Railway Track Tool Rail is heavy, sometimes as much as 120lbs per yard. To assist in being able to move rail, a special bar was developed. Using the handle as a lever, one section clamps onto the rail, allowing it to be moved. Historic - Railway Permanent Way and Works - track equipment - Railway Track ToolRailway Track Tool made of forged ironpuffing billy, railway track tool

Parletts owned and operated a timber yard near the railway station in the late 1800s to early 1900s. Parlett's store was situated in Audley Street opposite the wheat silos. Ada Parlett, W. J. Parlett's niece is a concert pianist.Black and white portrait photograph, mounted on cardboard, of William James ParlettOn verso: "William James Parlett. Rutherglen"parlett family, william james parlett

Parletts owned and operated a timber yard near the railway station in the late 1800s to early 1900s. Parlett's store was situated in Audley Street opposite the wheat silos. Ada Parlett, W. J. Parlett's niece is a concert pianist.Photograph of Parlett's Store, Rutherglen with Mr W.J. Parlett and Mr Bob Ready standing outside store, black and white, mounted on thick beige card.On verso: "Elderly man = W J (Bill) Parlett, Rutherglen - a prosperous man. Father of Florie who also worked in her father's timber business and understood timber measurements. Florie remained single and died in Rutherglen."parlett, parletts store, w j parlett, audley street, bob ready, william james parlett

The Newbridge Rifle Club Butts were behind a big hill north of road to Llanelly. Formed in 1900 for rifle practice during the Boer War. Range of 500 yards. Brigade Captain Bob Douglas. Murray Comrie Collection. Two copies of a monochrome photograph, image depicting a large group of men assembled in an outdoor setting, some holding firearms. Printed caption reads: 'The Newbridge Rifle Club' Title printed on top of page reads 'The Bendigonian' and 'October (?) 22 1901'. This is a poor quality copy of an older original, possibly a news clipping. Copy probably made by Murray Comrie in the 1960s.Accompanying note identifies some subjects: Standing: 1. Will Hart (?) 2. _________ 3. John Brown 4. Donald Joyner 5. Geo. Daws 6. _______ 7. Nat Ramsay 8._______ 9.__________ 10. Alf Michael 11. Bod Hamilton 12. Jack Bruce 13. Vince Pola 14. Frank Bruce 15. Eli Summers 16. ____ 17. ____ 18. ______ 19. Bob Chamberlain 20. P. Rayner 21. Ted Skinner 22. Geo. Martin 23. Bill Michael. Sitting: 1. ______ 2.______ 3. ______ 4. Will Ramsay 5. Nat Hart 6. Bob Douglas (in uniform) 7. Jim Joyner 8. Steve Hatt 9. Bob McKenzie 10. Charlie Summers (in uniform) 11. William Bridge (in uniform) 12. Tom Michael (in uniform). (Not sure if this matches the photo very well. Note filed in M. Comrie research notes (general).)newbridge, sports, recreation, shooting, clubs, rifle club, military, boer war

Yields information about some of the rail used in UK tramways, possibly Australian tramways and demonstrates the type of rail used in tramways.Section of flanged tramway rail - saw cut from rail, polished and then nickel plated silver finished and stamped in italics - "Hartepool Tramways Reconstruction B.S.Section No. 1" in the head of the rail, "90lbs per yard" stamped in the base of the flange and along the foot of the rail "The North Eastern Steel Co. Ltd Middlesborough"trams, tramways, rail, uk, rail section

Yields information about SEC Ballarat tram No. 19 - one of a series of official photographs early 1950 or earlier and the appearance of the tram.Digital Image of SEC Ballarat No. 19 in the 1950 or earlier in the depot yard with the toilet block in the background. SEC Official photograph. See Reg Item 4568 for the CD. 4525.1 - Digital image of the same photograph from the Wal Jack album - images of front and rear of photograph - rear image has no details.trams, tramways, secv, ballarat, depot, tram 19

Yields information about SEC Ballarat tram No. 26 - one of a series of official photographs early 1950 or earlier and the appearance of the tram.Digital Image of SEC Ballarat No. 26 in the 1950 or earlier in the depot yard with the toilet block in the background. SEC Official photograph. See Reg Item 4568 for the CD. 4529.1 - Digital image of the same photograph from the Wal Jack album - images of front and rear of photograph - rear image has no details.trams, tramways, secv, ballarat, depot, tram 26

