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Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - CENTRAL DEBORAH MINE WINDING MACHINE
black and white photo: male standing near machinery in corrugated iron shed. Written on back ' Jack Moorhead at controls of Deborah Winding Engine now at Central Deborah Mine.' .organization, business, central deborah gold mine -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Swallow Street from demolition site of Housing Commission off Princes Street, Port Melbourne, Andy Libbis, 26 Dec 1990
Colour photograph looking toward Swallow Street from Housing Commission site, with Commonwealth Government Engine Works in distance, 26.12.1990. Peter Libbis, donor of the photo, is shown in this shot.built environment - industrial, demolitions, commonwealth engine works, peter libbis -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - ALBERT RICHARDSON COLLECTION: SOUTH NEW MOON GOLD MINE, EAGLEHAWK
Slide. South New Moon Gold Mine, situated west of Beezlebub Road, Eaglehawk. Poppet head, trestleway ,engine/boiler house, chimney stack, large dam in foreground .No. 24 on bottom of slidemine, gold, south new moon., bendigo mines-jack hattam collection -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - ALBERT RICHARDSON COLLECTION: VICTORIA QUARTZ 1897
Slide. Hercules and Energetic Mine, Long Gully. Poppet head, chimney stack, mullock heaps, wood stack, engine house and boiler. Large dam in foreground with ducks and geese .No. 11 on bottom of slidemine, gold, unknown mine., bendigo mines-jack hattam collection -
Puffing Billy Railway
NKS 9, Victorian Railways 2'6" gauge trolly
NKS Type Gangers Trolly - Victorian Railways 2'6" gauge trolley - a KS series Section Car oftern called the Kasey Jones The narrow gauge version of the broad gauge KS series cars. They were classed NKS with two stroke motors. These cars were built by the Spotswood Workshops, with castings coming from the Newport Workshops. KS is lighter car capable of carrying 4 men or sevenhundredweight Trolly 9 was built for the State Electricity Commission of Victoria for use on their metre gauge railway of Yallourn. It was sold to a preservation group at Walhalla and regauged to 2 foot 6 inch. It came to the Puffing Billy Railway in the early 1980s.Historic - Victorian Railways Narrow Gauge - Track Patrol Vehicle used by the State Electricity Commission of Victoria for use on their 900mm gauge railway of Yallourn. And then at Walhalla Railway where it was regauged to 2 foot 6 inchMotorised small rectangular trolly made of wood and wrought iron - currently stored dismantled Engine Type: 1 Cyl. reversible Fuel: 2 stroke Transmission: Belt driveNKS 9puffing billy, puffing billy museum, trolley, narrow gauge, 2'6" gauge, victorian railways, state electricity commission of victoria - yallourn., trolly -
Sunbury Family History and Heritage Society Inc.
Photograph, Rail
A black and white photograph with a white border in post card format of a steam train and its carriages on its side. Workmen are working to prepare the engine to be lifted back onto the tracks. -
Surrey Hills Historical Society Collection
Photograph, J515 Steam train leaving Chatham station towards Surrey Hills, c1991
A coloured photograph of a steam train. The black steam engine has a number J515 on the side of it, and a red stripe along the lower edge. There is a red coloured carriage being pulled behind it.J515 At / Surrey Hillssurrey hills, trains, steam train, sunbury crescent -
Port of Echuca
Functional object - Paddlesteamer, P.S. Alexander Arbuthnot
The P.S. Alexander Arbuthnot was the last of the paddle steamers built at Koondrook, for the river trade in 1923. Owned by the Arbuthnot Sawmills. She was used to bring timber in from the forest to the sawmills to be processed from logs to timber. She was later owned by Evans Bros and then Barmah Charcoal Ltd. She sank at Yeilima, re-floated in 1973, placed on a low loader and taken to Shepparton for preservation. Echuca city council bought her for the Port of Echuca in April 1989. She was bought to Echuca in December 1991 to complete her restoration by shipwright Kevin Hutchinson. She is now used as a passenger vessel and is licensed to carry 47 passengers. The P.S. Alexander Arbuthnot is a reminder of the past life on the river. Being the last paddle steamer built for the river trade in 1923, the Alexander Arbuthnot is a reminder of the past life on the river. Licensed to now carry 47 passengers, she was used by the saw mills to bring timber in from the forests to the sawmills. A timber planked, monohull, side wheeled paddlesteamer with a 8hp horizontal Ruston Hornby steam engine. It has a flat bottom and mutiple decks. Currently painted cream with burgandy trim.Alexander Arbuthnot signage on wheelhouse and port and starboard bowp.s. alexander arbuthnot -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Manual (Item) - Initial Study To Redesign Jindivik Wing
