This book contains the report from the select committee on Castlemaine and Sandhurst water supply; with the proceedings of the committee, minutes of evidence and appendices. It also contains the report Of the Engineer-In-Chief of Railways, and reply of the Chief Engineer of Water Supply on the works constructed by the Victorian Water Supply Department, presented to both houses of parliament by His Excellency’s command. Ferdinand M. Krause, was a lecturer at the Ballarat School of Mines in Geology Mineralogy Mining Engineering and Surveying. He was a Fellow of the Geological Society and a Fellow of the Linnian Society. He was assistant engineer for the Ballaarat and Ballarat East Water Supply Committee and helped plan local reservoirs.A brown cloth hard cover, foolscap book with leather spine. Title is written in black on the title page. "Water Supply Reports" is engraved in gold on spine. It includes a table showing the monthly and yearly rainfall and shade temperature at Ballarat, 2nd February, 1885. It also includes two reports and two replies, a map No.7082.2 of Victorian Water Supply, Castlemaine and Sandhurst district general plan including lines of Aqueduct, Reservoirs. No. 7082.3 of Victorian Mining districts, Mining Divisions and The Gold Fields in 1866 - includes districts to be supplied under the Waterworks Act, 1965. It also includes: *Report of the Engineer-in-chief of Railways and Reply of the Chief Engineer of Water Supply on the works constructed by the Victorian Water Supply Department, 1869. * Coliban Water Scheme, 1864 * Ballarat and Ballarat East Water Supply (1869) including the Ballarat Water Supply List containing names of occupiers and nature of improvements on lands comprised within the proposed reserve of Gong Gong Reservoir, Ballaarat. At Warrenheip the names included: Honora McCallin, William Honan, C. McMahon, Patrick McMahon, J.P. Beach, J.H. Smith, Michael Nestor, Martin Quinn, Martin McIntyre, Robert Higgins, Coleman Kane, Robert Bond. At Ballarat: William Clarke, Richard White, John Hosking, Wesleyan Chapel, J. Hewitt, Robert McRobinson. At Bungaree: John Pullin, John Llewellyn. William Daw, Smith and Wynne, William Brough, A. Alexander. * Ballarat and Ballaarat East Water Supply report upon the advisability, or otherwise, of constructing a reservoir at the junction of the Yarrowee Creek and Gile's Creek, upon a site known as Gile's Reservoir (printed by Frank Pinkerton). This report has numerous notes written on it (most probably by Krause) and includes the capacity of Harry Beale's Reservoir, Pimcott's Reservoir and the Proposed Gong Gong Reservoir. * Statement as to the position of the Ballaarat and Ballaarat East Borough Councils in Connection with Water Supply, September 1869. * Ballarat and Ballaarat East Water Supply - General Statement upon the Ballaarat and Ballaarat east Scheme of Water Supply. Includes information on Moorabool reservoir, Harry Beale's Reservoir, Lal Lal Creek, Two Mile Creek, Beale's Dam, Yarrowee Creek, Gong Gong Reservoir, Kirk's Dam, Devil's Creek, Moorabool Creek. Additional handwritten notes (probably by Krause) * Engineer's Report on the resolution of the COmmittee of Water Supply, of the 7th July 1868. The report refers to the Country around Mount Warrenheip. Names mentioned are L. Abraham, Great North-West Gold Mining Company, Border Sawmills, Ferdinand Krause, Ohlfsen Bagge, W.H. Shaw, A signature by "Ferdinand M. Krause" at the top corner of the title page. A few pages have handwriting on the margins, it is believed to be his handwriting. water supply victoria, castlemaine directories, sandhurst directories, ballarat directories, james blackburn, edward wardle, daylesford water race, c j taylor, george avery fletcher, bagge, ohlfsen bagge, george foote, john h reilly, ambrose johnson, george francis, timber preservation, james forbes, alfred surplice, malcolm carmichael, robert adams, frederick hugh thomas, h o christerpherson, william downe, thomas lawrence brown, francis hadgson nixon, strangways, guildford, maldon, muckleford, lauriston, malmesbury, franklinford, walmer, strathloddon, downe, ferdinand krause, m7082, trentham, castlemaine, drummond, metcalfe, sutton grange, lockwood, ravenswood, mandurang, yandoit, c.h. ohlfsen bagge, moorabool reservoir, gong gong reservoir, harry beale's reservoir, pincott reservoir, frank pinkerton, water

Drawing - No. A3549 - titled "Esplanade loop St Kilda - Alteration to Barrier Gates and Additional Posts", shows buildings on the site, Candy corner, Kiosk, tram tracks, proposed fencing and gates, signed by Chief Engineer D Eakins on 30/4/1956. Has a hand date stamp of 7 Apr 1956 on rear noting the date printed.trams, tramways, st kilda, candy corner, turning loops

Report - one quarto sheet and two double foolscap - carbon copies of a report titled "Tracks at Tram Termini", dated 14/12/1959 listing the track arrangements at each terminus, length, whether ballasted or concreted, estimated remaining life and value. Prepared by the Chief Engineer for the Chairman. Includes some of the Footscray lines, but not West Maribyrnong, Essendon Airport or Point Ormondtrams, tramways, terminus, trackwork, maintenance

