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Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - ROSELLA PRESERVING FACTORY
sepia photo. Tomatoes on open grid conveyor belt dropping into narrow channel. Flywheel, drive belts in background. On back in ball point pen ' Rosella Factgory, Brougham St. 'organization, business, rosella factory -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph, Sheet contact prints, 1964
Port of Portland Authority ArchivesFront: 169. 13-11-64 170. 13-11-64 152. 3-11-64 153. 3-11-64 181. 13-11-64 182. 13-11-64 (In white beneath each print.) Back: 181 and 182 in pencil.port of portland -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph, Port of Portland Authority, n.d
Port of Portland Authority ArchivesFront: Blue biro line across top of photo.port of portland archives, portland harbour, s l patterson wharf -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Sheet of (6) contact prints of Conveyor, 1964
Port of Portland Authority ArchivesFront: 60. 9-9-64 78. 4-9-64 79. 4-9-64 75. 4-9-64 76. 7-9-64 77. 4-9-64 (Beneath each print in white) Back: 80 78 (pencil)port of portland -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Sheet of 6 contact prints, c. 1964
Port of Portland Authority ArchivesFront: 28-10-64 127 28-10-64 126 28-10-64 133 28-10-64 115 28-10-64 126 28-10-64 128 - in white under each print Back: 133 (ticked) 128 (crossed out) in pencilport of portland archives -
Federation University Historical Collection
Photograph - Sepia, Frank Wright, St Hilda's Colliery, 1934, Sept 1934
Frank Wright was a renown resident of Smeaton, where he was born in 1901. He lived at Laura Villa, and attended Smeaton State School. His father William was a gold miner and his mother's name was Sarah. He was the youngest of eleven children. Their family won many singing and instrumental awards. Frank was tutored by Percy Code and was awarded a gold medal for the highest marks in the ALCM examinations in the British Colonies at the age of seventeen years. He became the Australian Open Cornet Champion by the age of eighteen. A year later, Frank conducted the City of Ballarat Band, and later the Ballarat Soldiers’ Memorial Band. He formed the Frank Wright Frisco Band and Frank Wright and his Coliseum Orchestra. These bands won many South Street awards, and Frank as conductor won many awards in the Australian Band Championship contest. In 1933 Frank Wright sailed to England to conduct the famous St Hilda’s Band and was appointed in 1934 as the Musical Director of the London County Council (the GLC or Greater London Council), where he organized many amazing concerts in most of the 150 parks, in and around the London district. He was also responsible for some of London’s major concerts at Kenwood, the Crystal Palace and Holland Park. He was made Professor of Brass and Military Band Scoring and Conducting and was a Fellow of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Frank was often invited to adjudicate Brass Band Championships around Europe, in Australia, including South Street and in New Zealand. Frank was awarded an M.B.E. in 1967 and he died in November 1970. The Frank Wright Medal at the Royal South Street competition is awarded to an individual recognized as making an outstanding contribution to brass music in Australia.1). Sepia photograph of brick buildings with a conveyor between the top of one building to the bottom of another. Place is the St Hilda's Colliery in South Shields, England. 2). Sepia photograph of the notice board of the St. Hilda Church.In pencil on back - 1). St Hilda Colliery, South Shields, Sept 1934 2). South Shields, St Hilda Church, first built 1256, Sept 1934frank wright, st hilda colliery, st hilda church, brass bands, conductor -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Painting, Noel Jones, Stone Quarry, 1974
NoneView of a quarry. In the centre of the image a conveyor belt runs up from a pile of rubble to a small hut on tall stilts. A conveyor belt runs down from this hut to an orange truck. Below and to either side of the stilted building are two wooden buildings with tin rooves. A stilted tower is depicted in maroon to the left, and another in the distance to the right. Mounds, painting in brown, yeloow, grey and shades of blue run across the centre of the image, below a sky washed with blue and highlighted with orange. Mounted in a decorative matt, in wooden frame with glass.Front: N. W. Jones 74 (lower left, blue paint) Back: 1974 (upper left, pencil) -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - contact prints showing silo conveyor construction, Portland, 1964
Port of Portland Authority ArchivesFront: 86. 23-9-64 95. 23-9-64 96. 23-9.64 83. 23-9-64 84. 23-9-64 85. 23-9-64 (Beneath each print, in white.) Back: 86 pencilport of portland archives, grain silos -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Set of 3 Colour Print/s, Colin Rough, 24/01/2003 12:00:00 AM