Description: 6 pages. Published by GAF. Published July 1966. Various Davis Jet Engine Assessed and Performance of Jindivik Compared with Current Bristol Siddeley Viper Engine Level of Importance: World. -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Traction Engine transporting a Large Boiler at Landsborough
Traction Engine and Large Boiler at Landsboroughstawell -
City of Ballarat Libraries
Photograph - Card Box Photographs, Locomotive Engine, Lydiard Street North Railway Crossing 1952
Locomotive engine R759 R756 R714?locomotive, lydiard street north, vehicle, train, public -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Document (Item) - CAC F/A-18 Report on Overseas Visit by Russell W. Pettis to General Electric, Report Number NTF16-GT-61 Overseas Visit by Russell W. Pettis 2 Week Training at G.E. Lynn Works Associated with Process Control of F404 Component Manufacture
Report relates to F404 engine manufacture -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Document (Item) - CAC F/A-18 Report on F404-GE-400, F404-GE-400 Component Improvement Program Proposal to Study Coating Distress on Fan and Compressor Blade Dovetails
Report relates to F404 engine manufacture -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Manual - Rolls Royce Gipsy Queen engine, Gipsy Queen Series 70 Maintenance Manual
Maintenance notes for Gipsy Queen series 70 engine, circa 1963/642 ring bindernon-fictionMaintenance notes for Gipsy Queen series 70 engine, circa 1963/64engine description, lubrication system, fuel system, ignition system, installation & removal, operation, maintenance practices, running defects & their correction, anti corrosion precautions, tools & equipment, minor repairs -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Book - Gas turbine engines and jet propulsion, Jet Propulsion Progress
Overview of the fundamentals of gas turbine engines, circa1948non-fictionOverview of the fundamentals of gas turbine engines, circa1948the engine, german engines of ww2, british engines, american industry, government research, issues, new horizons -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Book - Aircraft gas turbine/jet engines, The Jet Engine
Description of the working & underlying principles of aero gas turbine engine, circa 1966non-fictionDescription of the working & underlying principles of aero gas turbine engine, circa 1966basic mechanics, working cycle & airflow, compressors, combustion chambers, turbines, exhaust system, noise suppression, thrust reversal, water injection, lubrication, air cooling & sealing, starting and ignition, ice & fire protection, installation -
Moorabbin Air Museum
document (item) - John Wells Collection - see Description for details of photo collection
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Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - ALBERT RICHARDSON COLLECTION: A LOOK AT A MINE, LOOKING AROUND LONG GULLY 1900'S
Blue exercise book in which is a handwritten, in blue biro, a description of the basic principles under which most of the Bendigo mines operated, titled ' A look at a mine'. Information provided on four compartment shafts, poppet heads, boilers, engine rooms, skyshafts, landing brace, engine drivers. In the back section of the book is a recount of what Long Gully was like in the early 1900's, titled 'Around Long Gully in the early 1900's'Albert Richardsonbendigo, mining, albert richardson -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPH OF THE NORTH DEBORAH MINE
North Deborah Mine in Eve Street, Bendigo, operated between 1937 and 1954. In that time it produced 128,000 ounces of gold.Black and white photograph of the North Deborah Mine, showing the poppet head, mullock heap to the left, man at the end of railway at the first level, does not show cables from the engine house to the wheels on top of the poppet, water tank at the side of the engine house, farm style corner of a fence at left of photo, small shed housing a pump for water, right foreground is a dam for water waiting to be converted to steam to operate the cable winder.mining, surface equipment, north deborah mine -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Drawing - North Melbourne Engine House, Jack Cranston
Drawing shows the North Melbourne cable tram engine house in Abbotsford St at Queensberry St, North Melbourne. Shows the elevation to Abbotsford St and the plan of the engine house showing the cable or rope layout and its function. Has notes on the engine house itself and costs etc. It operated from March 1890 to June 1935. Compiled by Jack Cranston for his book on cable trams.Yields information about the North Melbourne Engine house.Set of two printed quarto sheets.tramways, cable trams, engine houses, north melbourne, abbotsford st., queensberry st -
Bendigo Military Museum
Photograph - PHOTOGRAPH of an AIRPLANE, RAAF, c1942
