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National Wool Museum
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Photograph of a Kettle Decatizing apparatus, as produced by H. Krantz Soehne (manufacturers of finishing machinery) of Aachen, Germany. It was sent to Arthur Heaton & Co. Ltd as part of a price quotation. Decatizing is the process of forcing steam through wool.Photograph, 1931, of a Kettle Decatizing apparatus, as produced by H. Krantz Soehne (manufacturers of finishing machinery) of Aachen, Germany. Decatizing is the process of forcing steam through wool.H. KRANTZ SOEHNE / AACHEN. 231.textile machinery textile finishing, h. krantz s?? arthur heaton and co. ltd, decatizing, textile machinery, textile finishing -
Rutherglen Historical Society
Image, c1990
This photograph shows the workers' amenities at the Gold Battery. The building has a bedroom and kitchen. In front is a Baler Bucket and a cage. This particular cage was for raising and lowering the skips which brought the material to the surface. This is one of a series of photographs of the Rutherglen Gold Battery. The battery's purpose was to crush quartz from nearby quartz reefs and extract gold from within. The battery was erected in 1908 and consists of a five-head battery, Wilfrey table, Bergin pan, portable steam engine and shed. The battery was restored in 2011/12 and can be viewed daily between 9.00am and 5.00pm. See website for details.Colour photograph of a corrugated iron cottage, with several pieces of machinery around it.gold battery, gold processing -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - IAN DYETT COLLECTION: AUCTION CATALOGUE - BENDIGO MUNICIPAL QUARRIES - AXEDALE
Three auction catalogues of a sale at the Bendigo Municipal Quarries, Axedale on 2nd September, 1941 of Surplus Machinery, Plant, Buildings and Equipment comprising Crude Oil Engine, Diesel Engine, air Receiver, Crude Oil Tank, Stone Hoppers Buildings, etc. J. H. Curnow & Son were the auctioneers.business, auctioneers, j h curnow & son pty ltd, ian dyett collection - auction catalogue - bendigo municipal quarries - axedale, j h curnow & son, j l jamieson & co, the cambridge press -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, Caire, Nicholas John, 1905c
Latrobe Bridge Sale Victoria in closed position . The operating machinery is still visibleBlack and white photograph of the Latrobe Bridge, in its closed position. The operating machinery is visible, plus the unique pier structure of the central span. In the rowing boat moored along side the river bank, a person wearing a boater hat is seated. Sale Victoriawaterways, bridges, civil engineering -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 1915 c
Shed behind workers in clad and roofed with bark sheets held in place with horizontal timbers. The contractor with steam engine travelled around the district as requested by land ownersBlack and white photograph of fire workers baling hay using small steam engine to power the baler on a farm in East Gippslandagriculture -
B-24 Liberator Memorial Restoration Australia Inc
Pratt & Whitney R 1830 Radial Engine (Informational Entry)
Between Pratt & Whitney and numerous licensed companies, there were over 180,000 of these engines manufactured in a number of specifications. The B-24 Liberator would have been their major recipient but other famous aircraft using the same engine were the Consolidated Catalina flying boat and the Douglas DC3/C47/Dakota. Refer Wikipedia link for other aircraft that used this engine.As a result of the significant and ongoing usage of these engines in civil aircraft such as the Douglas DC3, they are by no means rare. Many parts can still be sourced new and there are several companies that have the capacity to rebuild these engines to an airworthy standard.The Pratt & Whitney R 1830 is a double row 14 cylinder air cooled radial engine with a capacity of 1830 cubic inches (30 litres), developing some 1200 horsepower at a maximum 2700 rpm.radial engine, twin wasp, r1830 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Engine House - Abbotsford and Queensberry Sts, Tramway Museum Society of Victoria (TMSV), 1934
Photograph of of the North Melbourne engine house, or power house or winding house on the corner of Abbotsford St and Queensberry St. Dated 1934 on the rear of the photo. Shows the chimney. This building remains intact other than for the chimney.Yields information about cable trams engine houses.Black & White Photograph - two copies held.Has the TMSV Sales stamp on the rear and a date "Nth Melb Engine House 1934" in pencil on the rear.trams, tramways, cable trams, abbotsford st, engine houses, power house, winding houses, queensberry st -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Drawings of Pikrose Engine