Photocopy on A3 paper of a MMTB report titled "Rolling Stock Branch - Preston Workshops Staff Position as at 30-4-54". Showing the staff both officers and tradesmen, apprentices, establishment numbers and actual numbers of employees at Preston Workshops. Establishment was 683, actual number 613. Signed by the Rolling stock Engineer - report to the Chief Engineer. Not known when copy made.trams, tramways, mmtb, preston workshops, personnel

Memo dated 18.4.1936 from chief mechanical engineer to J Badham informing him of his passing the examination for locomotive driver. Memo on fine paper.document, memo, railway, memo on fine paper / examination for locomotive driver

Report - carbon copy of 2 typed foolscap yellow sheets, titled "MMTB Passenger Vehicles Operated", dated 9/12/1959 from D. H. Eakins, Chief Engineer to the Chairman. Lists each class of tram and buses, number used in service, maximum demand, one or two men, and the number of maintenance staff employed to service the fleet at depots and workshops - 1060.trams, tramways, employment, workshops, depots, buses, trams, maintenance

Victorian Railway Memo 12.9.1950. Chief Mechanical Engineers Office - from A.C. Ashton details of holidays due. Typed in light paper memo pinned - 2 pages.document, memo, railway, a.c. ashton

Instruction book - dark red Rexene covers + 26 pages + 1 sheet which has been added after original publication, sewn with cotton thread into cover which was printed with gold blocking - titled "Electrical Distribution Branch - Instructions and Regulations". Page corners have been rounded. Produced by the MMTB Chief Engineer's Dept, mid 1920's? Provides guidance, rules, instructions for distribution employees in the management of sub-stations, safety. Includes reference to specific employees in the instructions and on the rear page has a single line diagram of Connections for Tramways Board supply from Angliss to Tramways Substation. Angliss was provided with power from, the VR Railways 20000V bus and has specific instructions in the document. Includes reference to Carlton Control. Document issued under the order of T.P. Strickland as Chief Engineer and has been issued to J. F. S. Phiddian - a shift electrician.trams, tramways, electrical engineering, electrical switching, electrical systems, substation, mmtb, instructions, footscray, tower wagon, vr

Photograph- black and white - large. Large steel looking mining equipment bolted onto huge timber.. Written on equipment ' R.G.Ford's Patent No.30. Wright & Edwards Makers Melbourne Victoria. After talking to Ralph Birrell, this is a Air Compressor, built in 1868 by Robert Grey Ford, first one built in Australia. Later on he became Chief Engineer of the Victorian Railway. James Lerk wrote a book on R.G.Ford.organization, business, mining equipment, mining equipment. wright & edwards makers. r.g.ford.

Upper Esplanade, St Kildablack and white photograph, original, mounted, good conditionUnveiling the memorial clock tower erected on the site formerly occupied by the bandstand, Upper Esplanade. Erected in memory of Carlo Catani, former Chief Engineer of the Public Works Department. Taken late 1930 or early 1931. Original photo held by St.K.C.C' c.74

Has a strong association with event following the Sebastopol horse tram depot fire of 1909, where ESCo obtained further horse trams from the Adelaide trams. Copies of letters.Photocopies of a set of copy letters from the State Records of South Australia, Reference GRG 22/31/Vol. D. Copy of letters between Benjamin Deakin, Engineer and Manger ESCo and the Chief Engineer and General Manager of the Adelaide Metropolitan Tramways Trust regarding the purchase of horse trams harness and other equipment following the Sebastopol depot fire. Correspondence dated Oct. 1909. Has a header sheet - see image file.trams, tramways, horse trams, adelaide, sebastopol, fire, esco

Report on G class tramcar No. 140, 19 pages including appendices and charts, titled "Braking Tests - car 140 - March 1952"". Dated 2 April 1952. Report looks at the braking characteristics of the tram under varying conditions.. Testing done in Miller St Preston. Document bound within a manila cover stapled with adhesive tape binding on the left hand side. Original copy marked "Chief Engineer's Copy"trams, tramways, preston workshops, reports, tramcars, g class, braking, tram 140

Report - carbon copy of 2 typed foolscap yellow sheets, titled "Nicholson St Coburg - Single track lighting", dated 15/2/1960 from D. H. Eakins, Chief Engineer to the Chairman. Looks at a proposal by the Distribution Engineer to automatically switch on and off lighting along sections of the Coburg line, using lighting similar to that used when track reconstruction works undertaken, illumination levels, costs, operation, switching and maintenance.trams, tramways, nicholson st, coburg, lights, trackwork

Printed - 6 page foolscap, stapled on left hand side, 2 sections, Victorian State Parliamentary Report titled "Report - The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Railways on the question of the Beaumaris Electric Street Railway." - dated 22 December 1916. References previous reports, Black Rock, Beaumaris, residential development, routes and costs of the proposed tramway, costs provided by the Chief Engineer for Railway Construction, E. Kernot, and Committee recommendations - tempered by the War.trams, tramways, sandringham, black rock, beaumaris, railways, tramways, proposals

Victorian Railways Memo: Re staff change dated 5.6.1959. Small paper memo from chief mechanical engineer to J Badham Acting Dist. R.S. superintendant of staff changes.document, memo, railway, victorian railways. staff change dated 5.6.1959. j badham acting dist. r.s. sup't .

