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Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 1920c
Black and white photograph showing wooden piers with newly completed concrete extensions. Rough seas breaking in entrance to Gippsland Lakes from ocean Bass Strait. Kiosk by boardwalk closed. Lakes Entrance Victoriaboardwalk, jetties, waterways -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - EVA WILSON COLLECTION: HARGREAVES MALL CONSTRUCTION 1982
Image shows centre of Mall, concrete in centre. Fosseys, Woolworths, Myer and Williams the Shoemen shops visible in background. On back ' Monday 1/3/82 a.m. looking from Ashmans back towards Myers'place, bendigo, hargreaves mall, bendigo, hargreaves mall, myer, woolworths, williams the shoemen, fosseys -
Greensborough Historical Society
Photograph - Digital Image, Old pool Plenty River, May 2014, 21/05/2014
Plenty River pool Greensborough. Opened in 1937, the remnants of this concrete pool can be seen today from the Main Street bridge Greensborough. Photograph by Marilyn Smith 2014.Digital copy of colour photograph.plenty river pool, greensborough pool, swimming pools -
Greensborough Historical Society
Photograph - Digital Image, Old Pool Plenty River 2014, 21/05/2014
Plenty River pool Greensborough. Opened in 1937, the remnants of this concrete pool can be seen today from the Main Street bridge Greensborough. Photograph by Marilyn Smith 2014.Digital copy of colour photograph.plenty river pool, swimming pools, greensborough pool -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Folder, The Erection of a reinforced bridge at Hurstbridge
Photocopied contract for construction of reinforced concrete bridge by the Shire of Eltham at Hurstbridge dated 5th February 1917, including general conditions of contract. This bridge is known as the Monash bridge.10 PagesHG Folders 115harry gilham collection, hurstbridge, monash bridge, contract -
Greensborough Historical Society
Photograph - Digital Image, Old Pool Plenty River May 2014, 21/05/2014
Plenty River pool Greensborough. Opened in 1937, the remnants of this concrete pool can be seen today from the Main Street bridge Greensborough. Photograph by Marilyn Smith 2014.Digital copy of colour photograph.greensborough pool, swimming pools, plenty river pool -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Book, Martha Boice, The Fine Arts Cookbook II, 1981
Softcover, Spiral BoundInscription inside front cover to Patricia from Mary, dated October 1981. "A Letter from Sages Cottage" inserted inside. Newspaper cutout of a TV review "At Last - A concrete-hating architect" by Sylvia Clayton about Norman Foster Inserted insidecookery, cooking, walsh st library -
Rutherglen Historical Society
Photograph - Image, Thalma, July 1911
Group photograph taken on the occasion of the opening of Lilliput Bridge in July 1911. Two individuals in the photograph have been identified as Olive Hiskins and her father John Hiskins.Group photograph, mounted on brown cardboard, Photographic studio identified at bottom of cardboard frame on front. Details of event written on back.On back "Opening Lilliput Bridge in 1911". "This photo given to W.H. Pleming on 7th July '75 by Mrs Tom Franki - nee Violet Withers (Ulina)" "The Bridge was replaced by a concrete Bridge in May 1940" On front "Thalma. Ilsley Opp. P.O. Rutherglen"olive hiskins, john hiskins, lillput bridge -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Digital image Set of 9, Peter Waugh, 12/06/2014 12:00:00 AM
Series of nine digital photos of the reconstruction of the sub-station Ballarat Tramway Museum - 6/2/2004 with the concrete being poured on 12/6/2014 by Peter Waugh. 6028.1 - setting up outside the depot. 6028.2 - Alan Snowball and Richard Gilbert at the ready. 6028.3 - loading one of the wheel barrows. 6028.4 - ditto 6028.5 - Roger Gosney and Alastair Reither discuss matters! 6028.6 - placing concrete. 6028.7 - ditto 6028.8 - Paul Mong and Richard Gilbert 6028.9 - Paul Mong spreading. Photo by Peter Waugh, collected for reference purposestrams, tramways, btm, substation, depot, reconstruction -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - JOSEPH BRADY COLLECTION: FLUMING BETWEEN MALMSBURY RESERVOIR AND CALDER HIGHWAY, 1934
Black and white photograph: image shows concrete channel snaking down hill, top LH side appears to be bluestone mill with tall chimney. Trees on RH side of channel. Comments on the back of the photo 'Between Malmsbury Res and Calder Hwy. 8 feet wide 4 foot 6 inches deep. Taken 1934. JA 10/81 concrete grand fluming at 12.5 miles Main channel 8 feet wide 4 foot 6 inches high. Constructed 1928.'place, water, coliban race, john brady collection. coliban race -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Photograph - Bridge at Tawonga 1936, 22/03/1936