A property illustration by Margaret Picken Commissioned by the real estate agency Woodards Blackburn for the purpose of advertising 8 Lorraine Dve. Burwood East in 1995 Made by using Rotring ‘Rapidigraph’ drafting pens with Rotring ink on Rapidigraph polyester drafting film, double matte. This property is listed as having sold for $150,000 in 1995 Trained as a cartographic draftsman within the mining industry, Margaret Picken is an artist who worked producing property illustrations for real estate agencies in eastern suburbs of Victoria from 1983-2005. Retiring from the industry as technological changes favored coloured photography over illustrations, and commissioning companies over sole contractors.This artwork is of Historical Significance as a record of local domestic architecture.A black ink line drawing on drafters film by Margaret Picken, of 8 Lorraine Dve. Burwood East. One story brick house behind a front yard and picket fence. A footpath in the foreground from left to right, with a gumtree near the middle. Two hole punch holes along the top edge.8 Lorraine Dve. E.Burwood Margaret Picken -95 Woodards - B/Burnwhitehorse historical society, schwerkolt cottage, housing, architecture, margaret picken, burwood, house, garden, burwood esat

Black and white negative, by Wal Jack, of W2 572 (West Preston, route 11) and Scrubber Tram No. 10 and a ballast trailer in the yard at South Melbourne depot - c1960, though the yellow flashing lights on the roof line may indicate a later photo. In the background is a MMTB works vehicle, the Shrine of Remembrancetrams, tramways, south melbourne depot, w2 class, scrubber tram, work trams, west preston, route 11, tram 572, tram 10

A property illustration by Margaret Picken Commissioned by a real estate agency for the purpose of advertising 35 Stanley rd., Vermont Sth. This property is not publicly listed as having sold in 1997 Made by using Rotring ‘Rapidigraph’ drafting pens with Rotring ink on Rapidigraph polyester drafting film, double matte. Trained as a cartographic draftsman within the mining industry, Margaret Picken is an artist who worked producing property illustrations for real estate agencies in eastern suburbs of Victoria from 1983-2005. Retiring from the industry as technological changes favored coloured photography over illustrations, and commissioning companies over sole contractors.This artwork is of Historical Significance as a record of local domestic architecture.A black ink line drawing on drafters film by Margaret Picken, of a brick house with connected carport on the left. From the bottom left of the image a driveway leads up a sloped front yard to this carport. On the right is a front lawn, with greenery. There are two hole punch holes just below centre of the upper edge35 Stanley rd., Vermont Sth Margaret Picken - 97 Woodards - Glen Iriswhitehorse historical society, schwerkolt cottage, housing, architecture, margaret picken, house, garden, real estate, vermont, vermont south

A property illustration by Margaret Picken Commissioned by a real estate agency for the purpose of advertising 6 Lusk Dve., Vermont This property is listed as having sold for $270,000 in 2004 Made by using Rotring ‘Rapidigraph’ drafting pens with Rotring ink on Rapidigraph polyester drafting film, double matte. Trained as a cartographic draftsman within the mining industry, Margaret Picken is an artist who worked producing property illustrations for real estate agencies in eastern suburbs of Victoria from 1983-2005. Retiring from the industry as technological changes favored coloured photography over illustrations, and commissioning companies over sole contractors.This artwork is of Historical Significance as a record of local domestic architecture.A black ink line drawing on drafters film by Margaret Picken, of a single story brick house. On the left is a driveway leading to a gated garage in the background. While in the right foreground is a low stone fence enclosing a front yard with hedging. There are two hole punch holes just below centre of the upper edge6 Lusk Dve., Vermont Margaret Picken © 2002 Realatorwhitehorse historical society, schwerkolt cottage, housing, architecture, margaret picken, house, garden, real estate, vermont, vermont south

The factory was located in Argyle Ave on the corner of Scotch Parade. These companies were engaged in collecting the gut of animals slaughtered at country abattoirs and using it to manufacture high quality tennis strings, sausage casings and medical sutures. Lorna , a former employee described the process. “The gut was cleaned by men in one room and then brought to a second where it was cut into ten yard lengths. Before being cut it was about thirty yards long. The length was then placed on a long nozzle and water poured into it. The gut was graded into different sizes or standards using gauges. Anything that was holey was rejected and sent to the Casing Works where it was made into tennis strings or sutures.”One black and white photo of four directors of the Country Service Casing Factory, Mr Aurish, Mr Stan Cook, Mr Northfield, Mr Brunstein. Three black and white photos of the factory buildings and surrounds of the factory.chelsea, workers, directors, pacific by products, aurish, mr northfield, mr brunstein, stan cook, argyle ave, gut factory