Set of three colour prints taken at the site of the Newcastle Tramway Museum 26/4/2002 by Colin Rough. .1 - W2 432 with the side cladding removed. .2 - ditto .3 - W2 245 in poor condition, with a coal loader conveyor in the background.In ink on rear of each "W class tram Mt Dee, Maitland 26/4/02"trams, tramways, maitland, newcastle, w2 class, tram 245, tram 432, scrapped trams, sw2 class -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - IAN DYETT COLLECTION: AUCTION CATALOGUE - MT. ALEXANDER QUARRIES - FARADAY
Yellow auction catalogue with red printing for a sale on the 5th November 1981 at Mt. Alexander Quarries, Faraday. For sale were the complete modern crushing plant, machinery, electric motors, conveyors and steel bins. J. H. Curnow & Son Pty. Ltd. Were the auctioneers.business, auctioneers, j h curnow & son pty ltd, ian dyett collection - auction catalogue - mt. alexander quarries - faraday, j h curnow & son pty ltd, f c dyett, i m dyett, n f dyett, bolton bros pty ltd print -
Tennis Australia
Line marker
An hand-pushed, tricyclical line marker, with a paint chamber and conveyor wheel, distributing paint to the application wheel situated behind the chamber. Across a circular metal panel - situated between the stems connecting the chamber to the wooden handle - is the inscription: THE GEM. Materials: Wood, Metal, Lacquer, Painttennis -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Lindsay Charles' truck delivering oranges to Tom Piper, Port Melbourne, 1960s
Two colour photographs showing Lindsay Charles' truck delivering oranges to the Tom Piper factory in the mid 1960s. The loading dock would be tilted and the side guard rail on the truck lowered so the oranges could roll via gravity onto the conveyor belt and then straight into the factorybusiness and traders, industry - food, tom piper ltd, lindsay charles -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Sheet of contact prints showing silo and conveyor construction, 1964
Port of Portland Authority ArchivesFront: 83. 23.9.64 84. 23-9-64 85. 23-9-64 95. 23-9-64 96. 23-9-64 86. 23-9-64 (In white, beneath each print).port of portland -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Chaff Making 1940's Carrs Plains, c.1940's
-1 Forking Hay into Chaff Cutter. Bill Cunningham is child c.1940 -2 Little Boy Bill Cunningham with Grandfather Herbert Wettenhall Carrs Plains about to feed sheep c.1940 during drought. -3 Bill Cunningham walking towards chaff cutter powered by motor. -4 Bill Cunningham with Chaff Cutter in background at Carrs Plains. Shows Hay being brought in Hay and Conveyor Four Farming photographsfarming -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - COHN BROTHERS COLLECTION: JUICING MACHINE
Photograph. Cohn Bros. Collection. Black & white photo of a juicing machine. One man is tipping a bag of fruit into the hopper. Another man is emptying the juice into a bucket. The fruit travels up a conveyor belt and into the machine where it is juiced and the pulp comes out a side chute into a box. ML45/2organization, business, cohn bros, cohn bros. collection, brewers, cordial & aerated water manufacturers, juicing machine -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - GARDEN GULLY UNITED MINE
Photocopy of photograph : poppet head, conveyors, shedding and chimney - Garden Gully United Mine. Printed on top of photocopy ' Mine Managers' Association, Bendigo goldfields On bottom of photocopy ' The Garden Gully United Company's Mine' James Lerk 26.22 1999 ' this poppet head is now on the top of Camp Hill. On back Mng 67.organization, business, garden gully united mine -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - COHN BROTHERS COLLECTION: BOTTLE FILLING MACHINE
Photograph. Cohn Bros. Collection. Black & white photo of a man operating a bottle filling machine. The bottles travel on a conveyor to the filling point. They travel past a large container with a gauge on the top. There are other various pipes and pieces behind the man. He is wearing a bag apron tied up with string. ML45/3 (written on the back).organization, business, cohn bros, cohn bros. collection, bottle filling machine, brewers, cordial & aerated water manufacturers -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Newspaper, Herald Sun, "The Silent Line", 18-8-1969
Reports on a Science Congress in Adelaide and a speech by Robert Risson about future transport possible systems - all types such as conveyor belts, air cushion vehicles, magnetic cushions, pneumatic tubes, moving footpaths, jet-propelled vehicles, gas turbine and diesel electric buses. These are known as "gadgetbahns" mooted proposals that seldom come to commercial fruition. His main emphasis was on the future all-electric tram fleet that was proposed for Melbourne. Also notes underground systems such as San Francisco. Item by Science Writer Frank Campbell.Yields information about possible future transport systems - gadgetbahnsNewspaper clipping - "The Silent line" and "On the move the mod way" - The Herald "18-8-1969" tramways, trams, melbourne, public transport, future transport, transport systems, electric trams, all-electric trams, robert risson, gadgetbahns, underground tramways -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - JOAN LEVERSHA COLLECTION: WHEAT STACK AT SHELBOURNE