This photo relates to Ronald Leslie Schorey Dickinson RAAF, refer Cat No 7260 for service details. This is a black and white photo of a twin engine Beaufort Bomber in flight. It is flying low to the ground. Under the plane is flat ground with a few gum trees. In the background is a water way of some sort.Written on the back in blue ink is; "Beaufort Bomber being flown at Sale by Flying Officer Peter John Gibbs D.F.C in 1942. When I was at RAAF Laverton as a RAAF Cadet in 1942, F/O Peter Gibbs took me for my first ever flight in a similar plane".ww2, photo, aircraft, beaufort bomber -
Bendigo Military Museum
Booklet, Aircraft Identification, Friend or Foe - Part 3, 1941
Item in the collection of Arthur Thomas MANLY No 431130 RAAF. refer Cat No 3710 for his service details.Cardboard cover, brown ink, image of stylized searchlight beams locking onto a twin engine aircraft. Print is off white. 64 pages. Illustrated, including descriptions of each aircraft.Stamp in blue ink on front: TECHNICAL BOOK & MAGAZINE CO SWANSTON ST MELBOURNE Price bottom R: 2/-booklet, raaf, identification of italian planes -
Federation University Historical Collection
Document, John Barker, Internal Combustion Engine Driven Heat Pump, 1983
John C. Barker, the son of E.J. Barker , studied Mechanical Engineering at the Ballarat College of Advanced Education, and completed his final year in 1983..1 - Internal Combustion Engine Driven Heat Pump project report .2 - Final Year Engineering Degree Projects 1983 (Full catalogue) .3) Four-figue mathematical tables.On .3 "John C. Barker Ballarat College" in handwriting on the front cover.john c. barker, engineering, heat pump, combustion engine -
Federation University Historical Collection
Certificate - Certicate, Engine Driver's Certificate of Competency (Without Examination) for Henry Rankin Shaw, 1908, 29/10/1908
Henry Shaw was born at Nerrina near Ballarat, Victoria on 10 November 1863. He studied at the Ballarat School of MinesEngine Driver's Certificate from the Western Australia presented to Henry Rankin Shaw. No. 81. Entered into Register Vol. 1, Folio 246 on 29 October 1908 at Perth, Western Australia.henry shaw, henry rankin shaw, engine driver, certificate, nerrina, nerina, liitle bendigo -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - ANCIENT ORDER OF FORESTERS NO. 3770 COLLECTION: CORRESPONDENCE
Wandelin Hiler 27 years of age wife name Wilhelmine age 35 one child engines New Chum at Balastd's machine Proposed by YC Kaenicte seconded by B. Eu?societies, aof, correspondence, ancient order of foresters no. 3770 collection - correspondence, wandelin hiler, wilhelmine hiler, balastd's machine, y c kaenicte, b eu? -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - DEBORAH EXTENDED MINE, 1960's ?
black and white photo : machinery in mine. Corrugated iron shed. Cable on large wheel. Winding engine. ' Horwood & Sons Winder, Deborah Extended Mine - now on display on Central Deborah ' .Alan Doney ( J. Lerk 17.3.2000 )organization, business, deborah extended mine -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph, James Lauritz, West side of Centenary Bridge looking towards Government Engine Works, 1989 - 1990
West side of Centenary Bridge looking towards Government Engine Works. James Lauritz print of Port Melbourne, laminated (one of 18). Copies of slides produced for Port Melbourne Counciljames lauritz, commonwealth government engine works, piers and wharves - station pier, centenary bridge -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - HARRY BIGGS COLLECTION:CLAYDONS MACHINE
Photograph of a team of cattle hitched to a threshing machine, there is a group of men beside the machine and behind them is a traction engine. Written underneath is East Loddon Shire. Claydons Machine at Elmwood Serpentine,topic, farming, threshing, threshing machine, claydons machine, east loddon shire, elmwood serpentine -
Friends of Kurth Kiln
Solomano Gas Producer Unit, circa 1940
Les Solomano tells us this unit was made by their cousin Frank Solomano and mounted on the passenger side running board of his A Model Ford, Spare bads of charcoal were tied to the rear door, so passengers had to get in and out through the driver side doors. It is the smallest Gas Producer unit we have seenThis Gas Producer unit is obviously a home made construction for a specific application. Absence of any air-cooling facilities suggests these may have been fitted separately inside the engine compartment.No specific marlings -
Old Colonists' Association of Ballarat Inc.
Prince of Wales Gold Mining Co Registered, Sebastopol, Ballarat
The Nelson and Wellington Gold Mining Company, Sebastopol was registered in May 1856.The framed hand coloured lithograph shows the exterior of the Prince of Wales Gold Mining Co Registered, Sebastopol, Ballarat, and the interior of the quartz Crushing and Engine House. It also includes a lost of shareholders. sebastopol, herman deutsch, prince of wales gold mining company of sebastopol