Victorian Railways Memorandum Chief Mechanical Engineers Office Melbourne 15.12.1955. Foolscap document advising J Badham is to take up duty as Acting District Rolling stock Superintendant Bendigo on 9.1.56.document, memo, railway, chief mechanical engineers office melbourne. j badham. acting district rolling stock superintendant bendigo on 9.1.56.

Memo dated 18.7.1946 from chief mechanical engineer to J Badham requesting him to transfer temporarily to Melbourne on 23.7.46 to relieve assistant Shed Foreman A.A. Searle. Memo on fine paper.document, memo, railway, assistant shed foreman a.a. searle

Document - letters and comments and suggestions for a tender specification for the Austral Otis grinding machine from Chief Engineer MMTB to A G Wray Engineer for Tramways, NSW Govt Tramways. The grinder was used to remove corrugations from the rail head. Includes comments about the performance of a similar machine in Melbourne. Dated July 1929.Yields information the performance of the Melbourne rail grinders - 1929 Document or memo - 6 typed foolscap sheets and 3 quarto typed letters.tramways, mmtb, track work, track maintenance, rail grinding, specifications, sydney

Typed letter to R. J. Bartle, Esq., from D. O'Connor, Engineer and ?, Chief Engineer, of the National Roads and Motorists Association (N.S.W.) dated November 8, 1936. Letter mentions four tests done in a car over a stretch of ground to measure fuel consumption. Tests were done with and without the device installed in the fuel system. Paper has printed letterhead and the names of the President, Vice-Presidents, Hon Treasurer, Council and Secretary with the AAA and NRMA emblems on the left side of the page.sciences, instruments - general, scalebuoy, bill ashman collection - correspondence, national roads & motorists' association (n.s.w.), n.r.m.a. house, australian automobile association, r j bartle esq, hon j c watson, hon g r w mcdonald, charles ludowici esq, alderman james mcmahon, j bryden brown esq, d m cooper esq, e h cowdery esq, c r davidson esq, hon j m dunningham mla, a m graham esq, a s lumby esq, rev father w nicol, dr harold norrie, dr f antill pockley, ald h l primrose mla, a e rudder esq, lt-col g c somerville cmg dso, major blair wark vc dso, g a l wilson mla, h i johnson fiis, d o'connor?

Report - 6 foolscap sheets, stencil cut and duplicated titled "Class W7 Tramcars", giving a detailed written description of the trams (1001 to 1040). References a photograph which is not included. Gives notes on the General Design, body construction, windows, doors, finishes, seats, motorman's compartments, sound insulation, ventilation, lighting, signalling, destination signs, trucks, wheels, brake gear, motors, current collection control equipment and dimensions. Notes the Authority of the Chief Engineer Mr. D. H. Eakins.trams, tramways, w7 class, tramcars, preston workshops, tramcar construction, specification

Report - 6 foolscap sheets, stencil cut and duplicated titled "Class W7 Tramcars", giving a detailed written description of the trams (1001 to 1040). References a photograph which is not included. Gives notes on the General Design, body construction, windows, doors, finishes, seats, motorman's compartments, sound insulation, ventilation, lighting, signalling, destination signs, trucks, wheels, brake gear, motors, current collection control equipment and dimensions. Notes the Authority of the Chief Engineer Mr. D. H. Eakins.trams, tramways, w7 class, tramcars, preston workshops, tramcar construction, specification

Victorian railways map: Nth Bendigo junction signalling diagram no 480 showing signal and interlocking arrangements. Large paper map, A F chief electrical engineer 9.1.1980. Black ink diagram and writing.document, memo, railway, nth bendigo junction signalling diagram no 4'80

Drawing No. 939 signed and dated by the Chief Engineer, Mr. Strickland on 31-5-1922, Drawing "Built up Yoke", for contract No. 158 shows a cable tram Yoke possibly to be used in the link between Swanston St and Lonsdale St (west) or repairs. Signed by James Henderson Engineer for Permanent Way. The yoke could be used to support a cable pulley.Demonstrates a drawing made for cable tram track parts during the early 1920s.Drawing - blue print - No. 939trams, tramways, cable trams, trackwork, yokes

Victorian Railways memo from Chief Mechanical Engineer re Driver J Badham dated 30.5.1946 - J Badham was noted as being competent to relieve in the capacity of Assistant Shed Foreman. Typed on small thin paper.document, memo, railway

Memo card - Victorian railways. Addressed to J.H.Badham, Dr. Bendigo. Dated Melbourne 20/7/1948. Your memo of Night Depot Foreman at Benalla has been duly received at this office. A.C.Ahlston, Chief Mechanical Engineer.document, memo, railway, memo card. victorian railways. j.h.badham.