Black and white photograph showing 7 men on top of a big stack of wheat bags. The bags are sent up via a conveyor belt driven by a stem engine, several men are at the bottom and around the enginea cart with 4 horses can be seen at left waiting for the bags to be unloaded and sent up for stacking. Two buildings can be seen at the right.agriculture, farm, shelbourne -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - COHN BROTHERS COLLECTION: LABELLING MACHINE
Photograph. Cohn Bros. Collection. Black & white photo of a Bratby labelling machine. Bottles travel through the machine on a conveyor. One man is standing where the bottles enter the machine, another man is taking the bottles off the machine and packing them in wooden boxes. Another man is holding the box. There are a number of portable decking around the machine and a step ladder. ML45/5 (written on the back).organization, business, cohn bros, cohn bros. collection, labelling machine, brewers, cordial & aerated water manufacturers -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - PHOTOGRAPH OF DEVONSHIRE SANDS DUMP
Black and white photograph on board. Image shows machine with conveyor belt emptying sand into a trailer harnessed to a draft horse. Machine has plate on side 'Pat No. 3281' A man is standing holding the draft horse bridle with other hand on shaft of trailer. Man standing (LH side) observing the proceedings is wearing a suit and hat. Man standing with back to camera in bottom RH corner. In background, layered sand. Written on back in pencil 'Devonshire Sands'gold mines, mining equipment, devonshire sand dump -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - BENDIGO BUTTER FACTORY PHOTOGRAPH 1957?
Black & white photograph 20cm x 25cm of the Bendigo Butter Factory in Mundy St., mounted on cardboard. It appears to have been part of a display, with explanatory notes attached to each photograph. See 3713-4b. On the reverse is a blue registration stamp with the words 'Pure creamery, Australia, Victoria regd'. The photograph is of cream cans on a conveyor belt with two workers pictured. On the reverse they are named as - Back - Bill Derricott and Grader - Harold Speechly. There is a calendar in the photograph - March 1957.bendigo, industry, bendigo butter factory, bendigo butter factory. derricott, bill. speechly, harold. -
Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Album - Hume Reservoir Australia Album - Work proceeding inside the coffer dam, August 1927, 1927
This set of photos is from a leather bound album bearing the inscription "HUME RESERVOIR AUSTRALIA" plus 'The Rt. Hon. L. C. M. S. Amery, P. C., M .P.' all inscribed in gold. It was presented to The Rt. Hon. L. C. M. S. Amery, P. C., M. P, Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs on the occasion of his visit to the Hume Reservoir on 2nd November 1927. This album is of local and national significance as it documents the planning and development of the Hume Reservoir up to 1927. It was the largest water reservoir in the British Empire. The album records the pioneering engineering work that went into its construction.DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS, N.S.W. RIVER MURRAY WATERS SCHEME. HUME RESERVOIR. 25. Work proceeding inside the Coffer Dam. This shows the curving downstream face of the Spillway section taking shape, the bottom edge being the line of the contraction joint between the wall and the energy dissipater which has still to be built. Note the steam navvy at the end of the bit of curved work ready to take out the foundations for the energy dissipater. The tall concrete pillar is a portion of the work at the intersection of the main and south wing walls which was built in advance of the rest of the work to accommodate the tail tower of the cableway. The Tail Tower for the first stages of the work stood on the ground. Part of it is seen erected on the pillar while part of it is still in its original position. To command the concreting of the pillar end of the south wing wall a twin hoist tower of steel construction was erected at the end of the belt conveyor. This hoist is 160 feet high. The belt conveyor will at a later stage be raised for the concreting of the upper portion of the dam and the trestles are now being built up for that purpose. A drag line excavator with a 2 cubic yard capacity bucket is at work near the tail tower on the foundations for the south wing wall. New South Wales, August 1927.hume reservoir australia, river murray waters scheme, hume reservoir construction -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - COHN BROS E637 INSIDE OF FACTORY
Black and white photograph. Cohn Bros E 637 inside of factory. Display of various size bottles on workbench. Small conveyor belt in front. Inscriptions: in image: 'Cohn Bros, E 637'. On back 'MP 204'/ T R&L corners. B 220/50/1. Purple rectangular rubber4 stamp 'received 15 Sep. 1950', Oval rubber red stamp 'Butlers (Australia) Pty Ltd, Sydney, 18-2?, Allen St, Pyrmont', Circular rubber blue stamp 'Royal Historical Society of Victoria, Bendigo Branch'. History of object: Previous Acc. No. 'MP 204'.place, building, commercial, 2000.526.01, 2000.527.01, 2000.524.01, 2000, 530.01, 2000.531.01, 2000.532.01, 2000.523.01 -