First Tawonga bridge was built in 1884- destroyed by floods in 1916. New bridge constructed 1923 and destroyed in 1953. Present concrete bridge constructed in 1986 and named Ryders BridgeBridge construction over Kiewa River at TawongaBlack and white photographic postcard of the bridge at Tawonga across the Kiewa River.Handwritten in pencil on rear of photograph - Sunday 22nd March, 1936. Printed on front - Bridge at Tawonga across the Kiewa (Blumer, photo)tawonga bridge, kiewa valley -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Negative - Photograph, J.A. McDonald, Eltham, Pryor Street, Sep. 1955
Construction of new concrete kerbing and footpath in Pryor Street, Eltham The truck on the left of the road is parked ouside the Eltham Police Station at No. 23. On the right is the present-day Woolworths carparkRecord of various Shire of Eltham infrastructure works undertaken during the period of 1952-1962 involving bridge and road reconstruction projects, sometimes with Eltham Shire Council Project Reference numbers quoted. It was during this period that a number of significant improvements were made to roads and new bridges constructed within the shire that remain in place as of present day (2022). In many situations, the photos provide a tangible visible record of infrastructure that existed throughout the early days of the Shire. The album was put together by or under the direction of the Shire Engineer, J.A. McDonald.1955-09, footpaths and gutters, pryor street, eltham police station, infrastructure, shire of eltham -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Hurstbridge - Construction of new bridge
In early November 1917 the new reinforced concrete bridge across the Diamond Creek at Hurstbridge was officially opened with "some 500 spectators", some who had arrived by train for the occassion.This photo forms part of a collection of photographs gathered by the Shire of Eltham for their centenary project book, "Pioneers and Painters: 100 years of the Shire of Eltham" by Alan Marshall (1971). The collection of over 500 images is held in partnership between Eltham District Historical Society and Yarra Plenty Regional Library (Eltham Library) and is now formally known as 'The Shire of Eltham Pioneers Photograph Collection.' It is significant in being the first community sourced collection representing the places and people of the Shire's first one hundred years.Digital imagesepp, shire of eltham pioneers photograph collection, hurstbridge, bridge, bridge construction -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Lead shot, Before 1878
The objects comprise a quantity of small calibre lead shot raised from the LOCH ARD shipwreck site by Flagstaff Hill divers in 1976. The Maritime Village’s collection has companion pieces. The three masted, iron hulled, LOCH ARD was wrecked against the tall limestone cliffs of Mutton Bird Island in the early hours of the first of June 1878. Included in her diverse and valuable cargo were 22 tons of lead shot, packed in cloth bags and wooden casks. Bulk quantities of lead shot, uniformly round balls of dull grey metal ranging from 2mm “birdshot” to 8mm “buckshot”, were routinely exported to the Australian colonies. Shot was used mostly as projectiles fired from smooth bored guns to bring down moving targets such as wild ducks and small game. It was also useful as ballast, when a dense, “pourable” weight was required to fill cavities or establish volume within a measuring container. The production of consistently round spheres of lead shot required the pouring of molten metal through a sieve and then a long drop through the atmosphere to a water filled basin for final cooling and collection. This “shot tower” process was first patented by William Watts of Bristol in 1782. His calculation of a 150 feet fall was not only to form evenly spherical droplets through surface tension, but also to provide partial cooling and solidification to each shot before they hit the water below. The value of his innovation was the minimising of indentation and shape distortion, avoiding the expense of re-smelting and re-moulding the lead. Lead shot was already being produced in Australia at the time the LOCH ARD loaded her cargo and left Gravesend on the second of March 1878. James Moir constructed a 157 feet circular stone shot tower near Hobart in 1870, with a peak annual production of 100 tons of lead shot sold in 28 pound linen bags. However colonial demand exceeded this source of local supply. The continued strength of the market for lead shot in the Colony of Victoria prompted substantial investment in additional productive capacity in Melbourne in the next decade. In 1882 Richard