The Drawings were to be used for manufacture of all the components of the Pikrose engine.Some of the Pikrose Engine was manufactured by Austin Hopkinson and Co. Ltd. The drawings belonged to the SECV and were created in the 1950s. The engine was used in tunnel construction.These drawings were used in the workshop of the SECV during the construction of the Kiewa Hydro Electric Scheme. The engine was used in the tunnel and powered by compressed air.KVHS has the drawings only. Workshop drawings consisting of about 20 paper sheets. Size 2 Pikrose engines powered by compressed air and a winch used to operate a scraper. Used in tunnels of shaft.pikrose engine drawings, compressed air engine, austin hopkinson co. ltd., workshop drawings -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - NEW CHUM & VICTORIA LINES OF REEF - NOTES ON NEW CHUM & VICTORIA
Handwritten notes on New Chum & Victoria. Winding Engine Pair 22 in cylinders. Two valves to each cylinder (Corliss?). One boiler - steel. 26 ft x 6 ft 6 ins diameter. Reference: T. M. Hooper, Mining Manager, Sth Bellevie United Mine in machinery. Report to His Directors probably 7 /11/1885. On the back with scribble over it, are some notes re Bendigo was making itrs own winding engines, air compressors and crushing machinery so efficiently that the Senior Inspector of Mines, Mr E. R. Neekison in a report to the Secretary for Mines in 1884 was emphatic that the best batteries, winding engines and gear have all been made in Sandhurst. Machinery made in Sandhurst was superior to any others in the colony for this class of work.document, gold, new chum & victoria lines of reef, new chum & victoria lines of reef, notes on new chum & victoria, t m hooper, sth bellevu united mine, mr e r meekison, new chum, garden gully, hustler's, sheepshead line -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Photos - Horse team working on farm x3
Horses were coupled together to form a team to pull farm machinery to work on farms. Later, petrol and kerosene equipment was used and then diesel. The Kiewa Valley consisted of farming families before the Kiewa Hydro Electric Scheme was constructed in the late 1940's at the upper end of the valley. Three large black & white photos of a horse team pulling farm equipment. 1. Mouldboard plough 2. header 3. thresher or chaff cutter. 1.& 2. are working on the farm 3. is pulling the machinery to a nearby farm. No labelsfarm equipment. horse teams. farming. crops. -
The Ed Muirhead Physics Museum
Engine, Micro-ruling engine, Wm Stone #1
From attached information on display: This engine was designed to explore the nature and magnitude of mechanical defects in ruling engines. It was used to cut simple rulings for the calibration of microscope fields of view.First micro-ruling engine made (1934), by Stone, with flat rectangular iron base and wheel mechanism. A scriber made of a gramophone needle is in place over the glass slide on a ruling table. A second holder for a diamond lies beside the instrument. -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Book, D. W. Paterson Co. Pty. Ltd, Schumacher Mill Furnishing Works Pty Ltd Port Melbourne, Victoria, c.1940
The 38 page illustrated catalogue from Schumacher Mill Furnishing Works contains b & W photographs of their mixing, packing and sifting machinery. Each photograph is accompanied by a description & detailed statistics. The firm was founded in 1896 in Port Melbourne by German immigrant, Otto Charles SCHUMACHER and occupied the site on the corner of Graham Street & Esplanade East. On his father's death the business was taken over by his son, Ferdinand SCHUMACHER , who died just 8 months later. The firm continued trading until 1950 and the factory was demolished in 1985 to make way for social housing.Blue bound book with a coloured cover that has photographs of many of the items produced by Schumacher Mill machinery.otto c schumacher, schumacher mill furnishing works, industry - manufacturing, ferdinand schumacher -
Maldon Vintage Machinery Museum Inc
Horizontal Oil Engine, Early 20th century
Horizontal cylinder oil engine in working order. Mounted on a steel chassis with 4 cast iron wheels. Two flywheels and one flat belt pulley. Cylindrical cooling water tank and exhaust vertical exhaust pipe mounted at crankshaft end. Engine painted green with red wheels and red crankshaft balance weights. Oval brass plate on cylinder - "The Austral Oil Engine / Ronaldson Bros. / Makers / No. 1113 ? & Tippett / Ballarat Victoria" Thin oval metal transfer on cooling water tank with makers name and place of manufacture around Australian coat of arms.machinery; oil engine; metalwork -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Map, Melbourne cable tram system, 1971?