Vision Australia
Administrative record - Text, Braille and Talking Book Library 91st Annual Report 1894-1985: that all may read, 1985
Annual report of the Braille & Talking Book Library including Minutes of the AGM, Board of Director's Report, President's report and financial statements. Items also included are: embedding the new philosophy 'that all may read', VIP Tours began with tour of library and lunch at 'Onions' restaurant afterwards, increased loans but also a 5 month waiting list for new borrowers, Children's Christmas Party conducted, Barrett Reid, Joyce Nicholson and Dr Stephen Murray-Smith continue to be the literary panel for Braille Book of the Year, Annual Garden Party at Benalla, 63rd work anniversary of Alice McClelland, computerisation of card catalogue has received funds and should be completed by early 1986, and have the added benefit of eliminating wait times for new borrowers, resignation of Clare Lovegrove and Beverley Johnson and appointment of Seija Makinen and Alana McCann, first joint commission of braille books from RIDBC by Library and 8 state organisations, and purchase of an electric conveyor belt to help load the Australia Post truck with the daily 30 bags of mail received and the same outgoing.1 volume of text and illustrationsbraille and talking book library, annual report -
Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Album - Hume Reservoir Australia Album - View of concrete dam from top of tall tower pillar, August 1927, 1927
This set of photos is from a leather bound album bearing the inscription "HUME RESERVOIR AUSTRALIA" plus 'The Rt. Hon. L. C. M. S. Amery, P. C., M .P.' all inscribed in gold. It was presented to The Rt. Hon. L. C. M. S. Amery, P. C., M. P, Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs on the occasion of his visit to the Hume Reservoir on 2nd November 1927. This album is of local and national significance as it documents the planning and development of the Hume Reservoir up to 1927. It was the largest water reservoir in the British Empire. The album records the pioneering engineering work that went into its construction.DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS, N.S.W. RIVER MURRAY WATERS SCHEME. HUME RESERVOIR. 29. View from Top of Tail Tower Pillar - Concrete Dam. This was taken from the top of the Tower described in the preceding photograph looking towards New South Wales. (WHS 00722) First is the part of the spillway being built inside the Coffer Dam, then over the Coffer Dam the submerged portion of the Spillway and outlet sections for the river diversion, beyond that the situation for the hydro-electric turbo passages bounded by the North Wing Wall. The gap may be seen in wing wall for the passage of the belt conveyor and half of the concrete mixer house behind. This gives a general view of the New South Wales Township. The Quarry is on the side of the hill showing up beyond the Township. New South Wales, August 1927.hume reservoir australia, river murray waters scheme, hume reservoir construction -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Magdala Decline Opening 1981, October 1981
7081, WMC Manager Keith Parry addressing audience, Seated from L. Mine manager Brian Micke, unknown, unknown, Don Webb Seated far right Jean Earle Standing Pat Krause (bearded), John Van Leeuwin (hat and glasses) 7081a: Crowd Scene at the opening of the Magdala decline Front: L to R Eric and Hazel Lewis, Keith and Elwyn Haymes, Joan and Keith Hallam second row: unknown , unknown, Cynthia and Glynn Cashin, unknown , unknown third row: none known fourth row: Peter Ruthven, unknown, Jack Jones, Ken Dadswell at end, behind him Ian McCann Standing behind Mr and Mrs Kinsella on L. 5th from R. Terry Monaghan 7081b: Male Breaking ground with a Gold Pick (Mr David White, Minister for Minerals and Energy) 7081c: Catapillar Dozer digging the decline. 7081d: Conveyor belt moving soil with two workers 7081e: Underground Photo, a worker looking at drill placement. 7081f: The entrance to Magdala Delcine 1981. 7081g: A large dumper in the decline underground. 7081h: A Vehicle at the entrance to the Magdala Decline. 7081i: A Large group of miners around a vehicle at the entrance to the Magdala decline. 7081j: B/W showing a large rock with the dedication Plaque 7081K: Outside machinery for the drive. 7081l: Tanks containing liquid, one with the shell logo, and a red container. 7081m: Yellow tray truck emerging from the Magdala Decline. 14 Photographs showing crowd scenes at the Magdala Deline Opening in 1981 First shows CEO of WMC Keith Parry addressing the crowd Manager Brian Micke seated on far left Mayor Don Webb seated second from right7081k: On Reverse Stawell Gold MInes: Neg 26: 257 7081l: On Reverse Stawell Gold MInes: Neg 24: 257 7081m: On Reverse Stawell Gold Mines: Neg 25: 257 mining -
Victorian Interpretive Projects Inc.
