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Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Report, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "Proposed East Burwood Tramway Extension - Warragul Road to Middleborough Road - Feasibility Study, Sep. 1974
Report - 68 pages, photocopied onto light cartridge paper with brown covers both sides, overlain with clear plastic covers and black comb bound. Titled "Proposed East Burwood Tramway Extension - Warragul Road to Middleborough Road - Feasibility Study June 1974", looks at the purpose of the extension, possible patronage, construction details, costs, existing services and impact on these, proposed services, operating costs, revenue and social benefit - cost analysis. Has many tables, diagrams including fold out map. Showed that the benefit outweighed the costs of the project. Prepared by the MMTB June 1974 - report on front page notes it is Amendment A, September 1974.Stamped "Australian Electric Traction Association Public Transport Committee" on both cover and inside front page.trams, tramways, burwood, east burwood, feasibility study, new tramway, mmtb, middleborough rd -
Heathcote McIvor Historical Society
Insulator
Large Insulator made of porcelain on a cement base. Sat on Top of Telegraph Pole to carry electric wire. -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Photo Collection of William Hing
KHES in the early 1960sWilliam Hing worked on the K.H.E.S. during the 1960s. His son, Kelvin was born at the old hospital in Tawonga in 1961.The family left Mt BEauty c1965.Black and White gloss photos printed from originals of work on the Kiewa Hydro Electric Scheme in the 1960s.kiewa hydro electric scheme, william hing -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Book - City of Port Melbourne, Electricity Supply, Salaries receipt Book, 1933
Electric Supply salaries 1933-1937, with employee names. Dark green cover with red cloth spinelocal government - city of port melbourne, utilities - electricity, workers -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Book - Town of Port Melbourne, Electric Supply, cash book, 1913 - 1928
Town of Port Melbourne, cash book - Electric Supply. For the period commencing September 1913 to September 1928local government - town of port melbourne, local government - city of port melbourne -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Book - Port Melbourne Council, Electric Supply collector's cash book, 1913 - 1915
Council Electric Supply collectors cash book. Town of Port Melbourne. October 1913 to June 1915local government - town of port melbourne, electric supply -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - HANRO COLLECTION: PHOTOGRAPH
Black and white photograph of a women operating an electric machine in a workshop (Hanro). The woman is identified as Peg Stewart.Peg Stewart is written in the margin. Reg Brock. R Holland No. 11938photo, person, peg stewart -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Realia, Heslop's Ash Tray, 1970'2
Advertising for electrical Shop on the corner of Main Street and Victoria PlaceClear Glass ash tray marked for Advertising: Compliments of Heslop's BP. Fuels - Lubricants Heslop Electrics149 151 Main Street Stawell Phone 51803advertising smoking -
National Wool Museum
Gill Box
Textile machine - Gill box. Combs and brushes driven by electric motor. Name plate of machine is missing. -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Functional object - Travelling Iron and Case
Small electric iron in a small cardboard case with handle, rounded lid and metal clasp. Cord missing.Calrusdomestic items, irons -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Functional object - Personal ladies shaver, Ladies shaver, C 1960's
Belonged to Mrs Lillian Macnaughtan, in the collection of her daughter, Mrs Estelle Bannister.Ladies toiletry equipment 1960s.Ladies shaver in pink plastic purse with power cord(electric) plus instruction manual & cleaning brush.Lady Sunbeam brand. Shaver has brand embossed in plastics cover - For legs, for underarm, embossed either side of blades.ladies personal toiletry item -
Queenscliffe Maritime Museum
Instrument - Compass, Dent & Co & Johnson Ltd
Ship's compass from the lifeboat QueenscliffShip's compass, brass with oval viewing window, two side electric lights and top carrying handle Front: 4' Dent & Co & Johnson Ltd, Linwood. N.B. and Londoncompass, lifeboat, queenscliff -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Memorabilia - Realia
3 Tungsten Wire and glass Electric Light Globes. Pointed, Cone Shaped & large round shapes.stawell -
Maldon Vintage Machinery Museum Inc
Fridge, circa mid 20th century
Electric fridge with rounded corners, made of cream enamelled steel. One compartment with lever-type handle.Contractor's sticker on RHS for 'POLMEAR PLUMBING' . Serial No 4454domestic items...appliances; refrigeration -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Machine - Adding machine, 1955 c
