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Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub Branch
Plaque - Naval Association Of Australia Plaque, Naval Association of Australia "Port Adelaide"
Wooden plaque with Cast Circle attached to front.Cast Circle with -Naval Association Of Australia" Crown on top and Anchor with Chain in centre of circle., "Port Adelaide" underneath circle. -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Functional object - Set of three Cast Iron Cooking Pot, A Kenrick & Sons - West Bromwich
The cooking pots were used by Pioneer's of the City of Moorabbin.Black cast iron cooking boiler pots with lidsA. Kenrick & Sons/9 Galls / West Bromwichcooking, moorabbin, pioneers, cast iron pots -
Blacksmith's Cottage and Forge
Boiler pot with lid, clark and co, early 1900's
Cooking pot used on wood stoveThis is a domestic cooking pot used for food preparation.oval shaped boiler with a handle and lid, cast ironClark and co. 2 1/2gallonsdomestic, kitchen, pot, boiler, cast iron -
Yarrawonga and Mulwala Pioneer Museum
Tea Kitchen
Cast iron Fountain used to heat water on the stove -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Memorabilia - Realia
Cast Iron Children's Money Box in shape of buildingstawell -
Puffing Billy Railway
Flat Belt Driven Drill Press
Industrial - Flat Belt Driven Drill PressHistoric - Industrial - Flat Belt Driven Drill PressDrill press. - made of Metal and Steel and cast ironHercus Made in Australiaflat belt driven, drill press, puffing billy -
Wannon Water
Antique cast iron seal embossing press, Seal
The Portland Water Board was constituted on July 1 1984 under the Water and Sewerage Authorities (Restructuring ) Act 1983 and amalgamated the prebvious authorities of Portland Sewerage Authority and the Portland Waterworks Trust. The Portland Water Board was abolished on 1 July 1994 under the Water Act 1989 and amalgamated with Port Fairy Water Board and Heywood Water Board to form Portland Coast Regional Water AuthorityA cast iron seal press. This was used by Portland Water Board to emboss agreements and official documents. Die is still attached to the press. It reads: Portland Water Board 1984 Cast iron press with handle and inscripted brass diePortland Water Board 1984 Remnant of label: .. eszler 103 Hawke Street West Melbournepublic administration, amalgamation, restructure, portland, port fairy, heywood, water supply, sewerage -
Trafalgar Holden Museum
Functional object - shoe last
used by cobblers for the repair of foot wear ca1900we believe it was retailed by HOLDEN ca 1910cast iron shoe last used for shoe repairshoe last, cobblers, civilian, ca1910 -
Hand Tool Preservation Association of Australia Inc
Lasts
This item is part of the Thomas Caine Tool Collection, owned by The National Trust of Australia (Victoria) and curated by the Hand Tools Preservation Association of Australia.lasts, 8, shoe repair and socket, cast iron -
Montmorency/Eltham RSL Sub Branch
Weapon - Hand Grenade, Mills Bomb No. 36 (Inert), 1941
Patented by William Mills and known as 'Mills Bombs', these were first used in WW1 and were used by the British Army until 1972. Three models were made - No. 5, No. 23 and No. 36. The latter two could be fired from a rifle (with suitable attachments). Note that the casing is grooved to assist fragmentation. These grenades had a time delay fuse of 7 seconds initially but later a 4 second fuse was introduced. Upon explosion, its lethal range was approx. 90m but on hard ground it could be double that. Over 75 million were produced.Cast-iron 'pineapple' shaped anti-personnel grenade. -
Clunes Museum
Ceremonial object - BELL
THE BELL WAS ORIGINALLY IN THE WESLEY SUNDAY SCHOOLCHURCH BELL, CAST IN BRASS OR BRONZE, WITH IRON CLAPPER.metalcraft, bronzeware, churches - wesley, church bell -
Clunes Museum
Tool - NAPPING HAMMER, CIRCA 1851
NAPPING HAMMER- CAST IRON EQUIPMENT USED IN MINING.local history, mining, equipment -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Domestic Object - CAST IRON TRIVET
Cast iron trivet for a flat iron raised on three legs with a handle and diamond shaped cutouts.T Johnson No2domestic equipment, laundering, flat iron base -
The Ed Muirhead Physics Museum
Galvanometer, Thompson (Suspended Magnet)
Brass and glass rectangular box encasing electrometer on square iron base supported by four legs.On iron base at front: “Elliott Bros London” -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Domestic object - Cooking Pot, T & C Clarke and Co Ltd, 1840 to 1900