Map showing the Melbourne cable tram system, with a list of opening and closing dates for the various lines, opened by the Melbourne Tramways Trust. Shows engine houses and car houses (or depots), location names, railways, and a scale. Includes notes on other dates tracks were changed and the Northcote to Clifton Hill line. No marks as to who prepared the map.Yields information about the Melbourne Cable Tram system.Foolscap sheet - Map - Melbourne cable tram system showing tracks, car houses and engine houses.Has a date stamp 22 Apr 1971 in bottom right hand corner.tramways, cable trams, trams, map, melbourne tramways trust, mtt, engine houses, depots, car houses -
Puffing Billy Railway
Allen Twin Cylinder Engine Driving A Brush Electrical Generator
Allen Twin Cylinder Engine Driving A Brush Electrical Generator Built by W. H. Allen & Co, Ltd ., Bedford, England ( serial Number R1/14738/4) it was used at Kodak Australia, Abbotsford plant , to provide power through the attached Brush Electrical Generator ( serial 21177 of 1929 ) for the photographic plant. Donated by Kodak ( Australia ) Ltd. in 1966Historic - Industrial Twin Cylinder Engine Driving A Brush Electrical Generator used by Kodak Australia, at their Abbotsford plant, Abbotsford, Victoria, AustraliaTwin Cylinder Engine Driving A Brush Electrical Generator made of steel , iron, wrought iron, brassBuilt by W. H. Allen & Co, Ltd ., Bedford, England ( serial Number R1/14738/4)puffing billy, twin cylinder engine, brush electrical generator, w. h. allen & co, ltd -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - MINE ENGINE ROOM
black And white photograph : mine engine room showing machinery, brick and galvanised iron building. Cylinders and drive sheels. On back in pencil ' Outtrim Howitt Britiish Consolidated/ Coal Mine/ Outtrim/ Air Compressing plant.organization, business, mine machinery -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 1980 c
Contractor with steam engine would travel from farm to farm around district as requestedBlack and white photograph of men at small steam engine used to power chaff cutting machine with four workers in charge. Bark roofed building nearby believed to be at Howlett or Bobribb property Bumberrah Victoriamines and mining -
National Wool Museum
Photograph, [Electricity generators in boilerhouse]
Acquired when "Classweave Industries" closed down.ENGINE/ DEFS??textile mills woollen mills, classweave industries pty ltd federal woollen mills ltd, textile mills, woollen mills -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Engine Dynamometer, c.1890’s
The steam engine indicator, or dynamometer, is an instrument used on a steam engine (such as that of a vessel or train) to measure and record the change in the pressures of the engine’s cylinders during their operating cycle. The engineer would use it to identify problems or defects such as bad valve settings or constricted steam pipes. It could indicate the difference in efficiency caused by adjustments made to the engine, being able to instantly measure the variation of pressure from the engine stroke at any given time. This force of power would be registered by a pencil, fitted to the adjustable arm, which would trace a line on paper wound around the cylinder. The recorded information could be used in conjunction with mathematical tables. This particular instrument was made by T.S. Mc Innes, one of the better manufacturers of engine indicators. Mc Innes engine indicators were still being used in the mid 1900’s. This specific instrument was used by Mark Forsythe of North Berwial, Scotland and late of Ararat, Victoria when he was chief engineer on the “SS Talawena” in 1892. The Port of Warrnambool, in Victoria, harboured steam ships that carried both passengers and cargo along the south west coast in the late 1800’s and into the 1900’s. The engineer of a steam ship was responsible for reaching and maintaining the optimum level of steam energy to serve the locomotion and efficiency of the steam ship. The engineer would use a steam engine indicator to measure and record information to achieve this purpose. Engine Dynamometer or Steam Engine Indicator in square, fitted oak case. This brass