Photograph - digital, LJ Gervasoni, Murtoa Stick Shed 00031, 13/08/2011
From the Victorian Heritage Register statement of significance H0791 The Marmalake/Murtoa Grain Store, originally the No.1 Murtoa Shed, is located within the Murtoa Grain Terminal, adjacent to the grain elevator tower and railway line. The shed is 280m long, 60m wide and 19m high at the ridge with a capacity of 3.4 million bushels. The hipped corrugated iron roof of the shed is supported on approximately 600 unmilled hardwood poles set in a concrete slab floor and braced with iron tie rods. These poles are the reason for use of the term "stick shed". With its vast gabled interior and the long rows of poles the space has been likened to the nave of a cathedral. An elevator at one end took wheat from railway trucks to ridge level where it was distributed by conveyor along the length of the shed, creating a huge single mound of grain. Braced internal timber bulkheads on either side took the lateral thrust of the wheat, and conveyors at ground level outside the bulkheads took wheat back to the elevator for transport elsewhere. Wheat had been handled in jute bags from the start of the Victorian wheat industry in the mid nineteenth century. Bulk storage had been developed in North America from the early 1900s. NSW began building substantial concrete silos from 1920-21. In Western Australia, farmers' co-operatives, who had to supply their own bulk storage from 1934-5, pioneered the use of low-cost horizontal sheds of timber and corrugated iron for bulk storage. Following its establishment in 1935 the Victorian Grain Elevators Board (GEB) planned a network of 160 concrete silos in country locations, connected by rail to the shipping terminal at Geelong. By the outbreak of the Second World War there was a worldwide glut of wheat, and Australia soon had a massive surplus which it was unable to export. Only 48 silos had been established under the Victorian Silo Scheme so far, and wartime material and labour restrictions prevented progress with this scheme. The storage deficit had become an emergency by 1941 as Britain obtained its imports from North America, rather than over the lengthy and difficult shipping route from Australia. In 1941 the GEB, under chairman and general manager Harold Glowrey, proposed large temporary versions of the horizontal bulk storage sheds already in use in Western Australia. The proposal was approved by the Victorian Wheat and Woolgrowers Association, who considered the use of shed storages as a longer term proposition. After initial resistance from the Australian Wheat Board, some of whose members represented wheat bagging interests, the Commonwealth and Victorian governments agreed to split the costs, and Murtoa was chosen as a suitable site for the first emergency storage. The main contractor, Green Bros, commenced work on the No.1 Murtoa Shed in September 1941, deliveries of bulk wheat began in January 1942, and the store was full by June of the same year. In the following years the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (later CSIRO) conducted valuable research and experiment on the impacts and control of insect pests at the Murtoa No.1 shed. With these discoveries, and the development of more effective pesticides, use of the No.1 shed and the larger No.2 shed, erected in 1942/43, continued for many years. The No.2 shed was demolished in 1975. By the 1990s, pest resistance to pesticides and requirements for both pest free and insecticide free grain rendered open storage of this type unviable. The No. 1 store was also becoming increasingly expensive to maintain, and its use was phased out from 1989.Image of the Marmalake/Murtoa Grain Store which is of historical, architectural, scientific (technical) and social significance to the State of VictoriaDigital colour image of the interior of the Marmaduke . Murtoa grain storage facility better known as the Stick Shed. The shed was constructed in World War Two to store grain. The supporting columns are trees.marmalake, murtoa grain store, wheat store, stick shed, murtoa -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Functional object - Mincer, late 19th or early 20th Century