T. & C. Clark & Company Limited was based at Shakespeare Foundry in Wolverhampton England and was founded in 1795 by Thomas and Charles Clark. The company grew to be one of the largest iron foundries in Wolverhampton and were pioneering in the manufacture of enamelled cast iron cookware and sanitary wares. The company's product range included thousands of items, both domestic and industrial. T. & C. Clark were pioneers in the use of enamelled cast ironware, after taking out a patent in 1839 guaranteeing their products to be free of lead or arsenic. The company became the largest employer in Wolverhampton employing between 600 to 700 people.The items are significant as they were used as domestic kitchen items to cook food safely without the concern that the metal may contain lead or arsenic as earlier cooking utensils had. This is due to the enamel lining pioneered by TC Clark Pot set; set of three pots. Iron pots, enamelled on the inside with a pouring lip and capacity label on each pot. Pot set a capacity label on each pot. Three pots in set labelled 17 qts and 14 qts on base and flat spot opposite lip - handle for pouring. 12 qts is missing flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, pot set, cooking pot, pouring pot, cook ware -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Tool - Bench Saw Vice, Henry Disston & Sons, 1910 -1925
The subject item is a saw blade sharpening clamp that attaches to a bench allowing the operator to sharpen the teeth on a saw with a file while keeping the saw blade in an upright position. Henry Disston (1819–1878) began his career as an American saw maker in Philadelphia. He emigrated from England in 1833 and started making saws and squares in 1840. In 1850, he founded the company that would become the largest saw maker in the world the ”Keystone Saw Works” on the Delaware River. Some five years later, Disston built a furnace possibly the first melting plant for steel in America and began producing the first crucible saw steel ever made in the United States. While his competitors were buying good steel from Britain, he was making his own, to his specification, for his own needs. Disston subsequently constructed a special rolling mill exclusively for saw blades. Over the following decade, the Disston company continued to grow, even while dedicating itself to the Union Army's war effort. In 1865, when his son Hamilton Disston rejoined the business after serving in the Civil War, Disston changed the company's name to Henry Disston & Son. Henry Disston and his sons set the standards for American saw makers, both in terms of producing high-quality saws and developing innovative manufacturing techniques. Disston also started making files in 1865. In September 1872, Henry Disston and two other men dug a part of the foundation for what was to become the largest saw manufacturing facility in the world: Disston Saw Works. This was in the Tacony section of Philadelphia. Having previously moved his expanding business from near Second and Market Streets to Front and Laurel Streets, Disston sought to establish his business away from this cramped area. It took over 25 years to move the entire facility to Tacony. This Philadelphia neighborhood seems to have been the only company town in the United States established within an existing city. At its peak of operations, Disston Saw Works employed 8,000 people and the factory covered 300 acres. The company, known as Henry Disston and Sons, Inc by the early 20th century, cast the first crucible steel in the nation from an electric furnace in 1906. The firm's Armour plate building near Princeton Avenue and Milnor Street contributed tremendously to the World War II effort. But the company's innovation and industriousness would not last forever. In 1955, with mounting cash-flow problems and waning interest on the family's part to run the firm, Henry Disston and Sons were sold to the H.K. Porter Company of Pittsburgh. Porter's Disston Division was sold in 1978 and became the Henry Disston Division of Sandvik Saw of Sweden. This division was then sold in 1984 to R.A.F. Industries of Philadelphia and became known as Disston Precision Incorporated, a maker of specialized flat steel products. In 2013, R.A.F. Industries sold Disston Precision Inc. in a private sale. Although the company has ceased making Disston handsaws, the Disston brand name still exists in this firm. A significant American company that pioneered the making of high-quality steel and saws along with other tools and accessories. The subject item is significant as it was made at a time when the company was in its hay day. Adjustable Ball & Socket Saw Sharpening vice, cast iron, with clamp to attach to a workbench. Made by Henry Disston & Co. No 1 painted greyflagstaff hill, warrnambool, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, saw clamp, henry disston & sons, saw sharpening, tool accessories, wood saws -
