Port of Portland Authority archivesFront: (no inscriptions) Back: (no inscriptions)port of portland archives, dredge, harbour dredging, portland harbour trust

Port of Portland Authority archivesFront: (no inscriptions) Back: DREDG014 (pencil, lower right)port of portland archives, dredge, harbour dredging, portland harbour trust

Port of Portland Authority archivesFront: (no inscriptions) Back: DREDG014 (pencil, lower right)port of portland archives, dredge, harbour dredging, portland harbour trust, 1950s, 1958

Donald Clark Collection. A monochrome photograph depicting workers at the sluicing dredge, Tarnagulla. Copy photograph. mining

Newspaper article by Jack Perry regarding the floating dredge at Maldon. Bendigo Weekly 25.2.2000person, individual, jack perry, floating dredge, maldon, gold recovery

Colour slide in a mount. El Dorado Dredge, El Dorado, Victoria, Australia, 1934Made in Australia / 4 / SEP 70M3australia, slide, robin boyd

Colour slide in a mount. El Dorado Dredge, El Dorado, Victoria, Australia, 1934Made in Australia / 2 / SEP 70M3australia, slide, robin boyd

this ingot mould was used by the harrietville tronoh co. who operated the "tronoh" gold dredge from 1939 - 1954. this was the largest dredge in the southern hemisphere.when this dredge ceased operations it marked the end of dredging in the ovens valley.this dredge also brought electricity to harrietville.This item is significant asit is the only one in existence .This has been confirmed by former staff members. This mould represents an era which was very important to the story of HARRIETVILLE. The "tronoh" dredge commenced operations at a time when mining was at a low point . It provided employment for up to 60 men at it's peak & also connected harrietville to the electricity grid. When the tronoh dredge ceased operations it marked the end of gold dredging in the ovens valley. The enviromental damage caused by this dredge was one of the reasons behind a failed attempt to redredge the valley in the early 1980s. cast iron gold ingot mould with handle at each end,trapezoidel in shape.on inside base in relief in reverse 'H(T)L'gold, dredge. ingot mould

The coal from this open-cut mine is used to generate electricity for the State of Victoria. in 1934 two thousand miles of high tension transmission lines conveyed energy from a system of inter-linked power stations to the whole Melbourne metropolitan area, as well as to nearly 170 rural centres. Black and white image of the western end of the Yallourn open-cut in 1934. the bucket dredge on surface is reaching down 90 feet, on which level there is another similar dredge going down another 90 feet to the bottom of the 180 foot seam.yallourn, electricty, power, coal, open-cut, dredge

Auction catalogue for a sale on the 18th October, 1945 at the Campbell's Creek Dredge (Near Castlemaine) under instructions from the Mines Department. For sale was Dredging Machinery, Plant and Equipment. J. H. Curnow & Son were the auctioneers. Catalogue contains descriptions of some lots.business, auctioneers, j h curnow & son pty ltd, ian dyett collection - auction catalogue - campbell's creek dredge, mines department, j h curnow & son, j l jamieson

QUEENSCLIFFE boat channel being dug out c1934-36Boat channel for fishing fleet protectionBlack & white photo of horse drawn sand dredge digging the channel, aka The Cut, at the Bay end.Reverse - NILcommunity information, boat channel c1934-36, the cut, horse drawn dredge