out for a number of pole lengths - used on page 38 of Trolley Wire. 1139.5 - Photo of work on trolley wire replacement with tower truck. All have in black ink "4.3.97" and "Photo by / Carolyn Dean". 1139.3 has "Gardens Loop" in blue ink on top edge, and white sticker with "Photo 56 / 14.4 x 9.5cm" written on in black ink. 1139.4 - has white sticker with "Photo 57 / 14.5 and 7cm" written on in black ink.trolley wire, btm, wendouree parade, overhead -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Surgical Instrument, late 19th Century
This polyp remover from Dr T.F. Ryan's Ear Nose and Throat surgical kit 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 WWII1942-45, 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. Surgical instrument from Dr T.F. Ryan's Surgical Kit, part of the W.R. Angus. Polyp remover, scissor type action,curved ends with loop shaped tips. One handle has loop, the other is curved, Inscribed "MEDICAL SUPPLY DEPOT" & "T R" Inscribed "MEDICAL SUPPLY DEPOT" & "T R" 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, ent ear nose throat surgery, warrnambool base hospital, nhill base hospital, mira hospital, flying doctor, medical treatment, polyp remover, surgery -
Clunes Museum
Tool - PULLEY
This wooden pulley was used in mineshafts. The pulley is a wheel with a grooved rim inside a wooden frame for carrying a rope, turning in the frame and serving to change the direction of, or transmit power, as in pulling at one end of the line to raise a weight or object at the other end.USED IN UNDERGROWN MINING ON THE GOLD FIELDSWooden Pulley with ropes attached. Pulley has rope bound round outside to form a metal lined loop to attach to hook above and one lead reinforced loop to attach load to be lowered. The grooved wheel in centre of pulley houses the rope or to attach the load for transport.underground mining, mining tool, wooden pulley -
Otway Districts Historical Society
Photograph, R. Preston, Banool: Locomotive G42 and goods, c.1960
This original station on the Colac-Beech Forest line was first known as "Moorbanool" after the local parish, and then shortened to "Banool" on 1 November 1904. At first facilities consisted of a passenger shelter, a loop siding for 11 trucks, plus a residence for the ganger of the track gang based there. By 1912 with the extension of the line to Crowes increased train services on the line required a crossing station in this section of the track, and therefore Banool became a staff and ticket station with a crossing loop and home signals. However, this only lasted for two years and was abolished as an economy measure in 1916. Loading figures show that in most years the outwards tonnage at Banool was less than 150 tonnes. The station was reduced to a passenger shelter and goods loop only by 1929, and by the time of closure in 1962 most trains were steaming through.Colour. Locomotive G42 and its NQR goods wagons, loaded and unloaded, steaming past Banool station passenger shelter. 143mm x 274mm print.banool; moorbanool; railways; locomotive g42; -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document, Yarra Trams, Clarendon Street Junction - Driver's Booklet, Jan. 2016
Produced by Yarra Trams with diagrams, maps and instructions for the use by drivers at Clarendon St junction, following the introduction of an additional loop track for the Tramcar Restaurant tram. Demonstrates a set of Yarra Trams instructions for a complex junction.Booklet - 20 A5 pages, centre stapled full colour on recycled paper.tramways, clarendon st, clarendon st junction, instructions, yarra trams, colonial tramcar restaurant -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Digital Image of a Museum tram crew and tram No. 40, 15-1-1978
Digital image of a Ballarat Tramway Preservation Society crew, Mary and Paul Nicholson standing along side tram No. 40 at Gardens Loop in Wendouree Parade.Yields information about the operation of Museum trams in Wendouree Parade and their crews.Digital Image of a Museum tram crew and tram No. 40 15-1-1978trams, tramways, btm, btps, tram 40, paul nicholson, mary nicholson, gardens loop, wendouree parade -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Digital Image, Peter Knife, Tram 32 Gardens Loop, Wendouree Parade, 31/12/1969
Digital image of Tram 32 Gardens Loop, Wendouree Parade. Tram has the destination of Victoria St. Photo by Peter Knife 31/12/1969. Yields information about Ballarat's trams in October 1970.Digital image of a colour slide.tramways, tramcars, ballarat, tram 35, wendouree parade -
Shepparton RSL Sub Branch
Gas Mask Cannister, c. 1910s