Puffing Billy Railway
14A - Victorian Railways NA class Steam Locomotive, 1914
14A Built in 1914 and painted Canadian red & dark brown, this locomotive was issued to the Colac to Crowes line and saw service on all four lines, but mostly on the Colac to Crowes line. It was withdrawn from service in 1962 at Colac and sent to Newport Workshops for storage where it remained, except for a brief time at Bendigo North Work-shops in 1963. After overhaul, it was brought to Belgrave in 1965 where it has seen almost continuous service since. In 1978, it became the first of the preserved NA’s to trial a historic colour scheme for which the Canadian red & dark brown was chosen, but ended up mistakenly being painted a “London Tan” & dark brown. In 1996 it received a more correct Canadian red livery. This “temporary” trial livery has now given way to 14A’s designated livery of all-over black. Its physical configuration will match the late 1940s era with the extended bunker, guard irons, etc. Loco: 14A In service Thursday, 25th June 1914 Withdrawn April 1962 Livery Canadian red & dark brown Owner Puffing Billy Gauge 762mm / 2' 6" Status Preserved - Operational - Converted to running on Light Oil in 2018 Service History: Jun 1914 - Colac - initial allocation of a new locomotive Jun 1914 - May 1921 Colac Aug 1921 - UFTG. Sep 1921 - Feb 1923 Moe May 1923 - Apr 1927 Colac Jul 1927 - Apr 1929 UFTG. Apr 1929 - May 1932 Other May 1932 - Nov 1934 Moe Dec 1934 - Jan 1940 Wangaratta Jun 1940 - Workshops Oct 1940 - Mar 1947 Colac May 1948 - Nov 1960 Colac - Stored Apr 1962 - Jul 1962 Workshops - Stored Dec 1965 - Belgrave - In active service at Puffing Billy Railway Belgrave Victorian Railways - Narrow Gauge NA class steam locomotive number 14A Dates that 14A worked on the Gembrook Line Aug-1921 to Sep-1921 Jul-1927 to Apr-1929 Dec-1965 - Returned to service Oct-1977 - Transferred to ETRB ownership Steam Locomotive with wrought iron frame with cast iron cylinders - Converted to running on Light Oil in 201814Apuffing billy, 14a, victorian railways, narrow gauge, steam locomotive -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Functional object - Paling/shingle splitter's axe
The splitter's axe was used to cleave timber apart into shingles or palings. A timber handle or haft would have been inserted through the socket. The cast iron blade was placed vertically into the timber end. The blade was then driven into the timber with a rough mallet while the haft was used to guide the split along the grain. As the timber split, the haft could be twisted to lever the two pieces apart. This tool is sometimes called a froe or frow.Machine made, painted black, cast. No handle. Shows signs of use. Socket warpedchurchill island, farm, tool, tools, splitter, splitter's, axe, paling, shingle -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Functional object - Cast Iron Dolly Pot
Cast iron dolly pots were used in the mining industry to crush ore specimens and samples into dust before panning. The principle is the same as a mortar and pestle.This item has two pieces both are made from cast iron and are rusted and a dark brown color. One is a tapering cylinder 16.5 centimetres wide a its top, the first two and a half centimetres down tapper to 13.5 diameter, the next nine centimetres tapper to 11 centimetres diameter. the last two and a half centimetres is a solid base that flares out to a 16.5 centimetre diameter, the inside of the bottom of the cylinder is a bowl shape. The other piece is a solid tapering shape, it's four and a half centimetres in diameter at one end which tappers to three centimetres in four centimetres of length, the next sixteen centimetres tapper to two centimetre diameter. There is a knob on top, one and a half centimetre high and two and a half centimetres wide.mortar and pestle, dolly pot, gold minning -
Orbost & District Historical Society
bill file, early 20th century