instrument is used to measure and record steam pressure for setting up and adjusting valves on a steam engine. It has an oscillating recording drum with vertical, silver clip attached for holding paper in place around the drum. The drum oscillates left to right. There is a pulley attached to a length of cord, which is attached to the drum. Beside the drum is a fine metal arm, vertically adjustable, small hole in the end to hold a pencil. Inscription stamped into bracket of the arm. The engine indicator is mounted on a hinged side of the case that swings out ready for use. Attached chains prevent the side from opening past vertical. There is storage for other accessories and an empty compartment in the base (where a scale or ruler may have been located). The case has a collapsible wooden handle, brass hinges and two brass, hook-shaped catches. There is a code stamped inside the lid. It contains a brass, ‘T’ shaped steam-cock (or stop cock) with two open ends made of metal pipe with different sized threads. (Turning the handle on top opens and closes the space in the pipe and would close off the flow of steam from one end to the other.) Also inside the case are three different spiral springs, each with a threaded nut on the end that has a threaded hole inside it. Used by Mr Mark Forsythe when chief engineer on the SS Talawena in 1892 “T.S. MC INNES PATENT” and “522 _ _” (last 2 digits are unreadable) pressed into the arm of the brass indicator. “[ ] X ’ stamped inside the lid of the case. The 3 springs all have a number stamped into them: (1) “32” and “12” (2) “12” and “16” [above] “12” (3) “64” and “150” Card that came with instrument “This instrument was used by Mark Forsythe of North Berwial Scotland and late of Ararat, Victoria when chief engineer on the SS Talawena in 1892" dynamometer, steam engine indicator, t.s. mcinnes, glasgow, dobbie mcinnes, port of warrnambool, warrnambool, flagstaff hill, flagstaff hill maritime museum, flagstaff hill maritime village, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, great ocean road -
Otway Districts Historical Society
Photograph, Les Ogden, Gellibrand: Excursion train to Beech Forest, 1960, 1960
Another excursion train travels to Beech Forest in 1960. At Gellibrand railway yards engine G42 leads the train with driver L. Moore and fireman, Les Ogden.B/W. Locomotive G42 and an excursion train to Beech Forest, on track number one, in 1960. The fireman, Les Ogden, hangs from the engine. The other tracks are empty.gellibrand; railway; loco g42; -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - MCCOLL, RANKIN AND STANISTREET COLLECTION: CENTRAL NAPOLEON GOLD MINING CO. N.L, 1934-1950
Pink Manilla Folder containing: General Correspondance Letters to and from suppliers of machinery and parts e.g. Electricity Supply Departments, Fred Milne & Son (Engineers), Thompsons Engineering & Pipe Co.Ltd, Miller & Co Machinery Pty Ltd, Alfred J Jorgenson, Bingle Machinery Co, The Richardson Gears Pty Ltd, Buckell & Jeffrey Pty Ltd, Commercial Union Assuarance Company Limited, Bendigo Machinery & Trading Co Pty Ltd, Ronaldson Bros & Tippett Pty Ltd (including a picture of a drawlift pump), J.G. Bloomfield, Ronaldson - Tippett list of 4583 Machines in Victoria & addfor crude oil engine, A.H McDonald & Co Pty Ltd & ad for crude oil engine, E Treliving letter & list of second hand materials for sale, J. Edwards-Retallack Machinery Manufacturers Representative, Hume & Iser Pty Ltd Timber & Hardware Merchants, Bendigo Timber Co Timber & Hardware Merchants, markings read 'Cent. Napoleon G.M.Co N.L Machinery', Correspondance dating from 16 July 1934 - 26 October 1950.organization, business, industrial - mining, mccoll rankin & stanistreet, mining, gold mining, central napoleon -
Vision Australia
Photograph - Image, Queensland Institute for the Blind matting, cane and mattress workshop, August 1952