Includes power cable and paper docket roll, converted from Imperial to Decimal in 1969, bought from Australian Paper Mills 1955c by donor, used in Lakes Entrance Caravan Park and Traralgon during 1960's and 1970'sElectric Adding machine, grey case sits on black rubble pad, 9 rows of 6 keyscommerce, office equipment, stationery -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Photograph - Folder of Photographs – Photocopied set of 10 black and white photographs (pages 29 - 38) from the display folder put together by KVHS to document life on the Kiewa Valley Hydro-electric Scheme
Although the Kiewa Hydro-Electric Scheme was first proposed in 1911, construction did not commence until 1938. As part of the push to cut electricity costs and diversify supply, the Victorian Government (circa 1930) initiated the conversion from primarily brown coal supply to hydro – electricity. Field investigations during the 1940’s resulted in a new proposal for a scheme that had more than double the capacity of the 1938 scheme. The Kiewa Hydroelectric Scheme became the largest scheme of its kind in the State Of Victoria and the second largest scheme in Australia. The number of personnel involved in the planning and construction of the scheme increased dramatically. During the late 1940’s, most activity centred around the construction of the West Kiewa Power Station, Rocky Valley Reservoir, McKay Creek Power Station and the Bogong Creek Aqueduct.A common thread across all the larger hydro scheme constructions was the need for workers, both qualified and unqualified who came from around the world seeking a new life for themselves and their families. New accommodation and facilities were required for the army of workers engaged in construction in often remote and wild areas. The SEC had a high demand for timber, and set up the first of a number of sawmills at Bogong Creek in 1939 and set up the first hardwood logging in the headwaters of the Kiewa River. These new ‘towns’ such as Mt Beauty and Bogong, survived, serving the needs of operational personnel and their families, and expanding with growth of new industries. Mount Beauty, and to a lesser extent Bogong, are among these places. Large A3 size spiral bound display folder containing 21 pages of photocopied black and white photographs of various aspects of the early days of the Kiewa Valley Hydro-electric scheme including equipment, various work sites and photographs of workers and their families. 1-Mt Beauty Pondage inlet-Regulating weir 2-Langfords Gap Basalt Hill-Tunnel in quarry face.3-Rocky Valley Camp-from Engineering Office 4-Basalt Hill tunnel portal 5-No 1 Pressure Shaft Works Bench 6-No 1 Power Station 7-Overturned haulage wagons on the side of an embankment 8- Group of workers dressed in wet weather gear inside a tunnel 9-Workmen and vehicle in tunnel 10-Howman’s Gap campsite at 4,150 feet 1-1954 – Mt Beauty Pondage inlet – Regulating weir Page number 29 2-28/10/54 – Langfords Gap Basalt Hill – Tunnel in quarry face K7860 Page number 30 3-STATE ELECTRICITY COMMISSION OF VICTORIA Date: 17.8.55 Time: No K8132 Kiewa Hydro Electric Works ROCKY VALLEY CAMP – FROM ENGINEERING OFFICE Page number 31 4-28/10/54 – Basalt Hill tunnel portal K7859 Page number 32 5-No.1 Pressure Shaft Works Bench 5.7.56 Page number 33 6- No. 1 Power Station 26.4.59 Page number 34 7- No markings Page number 35 8-No markings (Wooden board on ground printed with - POLAR A.N.GELATINE DYNAMITE “75” DE 28.8.40) Page number 36 9-No markings Page number 37 10-Howman’s Gap campsite at 4,150 feet Page number 38 secv; kiewa hydro electric scheme; mt beauty; bogong; construction area -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - PAGE FROM HISTORICAL MAGAZINE (UNTITLED)
Page from Historical Magazine. Part of article about the naming of Bendigo (ref to Abednego Thompson, William (Bendigo) Thompson. Further short article (in full) by Wes Harry about Electric Power in Bendigo. Reference to Bendigo Electric Power Company and State Electricity Company.person, individual, william thompson, bendigo electric power company, wes harry, state electricity commission. -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, Sep. 1888
Yields information about the trails of an alternative method of propulsion of tramcars - electric battery. Shows the vehicle while on trial in Melbourne. Shows the people involved in the trials.Black and White copy photograph of a State Library of South Australia SLSA B34583, of the Julien battery-electric tramcar on trials in Toorak Road, Melbourne; see page 27 of The Golden City and its Tramways and for the photo itself. Trails undertaken September 1888. Collected by Alan Bradley from the State Library of South Australia early 1980's. For details of the Adelaide trials - see https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Julien%27s_Patent_battery_tram,_Henley_Beach,_9_January_1889_(SLSA_B-5468).jpg (accessed 22/8/2020). And the Oct. 1977 issue of Trolley Wire, for the construction, testing and disappearance of the tram. 3791.1 - 2nd print obtained by William F Scott on light weight paper - 2 copies2785.1 - on rear of both copies in ink "Trial run of battery electric car in South Yarra (Melbourne) on cable car tracks. 1888. The same car ran in Ballaarat shortly there after." In pencil "Photograph courtesy of the State Library of South Australia SLSA B 34583"tramways, trams, duncan fraser, battery trams, julien system, melbourne -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Heathmont Railway Station, 1926. Image taken from a land sale brochure advertising Charm-View Estate Sub-division opposite the station