The pins in this collection vary in the timber used and the design. They were found in a warehouse beside Crown Casino in Melbourne, located along the Yarra River, close to the sailing ship "Polly Woodside" and not far from the docks of Port Melbourne. Some of the pins have the mark of a 'Broad Arrow' with 'D ↑ D, which signifies that they were the property of the Australian Government's Department of Defence. Belaying pins are essential equipment on a traditional sailing ship of the 19th and early 20th centuries. They are usually made of wood but some are metal. A belaying pin is used to secure the running ropes of the rigging to the ship's rails using holes drilled onto the rails for that purpose. The belaying pins are inserted into holes in the ship’s rail, drilled for that purpose. When the sail has been raised, the ropes are wrapped around the upper and lower sections of the pins in a figure-eight pattern. The shapes of these belaying pins taper from the rounded end of the handle inwards towards the bottom, which allows them to have a firm fit into the holes in the rails. The rigging rope is wound around the pins in such a way that a tug on the pin's handle pulls it out of the hole and quickly frees the rope and the sail.These belaying pins are significant for their association with sailing vessels, particularly vessels of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. They are also significant for their association with the Port of Melbourne where sailing ships docked to and from the Port of Melbourne. Some of the pins have additional significance for being connected with the Australian Government's Department of Defence.Belaying pin, wooden, simple design, wooden shaft with a wider rounded end on top third, tapering to the centre third, which is wider than a lower third. The bottom has a blunt base. Some of the pins have the three sections divided by a line around their circumferences. This collection of fifty-seven pins of varying shapes, colours and timber. Some of the pins are stained with colour, and some have been left natural Stored in a wooden crate. Some have inscriptions.Marks: (Government Defence Department Broad Arrow) "D ↑ D"sailiing equipment, nautical equipment, rigging, yards, flagstaff hill, maritime museum, maritime village, belaying pin, broad arrow, australian government, australian department of defence, sailing ship, sail

Colour photograph showing an outdoor group portrait of people seated and standing on the deck of a shearing shed, with blue sky above and gravel road below. Handwritten text in black ink is shown on the back. back: [handwritten] Shearing Team Puckapunyal army Base Seymour / 75,000 Sheep, 21 Shearers plus shed staff Yard staff / and cooks / Started Shearing for Jim Walker / Sep 8th 1986shearing, agriculture, wool, workers, army base, seymour, victoria, rural life, people, portrait, working life, puckapunyal

2 black and white photographs- 1 large and 1 smallWritten on rear of small photograph "Ringwood Railway Station. 1960. Picture taken from clock tower". Written on rear of large photograph, "Railway Station and railway yards from clock tower, 1960."

Digitised video (1.90GB). Duration: 35 minutes. Recorded March, 2023 (Video is available for viewing at Ringwood & District Historical Society Archives by appointment)Ringwood and District Historical Society President Russ Haines presents this talk on Bamford’s timber yard following the donation to the Society of the account books dating from the business’s inception in 1908 until the mid-1950s.

Port of Portland Authority archives. The Baron Ardrossan was a geared bulk carrier completed by Haugesund Mekaniske Verksted, Haugesund (Yard No. 37) for H. Hogarth & Sons Ltd., Glasgow. Scottish Ship Management Ltd., Glasgow, managers. Decommissioned in 1986.Front: (no inscriptions) Back: (no inscriptions)baron ardrossan, bulk carrier, cargo

Handwritten list detailing tramcars stored at Hawthorn tram depot (14), Thornbury depot (incomplete), Preston workshops, work cars in Preston yard and the breakdown training car at South Melbourne depot. List dated 20-7-1969.Yields information about stored tramcars during July 1969.Quarto ruled sheet with handwritten list, punched holes on left hand side.tramways, mmtb, tramcars, stored trams, hawthorn depot, thornbury depot, breakdowns, preston workshops

black and white photo: farm yard scene, galvanised bui,lding with window and door ( partly obscured by well cover ) base of windmill on right. Lily pond with frog decorations in foreground . Poperty of J. Evans, in Shire of Korong ( nr Boort ) Written on back in pen ' J,. Evans, Fernihurst Estate, Fernihurst 'J. Evans ?place, building, fernihurst estate

Postcard, WW1, B&W image of a bombed railway yard showing what appears to be the tender of an engine. Location unknown. Two Australian soldiers standing among rubble in the foreground. Another two soldiers leaning from the tender. Ruined steel framework of a building in background. Written in pencil on the reverse "G10" and "GS"postcard, postcard, ww1, railway yard ruins