Ossie Green was a retired primary school principal living in Marlo. He wrote many historical books including Marlo The Township; The Plains The Cape. Mrs Green was a McKeown from Marlo. McKeowns had large land holdings around Marlo for farming.This item is an example of a commonly used item in the late 19th -early 20th century. It reflects a time when accounts were made of paper and retained as records by households. Black cast iron billfile. Ornate design with large spike.bill-file ornaments-metal green-ossie mckeown -
Orbost & District Historical Society
horse shoe, late 19th -early 20th century
This horseshoe comes from England. It is unusual because it cannot be heated and shaped.Horses played a vital role in the agricultural history of Orbost. This item is connected to that role.A small cast iron horse shoe which is very corroded.horseshoe transport horses -
Puffing Billy Railway
Bender - Light Rail
Light Rail Bender Most rails are produced straight. While they to easily bend and appear flexible, they are required to bend for some curves, at rail joins on curves and at point (turn-out) junctions. For a safe transition around curves and in the finer areas of the point, this use to be done with a manual rail bender. Sometimes referred to as a Buddah, the rail bender attaches its two claws to the rail. In the middle of the two claws is a screw that is slowly tightened using a crow-bar to bend the rail. Tightening the screw too fast or too tightly may not give the structure of the rail time to redistribute and the rail may break if not done properly. Historic - Railways Permanent Way and Works - track equipment - Light Rail Bender Light Rail Bender made out of cast wrought ironpuffing billy, light rail bender -
Puffing Billy Railway
Turning Bar, Rail
Rail Turning Bar Rail is heavy, sometimes as much as 120 lbs per yard. To assist in being able to move rail, a special turning bar was developed. Usually a long handle, on one end various features in the head allow rail to be moved Historic - Railway Permanent Way and Works - track equipment - Rail Turning BarRail Turning Bar made from cast wrought iron puffing billy, rail turning bar -
Puffing Billy Railway
Tool - Industrial Forge, unknown
Industrial Forge from Newport Railway WorkshopsIndustrial Forge is an excellent example of equipment used in the early 19th century through to the mid 20th century for industrial iron working. It directly links a fabrication method that is widely used across several of the other collection pieces.Large Industrial Forge made of cast metal and wrought ironNo markings or inscriptions puffing billy, industrial forge -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Memorabilia - Realia, c1930's
Cast iron Glue Pot used in Carpentry(Coventry Family)stawell -
Orbost & District Historical Society
drill, late 19th century - early 20th century
Built by the Buffalo Forge Company in New York, USA. It is of a typical hand operated design used in workshops. This item was probably used in an engineering shop locally.A cast iron workshop drill. It has two spanner holes.On wheel at top - BUFFALO FORGE Co. and on frame BUFFALO N.Y.drill press workshop hand-operated -
Orbost & District Historical Society
coal shovel, late 19th century - 1940's
This was A Slab Hut (Orbost Information Centre) display item. It may have been used as a coal scuttle or a maize shovel.A well-used cast iron shovel with a tubular fitting for a handle. BRAD?cast-iron shovel -
Wannon Water
Antique cast iron seal embossing press, Roeszler, Seal
Hamilton Waterworks Trust was a predessor authority to Glenelg Region Water Authority (Glenelg Water). Glenelg Region Water Authority was constituted on 1 July 1994 under the Water Act 1989 and amalgamated the previous authorities of Glenelg Wannon Water Board, Glenelg Waterworks Trust, Hamilton Water Board and Shire of Mount Rouse Water and Sewerage Authorities.A cast iron seal press. This was used by Hamilton Waterworks Trust and its successor Glenelg Region Water Authority to emboss agreements and official documents. Die is still attached to the press. It reads: Glenelg Region Water Authority 1994. Hamilton Waterworks Trust die reads 1899.Cast iron press with handle and 2 inscripted brass diesHamilton Waterworks Trust Glenelg Region Water Authorityhamilton, glenelg region, public administration, water supply, amalgamation -
Stanley Athenaeum & Public Room
Functional object - Hole Punch, Euchre Punch
Cast iron with handles and punch mechanism. Part of 3 pieces.A number 'one' in relief. -
Stanley Athenaeum & Public Room
Functional object - Hole Punch, Euchre Punch
Cast iron with handles and punch mechanism. Part of 3 pieces.