Black and white photographs (2 copies - same size)Written under photograph - HEATHMONT ELECTRIC RAILWAY STATION. Written on back of photograph, "Photo taken from Sub. Div. Land Sale - Heathmont Electric Railway Station right opposite Estate. Charm-View Estate. Heathmont (For private Sale), 1926?" -
Nhill Aviation Heritage Centre
Memorabilia - Signalling lamp
Type used on the RAAF Base by air crew and control tower operators. Electric signalling lamp in grey metal casing, and hand grip with trigger at rear. Mount on top for sighting attachmentRAAF Ref No SA/760 Lantern portable signalling. Admiralty Pattern No 5110D. Serial No. 3901 Year 1942 Amalgamated Wireless A/SIA LTD signal lamp, lantern, communication, signals -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: MEW-FANGLED
Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 1999. New-fangled: an electric train on show at the Bendigo Exhibition.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
Myrtleford and District Historical Society
Letterpress
The letterpress was used to produce print jobs for the "Myrtleford Times" until its closure in 1984. The equipment represents previous technologies in the print industry and reflects the impact of the transition through newspaper consolidations, which impact upon small circulation country newspapers.An upright Electric Letterpress used in the newspaper industry until the 1980s, painted black with several key moving parts.Inscription in metal facing: "VICBOLD"letterpress. -
Clunes Museum
Badge
BADGE TO COMMEMORATE THE INSTALLATION OF ELECTRICITY IN CLUNES FEBRUARY 1938.BADGE, LIGHT BLUE AND WHITE BACKGROUND DARKER BLUE EDGING, IMAGE OF AN ELECTRIC BULB PRINTED ONTO THE BADGEPrinted on badge face; SOUVENIR OF INSTALLATION OF ELECTRICITY IN CLUNES, FEBRUARY 1938local history, numismatic, badges, electricity -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Memorabilia - Rulers
Red and white rulers commemorating Box Hill - Doncaster Electric Tramway Exhibition 1889 - 1989. Mounted on cardboardinstruments, measuring, civic mementoes, souvenirs -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Domestic object - Electric kettle with plug-in cord, Heda Kettle, Unknown
Chrome 'Heda' electric kettle with spouted lid, also wooden handle. Had cardboard guarantee card attached.ON base - 'solid copper' plate Heda kettle Made in Australia Volts 230 Amps Patent No. 19084 manufactured by C. W. Marriott Melbournekettle, electric kettle, heda -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Equipment - Carbon Rods
used at Lakes Entrance CinemaCopper coloured carbon rods used to create a very bright light from electric arc for projection in Cinemaperforming arts, cinema -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Plan, Sewing Tables, 1958
Plans. A. Sewing Table No. 51 B. Table for Electric Sewing Machines by Chief Architect, Public Works Dept.sewing, tables, machines -
Tarnagulla History Archive
Photograph - Photocopied photograph: Switching on ceremony, Tarnagulla, 24th February, 1950
Williams Family Collection. Monochrome photocopy depicting the Switching on ceremony to launch the introduction of electric power to Tarnagulla. Held at Tarnagulla Public Hall. tarnagulla -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Report, Legislative Assembly of Victoria, "Report of the Select Committee on Electricity Supply", Dec. 1922
Twenty Four page report titled "Report of the Select Committee on Electricity Supply - the supply of electricity to the south west district and the Sugarloaf scheme for the supply of electricity to the north eastern district". Has minutes of evidence. Published by the Order of the Legislative Assembly 7 December 1922.". Folded and stapled along left hand edge. Sheets on one copy has rounded corners. Two copies held. Stamp of the "Electric Supply Co. of Victoria Ltd" in top right hand corner dated 25 Aug. 1928"trams, tramways, sec, sugarloaf, power supply -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Report, Willits H. Sawyer, "Report on the Status and Affairs of the State Electricity Commission of Victoria and the Scope and workings of the SEC Acts", 1926
Thirty two page report titled "Report on the Status and Affairs of the State Electricity Commission of Victoria and the Scope and workings of the SEC Acts", prepared by Willits H. Sawyer, dated 1926. Royal Commission into the status and affairs of the SEC, undertakings, works, programmes, charges, acquisition of power companies, extension of the power system, tramway and railway power systems, use of brown coal, council facilities, substations, nature of the power supply, sale of appliances, coal mining methods, distribution of power supply systems. Presented to both houses of the Victorian Parliament . Folded and stapled in the centre. Sheets have rounded corners.Stamp of the "Electric Supply Co. of Victoria Ltd" in top right hand corner dated 27 Apr. 1927"trams, tramways, sec, yallourn, power supply, royal commission