Photographs & plans supplied by Melbourne water of Cruikshank Street main drain reconstruction of bay outfall. 2004 .01 19x25 colour photo of clear spanning footing .02 19x25 colour photo of outer edge of drain .03 19x25 colour photo of top deck of drain .04 19x25 colour photo of excavation .05 - .08 19x25 colour photo of excavation of drain .09 - .12 colour photo of excavation of drain .13 - .14 22x33 colour photo of plan of area .15 - .17 39x53 drawn plan of area surrounding .18 - .19 39x53 Cruickshank St main drain reconstruction .20 Initial e-mail letter regarding drain (3-8-04) .21 Business card, Melbourne Water's Paul Balassomeengineering - canals and drainage, cruickshank street

Henry Charles CURTIS, Health OfficerHealth Committee reports for period 1 Jan 1861 to 30 June 1865, held in large binder. Eleven pages only, plus three pages of notes for Central Board of Health, including by-law 23, bound in.Reports signed by Mayorshealth - general health, built environment - domestic, engineering - canals and drainage, livestock, victorian sugar works, frederick poolman, henry charles curtis, business and traders - butchers

Minutes of Port Melbourne's first Sanitary Committee appointed by Council on 11.03.1890 in response to a health statute. Dealt with cases of infectious disease and all sanitary matters between 1890 and 1893, meeting frequentlylocal government - town of port melbourne, local government - borough of port melbourne, health - general health, engineering - canals and drainage, health - hospitals, james john bartlett, henry norval edwards, john charles hill, john finlay malcolmson, james ker beck plummer, william henry prohasky, michael tarver quinn, william richardson, edward clark, town clerks, phillip melville salmon, william richardson tarver, edward c crockford

Minutes of Port Melbourne's Finance, Legislative and Sanitary Committee meetings considering estimates, setting rates, receiving reports form Health Officer, dealing with legislative and sanitary matters usually raised by the Town Clerk 1894-1897local government - town of port melbourne, local government - borough of port melbourne, health - general health, engineering - canals and drainage, health - hospitals, law, alexander joseph bain, john charles hill, john finlay malcolmson, james ker beck plummer, frederick poolman, michael tarver quinn, george washington robbins jnr, george cuscaden, william richardson tarver, edward c crockford, henry norval edwards

Minutes of Port Melbourne's Finance, Legislative and Sanitary Committee meetings considering estimates, setting rates, receiving reports form Health and other officers, dealing with legislative and sanitary matters usually raised by the Town Clerk 1898-1902. It also records some meetings of the Committee of Whole Council.local government - town of port melbourne, local government - borough of port melbourne, health - general health, engineering - canals and drainage, health - hospitals, law, alexander joseph bain, james arthur boyd, john charles hill, david clark armstrong, arthur hester, james ker beck plummer, john o'brien, michael tarver quinn, george washington robbins jnr, george samuel walter, william watson, william richardson tarver, edward c crockford, henry norval edwards

Sanitary Inspector's Reports to Port Melbourne Council 1900-1905, detailing infectious diseases reported, nuisances, smells, smoke, drain sewerage leaks, illegal dumping of manure and other refuse, animals found wandering, inspections of premises, tips, piggeries, factories, fumigating, laying baits, carrying out orders of Health Officer.local government - town of port melbourne, environmental issues, health - general health, business and traders, industry - noxious, nightsoil, engineering - canals and drainage, built environment, livestock, j harrop - sanitary inspector, dr sandford - acting medical officer

Sanitary Inspector's Reports to Port Melbourne Council 1905-1912. Detailing sampling food for tests, Pure Food Act, Test weights and measures incuding those of wood merchants (Coal and Firewood Act), Prosecutions, water supply problems.local government - town of port melbourne, local government - city of port melbourne, environmental issues, health - general health, business and traders, industry, nightsoil, built environment, livestock, engineering - canals and drainage, james mounsey - sanitary inspector

Sanitary Inspector's Reports to Port Melbourne Council 1923-1936. Detailing conditions to be formulated for storage of large tanks of petrol on Fishermen's Bend; conditions for stevedore awaiting pick-up; regulations re boarding housepiers and wharves - waterside workers, local government - city of port melbourne, environmental issues, health - general health, business and traders, industry - noxious, nightsoil, built environment, livestock, engineering - canals and drainage, james mounsey - sanitary inspector

James MOUNSEY - Council InspectorSanitary Inspector's Reports to Port Melbourne Council 1929-1936. Detailing duties re traffic, fire, building regulations, installation and use of petrol pumps, food labelling, street hoardings, crowd behaviour. Notes wireless aerials cause damage to chimneys when attached by wire p.88transport - motor vehicles, local government - city of port melbourne, environmental issues, health - general health, business and traders, industry, nightsoil, built environment, fishermans bend, livestock, engineering - canals and drainage, james mounsey

Sanitary Inspector's Reports to Port Melbourne Council 1944-1955. Detailing testing and immunisation programmes, mass x-ray, vaccination for smallpox, cleansing station opened, poor conditions in emergency housing areas, Lands Dept neglect of Crown land, rubbish dumped in air raid shelters, advice sought re football and cricket played on streets, wood for pensionersLabel on spine illegible; 'Inspectors reports' inside covertransport - motor vehicles, local government - city of port melbourne, environmental issues, health - general health, business and traders, industry, nightsoil, built environment, fishermans bend, livestock, engineering - canals and drainage, james llewellyn cousland, b e w aitken, harley grover, dr merrilees, mr hepburn