Fives images of the workshop machinery used by the Queensland Industrial Institute for the Blind in the manufacture of various products. 1 - Pitched brooms being made by Stewart Jewell (left) and Jack Dollier (right). 2 - Unknown worker at a basket station making a cane basket, surrounded by finished examples. 3 - Snowy Willis oversees the operation of the machine that bores holes into brush heads. 4 - Unknown worker operating a coir matting machine. There were apparently 10 such machines in use at the time this image was taken. 5 - Snowy Willis checking the bobbins being filled from a giant spool. In the background are empty bobbins stacked against walls and filled bobbins on spool holders. 6 - Roy Anderson checks the wadding on a recently filled mattress, whilst in the background Ellen McDevitt uses a portable sewing table to sew the ends of a filled mattress.6 x B/W photographs of the workshop machinery used by the Queensland Industrial Institute for the BlindC2-657: 2, Brush shop - pitch set brooms being made by blind workers C2-664: Basket shop - some of the various types of baskets made C2-654: Snowy Willis. Brush shop - a semi automatic brush stock boring machine in operation. C2-666: Matting shop - one of the ten coir matting looms in use. 1960. C2-659: Matting shop - bobbin winder and bobbin bank. C2-655: 15. 2 col wide. Bed shop wadding a fibre mattress. Also showing special sewing machine and movable table used in sewing the mouths of filled mattresses.queensland industrial institute for the blind, stuart jewell, jack dollier, snowy willis, roy anderson, ellen mcdevitt -
Puffing Billy Railway
Heinrici Hot Air Motor, 1900s
Louis Heinrici, Germany, circa 1900 a small Stirling type hot air engine in which a body of air is worked constantly, being alternately heated and cooled during each revolution of the crankshaft. Heinrici hot air engines are of the valveless, closed cycle type, generally called Stirling cycle engines, after Robert Stirling, the Scottish Presbyterian minister who pioneered their development in the early 1800's. They operate by alternately heating and cooling a quantity of air, called the working fluid, contained in the engine's internal spaces. Heat is applied externally and passes through the cylinder wall, heating the working fluid, which is then expanded against a piston to do mechanical work. After heating and expanding, the working fluid is moved to a cool space where it cools and contracts before being returned to the hot space for the cycle to repeat. It has a displacer (just a loose piston), below and in the same cylinder as the power piston to which it is connected via cranks and linkages so as to lead by 90degrees of crankshaft angle. The displacer space and the piston space are connected by the annular gap around the loose fitting displacer so that the working fluid moves between these spaces and changes volume by the appropriate ratio as the engine rotates. Because they have no valves and experience no sudden pressure changes, Stirling engines are noted for quietness and reliability. Heinricis use air at atmospheric pressure for their working fluid, but for higher specific output (power for size) and better efficiency, modern Stirling cycle engines use pressurised gas- air, nitrogen, helium or hydrogen.Historic - Hot Air Engine - MotorHot Air Motor made of Steel with two drive wheels. a small Stirling type hot air engine in which a body of air is worked constantly, being alternately heated and cooled during each revolution of the crankshaft. Heinrici Motorheinrici hot air motor, puffing billy -
Rutherglen Historical Society
Image, c1990
This photograph is of the side of the main building of the Gold Battery with workshop at rear (now demolished). Beside building is a hand windlass, along with some old pulleys and various parts. This is one of a series of photographs of the Rutherglen Gold Battery. The battery's purpose was to crush quartz from nearby quartz reefs and extract gold from within. The battery was erected in 1908 and consists of a five-head battery, Wilfrey table, Bergin pan, portable steam engine and shed. The battery was restored in 2011/12 and can be viewed daily between 9.00am and 5.00pm. See website for details.Colour photograph of the side of a corrugated iron building with a smaller building at the left, and a number of pieces of machinery next to the buildinggold battery, gold processing -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - ALBERT RICHARDSON COLLECTION: REPORT ON INSPECTION OF DEBORAH MINES