Hodgson erected the 160 feet round chimney-shaped Clifton Hill shot tower on Alexandra Parade (VHR H0709) and in 1889 Walter Coop built the 160 feet square tower-shaped Melbourne Central shot tower on La Trobe Street (VHR H0067). At its peak, the Coop Tower produced 6 tons of lead shot per week, or 312 tons per annum. HISTORY OF THE LOCH ARD The LOCH ARD belonged to the famous Loch Line which sailed many ships from England to Australia. Built in Glasgow by Barclay, Curdle and Co. in 1873, the LOCH ARD was a three-masted square rigged iron sailing ship. The ship measured 262ft 7" (79.87m) in length, 38ft (11.58m) in width, 23ft (7m) in depth and had a gross tonnage of 1693 tons. The LOCH ARD's main mast measured a massive 150ft (45.7m) in height. LOCH ARD made three trips to Australia and one trip to Calcutta before its final voyage. LOCH ARD left England on March 2, 1878, under the command of Captain Gibbs, a newly married, 29 year old. She was bound for Melbourne with a crew of 37, plus 17 passengers and a load of cargo. The general cargo reflected the affluence of Melbourne at the time. On board were straw hats, umbrella, perfumes, clay pipes, pianos, clocks, confectionary, linen and candles, as well as a heavier load of railway irons, cement, lead and copper. There were items included that intended for display in the Melbourne International Exhibition in 1880. The voyage to Port Phillip was long but uneventful. At 3am on June 1, 1878, Captain Gibbs was expecting to see land and the passengers were becoming excited as they prepared to view their new homeland in the early morning. But LOCH ARD was running into a fog which greatly reduced visibility. Captain Gibbs was becoming anxious as there was no sign of land or the Cape Otway lighthouse. At 4am the fog lifted. A man aloft announced that he could see breakers. The sheer cliffs of Victoria's west coast came into view, and Captain Gibbs realised that the ship was much closer to them than expected. He ordered as much sail to be set as time would permit and then attempted to steer the vessel out to sea. On coming head on into the wind, the ship lost momentum, the sails fell limp and LOCH ARD's bow swung back. Gibbs then ordered the anchors to be released in an attempt to hold its position. The anchors sank some 50 fathoms - but did not hold. By this time LOCH ARD was among the breakers and the tall cliffs of Mutton Bird Island rose behind the ship. Just half a mile from the coast, the ship's bow was suddenly pulled around by the anchor. The captain tried to tack out to sea, but the ship struck a reef at the base of Mutton Bird Island, near Port Campbell. Waves broke over the ship and the top deck was loosened from the hull. The masts and rigging came crashing down knocking passengers and crew overboard. When a lifeboat was finally launched, it crashed into the side of LOCH ARD and capsized. Tom Pearce, who had launched the boat, managed to cling to its overturned hull and shelter beneath it. He drifted out to sea and then on the flood tide came into what is now known as LOCH ARD Gorge. He swam to shore, bruised and dazed, and found a cave in which to shelter. Some of the crew stayed below deck to shelter from the falling rigging but drowned when the ship slipped off the reef into deeper water. Eva Carmichael had raced onto deck to find out what was happening only to be confronted by towering cliffs looming above the stricken ship. In all the chaos, Captain Gibbs grabbed Eva and said, "If you are saved Eva, let my dear wife know that I died like a sailor". That was the last Eva Carmichael saw of the captain. She was swept off the ship by a huge wave. Eva saw Tom Pearce on a small rocky beach and yelled to attract his attention. He dived in and swam to the exhausted woman and dragged her to shore. He took her to the cave and broke open case of brandy which had washed up on the beach. He opened a bottle to revive the unconscious woman. A few hours later Tom scaled a cliff in search of help. He followed hoof prints and came by chance upon two men from nearby Glenample Station three and a half miles away. In a state of exhaustion, he told the men of the tragedy. Tom returned to the gorge while the two men rode back to the station to get help. By the time they reached LOCH ARD Gorge, it was cold and dark. The two shipwreck survivors were taken to Glenample Station to recover. Eva stayed at the station for six weeks before returning to Ireland, this time by steamship. In Melbourne, Tom Pearce received a hero's welcome. He was presented with the first gold medal of the Royal Humane Society of Victoria and a £1000 cheque from the Victorian Government. Concerts were performed to honour the young man's bravery and to raise money for