A meat grinder, commonly known as the meat mincer, is used for chopping meat into fine pieces. Alternatively, it can be used for the mixing of raw or cooked meat, fish and vegetables. It is the best way to process meat, and is a widely used piece of equipment by butchers and in the home.. Butchers have been known to use either mincing knives or meat cleavers in the kitchen for years to produce a quantity of minced meat. This was a slow and laborious process. The advent of the meat mincer has not only made the mincing process easier but also faster. The meat mincer has slowly evolved over the years into what it is today. The first meat mixer or meat mincer was invented in the 19th century by a German inventor named Baron Karl Drais. Although some versions of the device date back to much earlier. The oldest form of meat mincer was hand cranked which forced meat through a metal plate with several small holes in it, which resulted in long and thin strands of the meat. The meat was fed into the funnel that was placed at the top of the mixer. This meat would pass through a hand cranked screw conveyor that would squash and mix the meat before passing it through the metal plate. Needless to say, this was again a slow and laborious procedure to follow to produce large quantity of meat. With passage of time, this hand cracked machine became powered by electricity. The meat mincer has a great adaptability and efficiency now. The huge variety in mincer plates allows a butcher to produce different types of minced meat in any shape desired. However, traditional manual meat mincers have not really changed a lot. They are manually operated and made of cast iron, as earlier. They are similar to the original mincer designs, dating back to the early 1900s. Some butchers still prefer using a variety of mincer knives. Adapted from: https://brennan-group.com/blogs/news/history-of-the-meat-mincerThe development of the meat mincer enabled both butchers and home cooks to process and grind meat effectively.Clamp on meat mincer with handle for rotating the mincing apparatus inside.None.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, meat mincer -
Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Album - Hume Reservoir Australia Album - General View of Works from New South Wales end, Looking Upstream, August 1927, 1927
This set of photos is from a leather bound album bearing the inscription "HUME RESERVOIR AUSTRALIA" plus 'The Rt. Hon. L. C. M. S. Amery, P. C., M .P.' all inscribed in gold. It was presented to The Rt. Hon. L. C. M. S. Amery, P. C., M. P, Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs on the occasion of his visit to the Hume Reservoir on 2nd November 1927. This album is of local and national significance as it documents the planning and development of the Hume Reservoir up to 1927. It was the largest water reservoir in the British Empire. The album records the pioneering engineering work that went into its construction.DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS, N.S.W. RIVER MURRAY WATERS SCHEME. HUME RESERVOIR. 22. General View of Works from New South Wales end, Looking Upstream. Features: At the left, part of the North Wing Wall, the highest part of which is 26 feet below its ultimate height. Below in the foreground is the portion of the dam where provision is to be made for hydro-electric generation. The tubes, three in number, 13 feet in diameter, will be laid on the level shown and an early start will be made in laying them. The level for the other four regulating outlets, 9 feet in diameter, together with a part of the spillway section of the dam, is underwater at this stage and it may be remarked that at one point, about half way across the channel where the water is now flowing, the concrete foundations are about 80 feet below the level of the water. The broken surface of the water is due to the large “plums” in the concrete. The still water in the right foreground is the stilling pool over the concrete floor of which there is now more than 20 feet of water and by means of which the discharge from the outlet pipes will be quelled. The trestlework on the upstream side of the dam carries the concrete belt conveyor. It extends from the concrete mixer house, which is out of the picture, behind the wing wall, along almost the entire length of the concrete portion of the dam. The concrete is discharged from the belt at any desired point by means of trippers, one of which may be seen over the second trestle. On the other side of the flowing water is the coffer dam. A channel 300 feet wide involving about 140,000 cubic yards of excavation and dug for the temporary diversion of the river as it is flowing now. To the right top of the view beyond the Coffer Dam is the earth embankment being thrown across the major part of the valley by the Victorian Constructing Authority. The Mitta Mitta River flows into the Murray at the far end of the reach of water on the left. August 1927.hume reservoir australia, river murray waters scheme, hume reservoir construction