Two page document ( carbon copy ) detailing report on inspection, mining machinery 17 November, 1971. Report states ' Met Mr. R. Barker, first to Nth Deborah met Frank Vincent at this mine. Inspected Great Southern engine. Other mines mentioned are South Deborah, Deborah Extended. Second page details tyhe mining machinery made and used in Bendigo such as R. Roberts' Winding Engine and Poppet legs at the Central Deborah Mine. Also a Thompson (Castlemaine) air compressor at this mine. Document signed by Albert Richardson 19.11.1971.bendigo, mining, mining equipment -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - IAN DYETT COLLECTION: AUCTION CATALOGUE - TALBOT ALLUVIALS LIMITED
Two cream and light green auction catalogues for an auction held by J . H. Curnow & Son on behalf of Talbot Alluvials Limited at the Mines Norbury's (No. 2 Shaft) and Caralulup (No. 1 Shaft) on the 10th to 14th March, 1941. Electrical Mining Machinery, Plant and Extensive Equipment were sold. Black and white photos include Caralulup No. 1 Shaft (on front cover), Alley & MacLellan Vertical Air Compressor, Ruston Vertical Diesel Engine and a Greenbat Electric Locomotive, This catalogue has good descriptions of buildings, engines and other machinery.business, auctioneers, j h curnow & son pty ltd, ian dyett collection - auction catalogue - talbot alluvials limited, norbury's (no 2 shaft), caralulup (no 1 shaft), j h curnow & son, the cambridge press -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - RED WHITE & BLUE EXTENDED - LETTER TO MR A RICHARDSON
Typed letter to Mr A Richardson from Hugh Sloane, Mount Clear, Ballarat, Vic. 3350 dated 30/5/68 thanking him for two letters and some information about the engines at the Red White & Blue Mine. He was interested to hear of such engines being installed at a gold mine and wished he could have seen them in operation. The description of the steam winding engine was most interesting and he was hoping the society could preserve some of the machinery.document, gold, red white & blue extended, red white & blue extended, letter to mr a richardson, hugh sloane, red white & blue mine, rustin & hornsby -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - IAN DYETT COLLECTION: AUCTION CATALOGUE - YANDOIT CO. N.L
Grey covered auction catalogue for a sale of Mining Machinery, Tools,Buildings, Piping, engines, Poppet Legs and other Equipment at the Yandoit Co. N. L., Yandoit on 19/4/1939. J. H. Curnow & Son were the auctioneers.business, auctioneers, j h curnow & son pty ltd, ian dyett collection - auction catalogue - yandoit co n l, j h curnow & son, the cambridge press -
Rutherglen Historical Society
Image, c1990
This photograph is of the back end of the side of the main building of the Gold Battery with workshop at rear (now demolished). Beside building is a hand windlass, along with some old pulleys and various parts. This is one of a series of photographs of the Rutherglen Gold Battery. The battery's purpose was to crush quartz from nearby quartz reefs and extract gold from within. The battery was erected in 1908 and consists of a five-head battery, Wilfrey table, Bergin pan, portable steam engine and shed. The battery was restored in 2011/12 and can be viewed daily between 9.00am and 5.00pm. See website for details.Colour photograph of the side of a corrugated iron building with a smaller building at the left, and a number of pieces of machinery next to the buildinggold battery, gold processing -
Surrey Hills Historical Society Collection
Photograph, Narrow Gauge Loco 6A on transporter wagon in goods yard at Surrey Hills, 12/05/1950
The engine was being transported because it had broken a coupling in transit. Windsor Crescent is in the background. We have an original copy donated by Ian Barkla and a larger one copied by Ken Hall. The Barkla original has a sticker with his reference details on the back.A black and white photocopy of a steam engine. There are some local kinder children and an adult inspecting the train and climbing on the picket fence. The house in the background is in Windsor Crescent.surrey hills railway station, goods yard, steam train, transporter wagon, 1950, children, clothing and dress