those who lost family in the LOCH ARD disaster. Of the 54 crew members and passengers on board, only two survived: the apprentice, Tom Pearce and the young woman passenger, Eva Carmichael, who lost all of her family in the tragedy. Ten days after the LOCH ARD tragedy, salvage rights to the wreck were sold at auction for £2,120. Cargo valued at £3,000 was salvaged and placed on the beach, but most washed back into the sea when another storm developed. The wreck of LOCH ARD still lies at the base of Mutton Bird Island. Much of the cargo has now been salvaged and some was washed up into what is now known as LOCH ARD Gorge. Cargo and artefacts have also been illegally salvaged over many years before protective legislation was introduced. One of the most unlikely pieces of cargo to have survived the shipwreck was a Minton porcelain peacock - one of only nine in the world. The peacock was destined for the Melbourne International Exhibition in 1880. It had been well packed, which gave it adequate protection during the violent storm. Today, the Minton peacock can be seen at the Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum in Warrnambool. From Australia's most dramatic shipwreck it has now become Australia's most valuable shipwreck artefact and is one of very few 'objects' on the Victorian State Heritage Register. The shipwreck of the LOCH ARD is of State significance – Victorian Heritage Register S417 Flagstaff Hill’s collection of artefacts from LOCH ARD is significant for being one of the largest collections of artefacts from this shipwreck in Victoria. It is significant for its association with the shipwreck, which is on the Victorian Heritage Register (VHR S417). The collection is significant because of the relationship between the objects, as together they have a high potential to interpret the story of the LOCH ARD. The LOCH ARD collection is archaeologically significant as the remains of a large international passenger and cargo ship. The LOCH ARD collection is historically significant for representing aspects of Victoria’s shipping history and its potential to interpret sub-theme 1.5 of Victoria’s Framework of Historical Themes (living with natural processes). The collection is also historically significant for its association with the LOCH ARD, which was one of the worst and best known shipwrecks in Victoria’s history. A quantity of lead shot pellets retrieved from the wreck of the LOCH ARD. There are 242 loose 2mm pieces and 17 loose 4mm pieces. They are in good condition, with some shape distortion and sedimentary concretion, and shot tower made.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, loch line, loch ard, captain gibbs, eva carmichael, tom pearce, glenample station, mutton bird island, loch ard gorge, lead shot, colonial industry, melbourne shot towers, victorian metallurgy, colonial imports -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, 1936
Photo taken by the photographer for Victoria State Rivers and Water Supply CommissionMedium sized black and white photograph. Eildon Reservoir dam wall / rock and earth fill wall from above / round concrete tower lower left / water above right / tree covered hill topgoulburn, irrigation, photo, victoria state rivers and water supply commission, eildon, eildon weir -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, Goulburn Weir, 1890
Taken by photographer for State Rivers and Water Supply Commission.Medium sized black and white photograph. Concrete and iron weir structure, stone spillway, earth bank on West bank below brick control house. Dead trees in water beyond weir, houses on West bankgoulburn weir, victorian state rivers and supply commission -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, 19/12/1946
Taken by photographer for State Rivers and Water Supply Commission.Medium sized black and white photograph. Waranga Reservoir main outlet - Western main channel looking downstream to Waranga. Concrete bridges and control structure join earthen banks of channel. Windmill mid-left of picture.goulburn weir, victorian state rivers and supply commission -
Hume City Civic Collection
Photograph, 21/04/2005
This photograph was taken during the upgrade of the Bendigo Railway line at Sunbury Station. The upgrade took twelve months to complete and during that time buses replaced the trains.A coloured photograph of construction on the site of the Sunbury Railway Station. The photograph was taken from the Bendigo platform and shows the concrete wall which replace the bluestone foundations on the Melbourne side of the station. A workman is on the platform working on the new surface.railways, bendigo line, railway stations, bridges, sunbury railway station, george evans collection -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Main Breakwater Construction, n.d