Postcard, WW1, B&W image of the railway yard at Poperinghe. The sign 'Poperinghe' is in front of several railway wagons next to a damaged street lamp. The building in left background has a sign 'Houblons'. This word translates as 'hops'. Poperinghe is a major hop growing area near the Belgium border. Copy Y 37postcard, postcard, ww1, france, poperinghe, railway yard, houblons

Yields information about Ballarat 's No. 23 and No. 16 being stored at the rear of the depot.Digital image from the Wal Jack Ballarat Album of No. 23 in the depot back yard at the Ballarat depot with tram No. 16. Photographed 8-1-1952. See image i2 for rear of photograph. See image i3 for hi res scan of print. See image i4 for hi res scan of negativeWritten on rear in ink "SEC Ballarat Tramways, Nos 23 - 16 outside depot Wendouree 8-1-52" and the Wal Jack stamp in the top right hand corner, with number T25PC written in. See Reg Item 7726 for another similar photograph.trams, tramways, gold tram, depot, tram 23, tram 16

Yields information about the tram services on the Mt Pleasant line.Negative and Digital images of the Wal Jack Ballarat Negative file of No 11 outbound to Mt Pleasant in Barkly St, photographed from the back yard of Wal Jack's sisters home, near Eastwood St, possibly 28-10-1962 - see Reg Item 5262 for another similar photograph of Ballarat 43. trams, tramways, barkly st, mt pleasant, tram 11

This is the residence of Miss Isabelle Taylor.14cm x 8.5cm black and white photograph. Light colour rendered building, 9 Sydney Street Kilmore, with wooden detail around windows and doors. Neat garden in the front yard and a small chain link fence. There is a street sign on the nature strip "no standing any time". Printed on glossy photograph stock.Written on the back: 9 Sydney St Kilmore

25cm x 20cm black and white photograph of South-West Sydney Street. The buildings that can be seen include Kilmore Timber Yard, Riche Fitzgerald & Co Builders Ironmoncery, Red Lion Hotel. Pictured are people standing under the awning of the Ironmongers. Picture was taken in 1860. This picture is a copy from LaTrobe.Written on the back: Kilmore Historical Society #4.#5.10/86-33 Copy LaTr. 1860 Trainor's Store etc. looking south-west from Union St.shopfronts, storefronts, retail stores, 19th century

A property illustration by Margaret Picken Commissioned by a real estate agency for the purpose of advertising 10 Holberry St., Nunawading. This property is listed as having sold for $139,000 in 1992 Made by using Rotring ‘Rapidigraph’ drafting pens with Rotring ink on Rapidigraph polyester drafting film, double matte. Trained as a cartographic draftsman within the mining industry, Margaret Picken is an artist who worked producing property illustrations for real estate agencies in eastern suburbs of Victoria from 1983-2005. Retiring from the industry as technological changes favored coloured photography over illustrations, and commissioning companies over sole contractors.This artwork is of Historical Significance as a record of local domestic architecture.A black ink line drawing on drafters film by Margaret Picken, of a black and white line drawing of a single story weatherboard house house with corrugated roof, and facia board. On the right is a driveway is a leading to a gate. In the foreground is a picket fence, enclosing a front yard. There are two holepunch holes on just under the upper edge.14 Holberry St., Nunawading Margaret Picken © 2002 Fletchers Real Estatewhitehorse historical society, schwerkolt cottage, housing, architecture, margaret picken, house, garden, real estate, nunawading

Black and white negative, of Victorian Railways trams 26 and 46 in the Sandringham Railway yard - 30-12-1940. Tram has two Robur Tea adverts. In the background is the Roxy theatre. Photo in the Wal Jack Victorian Railways Album which provides the date. See item 6766 for a similar photo. VRtrams, tramways, victorian railways, vr trams, sandringham, tram 26, tram 46

Sketch of some mines along the New Chum Line of Reef. Sheet No (178) Caleb Thomas 1879 Jan 29th. Mines mentioned are: Prince Alfred, Victoria Consols, G Lansell's No 83. Some mines are only a number. Victoria Reef Gold Mines are mentioned. Distances in feet or yards between them.document, gold, new chum line of reef, plan of mines along part of the new chum line of reef, caleb thomas, prince alfred mine, victoria consols, g lansell's no 83, ironbark, victoria reef gold mines