This canister is part of a complete set of a German gas mask dating to the First World War. This canister housed a mask, filter, and spare goggle lenses. Metal cylindrical canister with removable lid attached via a metal square loop. Lid has small lip for user to grip to open and on interior has two soldered metal wires crossed in an X shape. Exterior of canister has two loops through which khaki-coloured canvas straps are threaded, adjustable via a metal buckle; a further loop at the base is unused/attached. At base of canister is a circular piece of paper with German script.Engraving on interior of lid reads "H.S.D. geprurt"german, germany, world war i, world war 1, first world war, the great war, chemical warfare, gas mask, gas warfare, mustard gas -
Frankston RSL Sub Branch
Mortar Cover
Dark green vynil over cloth material cover. Base is 90 mm in diameter, height 190 mm flap cover down, height 265 mm with flap cover extended. Flap cover uses press stud fastner to close cover. The cover has been cotton stitched. Two handle loops have been sewn on to the outside of the cover, the obverse loop being 24 mm long, reverse loop 12 mm long. -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Slide - 35mm slide/s - set of 6, Travis Jeffrey, c1992
A set of six Plastic mount (black base, white cover) of tram No. 38 in service for the BTM Photo by Travis Jeffrey, c1992. .1 - btm123 - No. 27, Wendouree Parade, Gavin Young driving. .2 - btm126 - No. 27 at Gardens Loop .3 - btm128 - ditto with Travis Jeffrey standing by the front of the tram. .4 - btm122 - ditto at Loop .5 - btm121 - ditto at Loop, Simon Green in background? .6 - btm120 - as for .1, but with destination of Victoria St.tramways, trams, wendouree parade, btm, gardens loop, tram 38 -
Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists (RANZCOG)
Lippes Loop intrauterine devices with container associated with Professor Geoff Bishop, Ortho Pharmaceutical Corporation
This item came from Geoff Bishop's rooms at Mollison House, 386 Albert Street, East Melbourne. Distributed by Ethnor P/L Sydney, these bulk purchase packs pre-dated the individually sterile packaged products with disposable applicators.Two white, plastic Lippes Loop IUDs [.1 and .2], with yellow string attached to one end of each. Double S-shape intrauterine devices. Also includes "LIPPES LOOP" product information label [.3], and a clear hinged plastic case with adhesive sticker [.4].intrauterine device, contraception -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Equipment - Equipment - Fishing Float, n.d
Wooden painted 'pencil' fishing float. Bottom section lacquered, the rest including central barrel-shaped section, red-brown. Metal loop just above barrel-shaped section, for passing fishing line through. ? section with other loop broken off bottom section -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Ballarat Tramways - Gardens shelter, Ballarat Tramway Museum (BTM), June 1994
Colour print showing the installation of the wooden shelter at Gardens Loop by the Museum prior to the installation of the interpretative board in the shelter. The shelter was subsequently replaced by the Council with a new structure.Yields information about the shelter installed by the Museum at Gardens Loop during 1994. Colour photograph print on Fujichrome paper.museum, shelter, gardens loop, shelters -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Geelong No. 1 leaving crossing loop in Aphrasia St, Wal Jack, 23-6-1949
Geelong No. 1 leaves the crossing loop in Aphrasia St before turning into Pakington St. The tram has the destination of Station. See item 7821 for the original negative.Yields information about Geelong No. 1 and Aphrasia St.Black and white photograph, with hand written details on rear.See rear image. tramways, trams, geelong, newtown, aphrasia st, tram 1 -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Accessory - Wedding Horseshoes and heart, 1948
Used for the marriage of Charlotte Edith (Tottie) Ryder (aunt of donor) to Alfred George Tooke (b 1898 England d 1998) held at Church of England, Thornbury on 13 March 1948.1. White satin horseshoe white loop cord silver foil leaves x2 3 cream coloured flowers with yellow centres Note attached All the best wished from Joy and Doug 2. White satin ruched ribbon loop and bow 3 tulle and ribbon flowers; sequins on each point4 sequins silver 2 on top 3. White satin and bronze metallic ribbon heart shape on white ribbon with ribbon bow and white ribbon on left 4. Pale blue ruched material horseshoe, pale blue ribbon loop -box 5. White ribbon loop with 4 tails each with silver painted wishbone attached One cream/yellowed wax flower at base of ribbon loop See also Knickers NA4921, Negligee Set NA4922, Wedding Dress NA4923 and Wedding Veil NA4925costume accessories, female -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Folder, Clocktower Theatre Company, Clocktower Theatre Co.- correspondence and programmes related to various productions1972-1978, 1972-1978