Port of Portland Authority Archivesport of portland archives -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph, n.d
Port of Portland Authorityport of portland archives -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, Rose Series, 1955 c
Also another colour postcard similar view of footbridge made by Murray Views donor Susan Samuel 2 January 2015 number 04272.1, 9 x 14 cmColour postcard taken from south end of the Cunninghame Arm footbridge showing crowd on bridge, cars parked on Esplanade, new concrete wall between dunes and lake at south end of bridge Lakes Entrance VictoriaThe Foot-Bridge, Lakes Entrance. Vicrecreation, waterfront, land reclamation -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 1935c
Two other copies identical view size 12.5 x 17.5 cmBlack and white photograph of Heyfield House, showing a large fibro-cement clad building, with name Carstairs on facade. Man, woman and child seated on concrete fence. Couch in alcove with person seated. Lakes Entrance Victoriaguesthouses, architecture, tourism -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, Fish Marie, 1995
Black and white photograph of the site of Peck's fish processing factory on Bullock Island. It shows a heavy machine in background, broken concrete and rubbish skip in foreground, site cleared for TAFE education complex. Lakes Entrance Victoriaislands, waterways, dredging, topography -
Halls Gap & Grampians Historical Society
Photograph, C 1911
This is the second Delley''s Bridge. A new and more substantial bridge was built in 1911, only to be badly damaged in a 1917 flood. The collapsed western end was rebuilt, this time supported by concrete pillars.The photo shows a dirt road crossing a creek via a wooden bridge. A woman is driving a horse and buggy onto the far end of the bridge. There are ferns in the foreground and trees in the background.access routes, roads, structures, bridges -
Lorne Historical Society
Photograph, Landslip Great Ocean Road 1971
Repairing land-slip at Windy-Point, showing cables that secured the face of the cliff. These cables ends are cut off and a concrete slab placed over the plate. Working machine below on the G.O.R. and workman holding stop/go sign.land-slip 1971: windy-point; cable-locks. concrete securing blocks. maintenance equipment -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, Goulburn Weir, 1890
Taken by photographer for State Rivers and Water Supply Commission.Medium sized black and white photograph. Earthworks foreground, horse and dray lower right, men working on concrete weir structures, middle distance, - river with tree'd banks beyond, workmen's huts and house left of middle distancevictoria state rivers and water supply commission, goulburn weir -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, Goulburn Weir, 1890
Taken by photographer for State Rivers and Water Supply Commission.Medium sized black and white photograph. View across weir - channel outlet left - earth and rubble wall separates two concrete and iron structures of weir. Trees on bank beyond beyond, buildings scattered amongst trees.victoria state rivers and water supply commission, goulburn weir -
Ithacan Historical Society
Photograph, Ithaca earthquake, 1953
The photograph was taken after the massive earthquakes of 1953 which caused widespread destruction across Ithaca and other Ionian Islands. Many of the buildings destroyed in the earthquake could not be rebuilt and some parts of the villages became uninhabitable. This event brought about the largest mass migration from the island and a further wave of Ithacan migration to countries, such as Australia and South Africa, where relatives had already settled. The Ithacan Philanthropic Society established an Earthquake Appeal to assist their compatriots.A black and white photograph showing widespread damage done in the aftermath of an earthquake. Many houses are in ruins and there are two heaps of rubble comprising timber and metal and concrete in the foreground. Two men are walking along a track looking at the destruction in the village. -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Slide - Slide - Construction Portland/Cashmore Airport, c. 1980
Coloured slide. Deep squirish hole, muddy water in bottom. Rough wooden steps down to water, left hand side of hole. Large concrete pipe on right attached to metal structure which is embedded in bottom of hole. -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Portland Harbour, n.d
Port of Portland Authority ArchivesBack: Border ruled 4 sides 'Reduce to 28 ems wide' - top border 50%- green pencil 14 bottom border - all in pencilport of portland archives, construction, harbour, portland