EC CROCKFORD's scrapbook from time he became acting Town Clerk (1892) until he left to serve South Melbourne (1909).Scrapbook kept by Port Melbourne Town Clerk EC CROCKFORD, 1890s: notebook with marbled board covers, 38 ruled pp, some empty. Back of book used upside down. Pasted with clippings related to municipal operation, and ads for contracts (in back). Insert: note on rateslocal government - town of port melbourne, engineering department - town of port melbourne, transport - railways, transport - tramways, engineering - roads streets lanes and footpaths, engineering - canals and drainage, amalgamation, piers and wharves - station pier, business and traders, sport - lawn bowls, health - general health, law, nightsoil, piers and wharves - railway pier, statistics, edward c crockford, town clerks, municipal elections

98 pages of clippings kept by Port Melbourne Town Clerk E.C. CROCKFORD; sequential to item 162. (This also has his bowling scores in back). NB Crockford supposed to have moved to South Melbourne in November, 1909, but this book kept up to 28-07-1910, apparently still in Crockford's handwriting.Notationslocal government - town of port melbourne, engineering - board of works, melbourne harbor trust - port of melbourne authority, sandridge lagoon, livestock, piers and wharves - miscellaneous, amalgamation, royal visits and occasions, law, sport - lawn bowls, transport - tramways, health - general health, business & traders - dairies, flood, transport - horse, transport - railways, environmental issues, fishermans bend, engineering - canals and drainage, built environment - domestic, celebrations fetes and exhibitions, town planning - proposals shelved, natural environment, edward c crockford, town clerks, pumping station, waste disposal, sand carters, business and traders - hotels

Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works Plan No. 323,330, 335, 336 Segments shown: As Plan No. Large scale plan of lagoon fill area (40'=1")engineering - board of works, sandridge lagoon, transport - tramways, engineering - canals and drainage, built environment, gasworks, business and traders - hotels

In the early hours of Tuesday 16 December, 2014 a water main burst in Liardet St. The resulting sink-hole swallowed two cars and left a massive hole which took 8 days to repair and re-open the road. Several houses on the city side of Liardet St suffered water damage and water also entered the underground car park of the apartment block on the beach side.Newspaper clipping from "the Age" Wednesday, December 17, 2014. Also from Glen Eira /Port Phillip Leader, Tueday December 23 2014built environment - domestic, engineering - roads streets lanes and footpaths, engineering - canals and drainage, liardet street, water supply

Large cross sectional drawing of longitudinal and cross section of works as recommended by Sir John Coode in his 1879 reportMelbourne Harbour Trust Longitudinal and Cross section of worksbuilt environment, engineering - canals and drainage, melbourne harbor trust - port of melbourne authority, sir john coode, coode canal, hobsons bay

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

Volume of minutes of Public Works Committee of Sandridge Council dated 20.9.1860Title on labellocal government - borough of sandridge, engineering - roads streets lanes and footpaths, engineering - fences, engineering - canals and drainage, engineering - bridges, fishermans bend, built environment - civic, transport - horse, utilities - gas, sandridge lagoon, mission to seafarers, emerald hill, fire and fire services, william morley, joseph weaver allen, thomas swallow, samuel george isaacs, frederick poolman, robert byrne, john murphy

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

Recording of the PMHPS meeting 26.05.2003 at Cricketer's Arms Hotel. Speaker was Ann Miller on the subject "Sewering Melbourne", "It began at the All England Eleven" . Recording duration 47:22engineering - canals and drainage, ann miller, all england eleven hotel, business and traders - hotels