List of productions, dates and correspondence detailing each production.Pink coloured flat document file with loop, containing Clocktower Productions and correspondence connected with them segregated by production. -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Domestic object - Bottle Brush
Bottle brush with long twisted handle with loop for hanging at end. Brush section is designed to form a spiral shape.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Basket
Basket cane waste paper basket. Weaving stops some 6cm from top, leaving square loopsflagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, cane basket, waste paper basket, home office equipment -
Bendigo Military Museum
Accessory - TOBACCO TIN/MIRROR, The British Australasia Tobacco Co. Pty. Ltd, C. 1939 - 45
Frederick BIRKIN No VX32484, POW, died 1.7.42. Refer 184.54 for his service history also 183. 184.54 card set was originally held in the tin 182.2 with 183. .1) "Towntalk" Tobacco Tin, red in colour. .2) Polished metal Shaving Mirror, with loop in top for hanging..1) Scratched on face - "F. BIRKIN VX32484” .2) Inscribed 'Good luck Aussie'personal effects, smoking accessories, containers-commercial -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Accessory - Belt - Macrame, 1940's
Made and used by internee in Camp 3White and mauve macrame belt, silver buckle. Button on back of tab on buckle end. Loop over belthoefer family, camp 3, tatura, ww2 camp 3, costume, accessory, clothes -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Clothing - Bloomers, 1940's
Used by Internees at Camp 3Machine made white calico bloomers, elastic in waist band. Finished with small button and loop at end of elasticbloomers, gisela hoffmann, ladies underware -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Knife - pocket
Mother of pearl finish on pocket knife blade. Shoe button hook, cork screw, spike and small loop.knife, pocket knife tatura -
Hellenic Museum
DIsh, 1050 - 750 BCE
Cypriot Bichrome Ware from Cypro-Geometric PeriodThe interior with black spiral, the rim and twin loop handles painted to the exterior with sets of bands, repeated under the foot. cypriot -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Block
3 sheave wood block with becket & loop 155mmL x 105W x 160mmD. Painted rust brownflagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Pocket Knife
Pocket Knife, folding 2 bladed all metal with copper loop on end & spike on back. Bone handle.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Functional object - Anchor, Henry P Parkes & Co, 1885 - 1904
In about 1820 Henry Pershouse Parkes, from Dudley, established the Tipton Green Chain and Anchor Works (Staffordshire). The firm’s products included cables, chains, anchors and all kinds of forgings. In 1851 some tests were carried out on the company’s chains to demonstrate the tensile strength and fibrous toughness of the iron used in their production. The iron used on this occasion was supplied by Summer Hill Iron Works. Some of the chains were exhibited at the Great Exhibition in 1851 and also at the 1855 French Exhibition in Paris, where they won a prize medal. Henry Pershouse Parkes died in 1867 and appears to have been succeeded by his son, who had the same name. In 1867 the firm produced the largest anchor in the world, at that time. It was built for Brunel’s S. S. Great Eastern to the patented design of Joseph Beterley, of Liverpool. The anchor, which weighed eight tons was twenty six and a half feet long and cast from iron supplied by Bloomfield Iron Works. It was tested at Tipton Proving House and found to be able to stand a strain of 100 tons. Henry Pershouse Parkes junior went into partnership with Alexander Stewart Ross to form Henry P. Parkes and Ross. The partnership came to an end in 1885 and the company became Henry P. Parkes & Company. In 1904 the business was sold and became H. P. Parkes and Company, under the control of N. Hingley & Sons Limited, of Netherton. In 1944 the company’s name was changed to Richard Sykes and Son Limited, then in 1947 it became H. P. Parkes & Company Limited. The business went into liquidation in 1966.The item is significant as an early example of a well known prize winning British anchor and chain maker from the mid 19th century. The company name on the anchor indicate the period of manufacture making it a significant item prized today by collectors.Anchor 5 pronged metal with loop at bottom to attach anti-snag rope. Long shank painted black. Label attached "Henry P Parker and Co"flagstaff hill, warrnambool, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, five pronged anchor, henry p parkes & co, tipton green chain and anchor works