Digital scan of two books of newspaper clippings (cat no 162 & 251) collected by Town clerk, E C CROCKFORDmelbourne harbor trust - port of melbourne authority, sandridge lagoon, livestock, piers and wharves, amalgamation, local government - town of port melbourne, law, town planning - proposals shelved, celebrations fetes and exhibitions, built environment - domestic, business and traders - hotels, engineering - canals and drainage, fishermans bend, transport, flood, business and traders, health - general health, transport - tramways, sport - lawn bowls, edward c crockford, town clerks

(1)Submission for 1991 AFCC Construction Achievement Award. Bayside clean-up project. (2-3) Two clippings form "The Age" regarding the project.natural environment, engineering - canals and drainage, roger bacon, urban land authority, reeves construction engineers, rms consultants

Improvement of the Port of Melbourne -report upon the various plans for the improvement of Port of Melbourne, January 1854 Ten page foolscap on blue paper bound together with thread; .report by Capt C Paisley, Appendix and Particulars of Works by the Colonial Engineer, Lieut. H. Amsinck, RNmelbourne harbor trust - port of melbourne authority, piers and wharves, transport - railways, engineering - canals and drainage, port of melbourne, lieut h amsinck - colonial engineer, captain c paisley

Plan of Ross Street drainage improvement diversion drain, 1892.Signatures of J. J. Bartlett (Mayor), A. V. Heath (Borough Surveyor), W. Harrison, Laurence Brady (Contractor)engineering - canals and drainage, james john bartlett, arthur victor heath, town clerks, w harrison, laurence brady

Plan for open drainage channel at corner of Beach Street and Railway Place, 1892."Open Channel at Foot of Railway Place":Signed by Frederick William Bull, Principal Surveyorengineering - canals and drainage, engineering department - borough of sandridge, frederick william bull, business and traders - hotels

Sectional plan for drainage work after flood 1864. Corner Crockford Street and Raglan Street.Borough of Sandridgeengineering department - borough of sandridge, engineering - canals and drainage, business and traders - hotels, george kelly

Ground plan for drainage work after flood 1864. Corner Crockford Street and Raglan Street.Borough of Sandridgeengineering department - borough of sandridge, engineering - canals and drainage, business and traders - hotels, george kelly

Specifications for the construction of main drain west branch 1893 (together with plan attached - refer 75.2)A.V. Heath (Town Surveyor):J.J. Bartlett (Mayor)engineering - canals and drainage, arthur victor heath, town clerks, james john bartlett, mayors

Plan of main drain west branch, from Evans Street to Esplanade East (together with written specifications attached - refer 75.1) 1893.J.J. Bartlett (Mayor) 14/3/93engineering - canals and drainage, arthur victor heath, town clerks, james john bartlett, mayors

Request from Town Clerk to attend conference with South Melbourne Council 25 May 1892 to discuss drainage to pumping stationlocal government - borough of port melbourne, built environment - civic, engineering - canals and drainage

Found in pages of item 588 (Town Clerk's Reports); probably related to the running of the pumphouseDelivery docket from A.E. HOCKING of Crockford Street for repaired magneto, signed by George BEAZLEY on behalf of Port Council, 1923Small figures on back in pencilsandridge lagoon, engineering - canals and drainage, george beazley, a e hocking

Amongst items donated to the Society by Bill Thakray.Report on the storm-water drainage of Port Melbourne. Report to Mayor and Councillors of the Town of Port Melbourne, 1904.engineering - canals and drainage, bill thakray

This section of timber was cut from a large quantity of the abandoned timber outfall drain during reconstruction by Melbourne Water. Made available to the PMH&PS by Paul Balassone.Section of timber cut from part of the old abandoned timber outfall drain at Esplanade East during reconstruction 2004engineering - canals and drainage, melbourne water

MMBW map of Melbourne and Suburbs sewerage work to 1-7-1908. Reticulation areas in red, reticulation areas under construction in blue.engineering - canals and drainage, engineering - board of works

Large volume of rough minutes Port Melbourne Town Council May 1901 - April 1904, with typed and printed minutes inserted throughout - dark green, dark red binding loose and partly missingdeaths and funerals, built environment, port melbourne town hall, societies clubs unions and other organisations, local government - town of port melbourne, social activities, built environment - civic, excelsior hall, engineering - canals and drainage, transport - tramways, edward c crockford, town clerks, port melbourne library

Very large MMBW plan of Port Melbourne 1987 made up of several sections taped together; drains indicated in blackPMH&PS stamp on backengineering - canals and drainage, mmbw, melbourne and metropolitan board of works

Five coloured photographs of renewal of storm water drain Esplanade West. .01 Esplanade East Street sign .02 Digging .03 Putting in pipe .04 large casing on end of crane .05 Workersbuilt environment - civic, engineering - canals and drainage, natural environment, sandridge lagoon, esplanade east, hmas lonsdale, stormwater drain, melbourne and metropolitan board of works

Four (4) discs with white labels. Talking book of "Fisher Folk of Fisherman's bend". Distribution copy. Insight into lives of some 19th century fishing families.fishermans bend, families, domestic life, migrants, engineering - canals and drainage, industry - fishing, fisher folk, allan meiers, johann meiers, henry meiers, beazley family, butcher family

Gives a visual understanding of the Port Melbourne area in 1963A detailed map of the Port Melbourne area in October 1963. Details roads and laneways, undeground cables, light and power poles, sewer, bridges, piers reserve and park areas.local government, built environment, piers and wharves, natural environment - beaches and foreshore, parks and gardens, piers and wharves - princes pier, piers and wharves - station pier, engineering - roads streets lanes and footpaths, engineering - canals and drainage