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Sunbury Family History and Heritage Society Inc.
Photograph, c 1970s
The K class steam engines were often used on Victoria's regional rail lines taking passengers and goods across the state. A coloured photograph of a stationary steam train on railway tracks with the driver looking out his cabin window and a man walking alongside the train. steam engines -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Magdala cum Moonlight Mine Workers c1895
Magdala cum Moonlight Mine. Large group of workers in front of poppet head and winding engine shed. Oriental mine in background.Smokestack Poppet Head and winding machinery shed with men posing in foreground. Card and horse at lower right of photo. stawell gold mining -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph, Interior of a Melbourne cable tram Engine House
The photograph shows the interior of a Melbourne cable tram engine house, or powerhouse, with the steam cylinders and flywheels in the view. Location and date unknown.Yields information about the interior of an cable tram engine house.Photograph, black and white, plain papertrams, tramways, cable tram, engine house, power house -
National Wool Museum
Photograph, Cooper 2-stand semi-poratble sheating plant
Photograph of Coooper shearing plant.Photograph of Coooper shearing plant.Cooper 2-stand semi-poratble sheating plant powered by pilot air cooled petrol engine circa 1949 Photography by Athol Shmith Pty Ltd 125 Collins St. Melbourne No. ......shearing machinery, cooper engineering company pty ltd athol shmith pty ltd -
Halls Gap & Grampians Historical Society
Photograph - B/W, C 1910
Unknown timber mill in the Grampians.The photo shows an open sided building. In the building there is cut wood stacked on a trolley to the left with further, further cut wood in front of it. A steam engine can be seen in the far side of the building. Off-cuts and saw dust are visible in front of the building.timber industries, logging, sawmilling -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Photograph, Prototype Armoured Vehicle, est 1930's or 40's
A b&w photograph that appears to be either a mock up or prototype of an an armoured vehicle. A turret mounting a 25 pdr (?) gun is on the back of a truck chassis. The driver's cabin is offset to the right and is armour protected as is the engine compartment. The truck is a Blitz or Bedford type.Vehicle is signed "F83431"photo, afv prototype -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: FARM PRODUCTION
Bendigo Advertiser '' The way we were'' from 2003. Farm production: tanks built for Leo Twigg on his Newbridge property in 1908. Each silo held 25,000 bags of wheat. They were filled by an engine-driven elevator. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
Coal Creek Community Park & Museum
Note book, Book of Theoretical Questions & Answers Grade 1
The book has a hard cover burgundy in colour and has unlined pages containing hand written notes in ink. The notes consist of music - timbers- steam engines/miners wages and crossword entry from circa 1933 folded inside pages.No inscriptions or markings. -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, 1917
Taken by photographer for State Rivers and Water Supply Commission.Medium sized black and white photograph. 30/6/1917 Sugarloaf Dam wall construction / Timber form-work ready for concrete pour / Four workmen in foreground / Engine track rail line left / Hut at foot of hill loomingvictorian state rivers and supply commission, sugarloaf dam -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Scotchmans United Quartz Mining Company Scene c1890's. Same as 2640
Scotchmans United Quartz Mining Company Shaft was 1,018 feet deep.Stawell Mining Scene from Big Hill. Close up view of the winding engine shed Poppet Head and Building Scotchman's United Mine. Rear poppet head Crown Cross. Upper Main Street visible left Back of Photo. Stawell 176 Miles from Melbournemining, panorama -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Postcard, 1980
Colour postcard showing Antique Car and Folk Museum at 20 - 24 Princes Highway. Vehicles parked in front include a log wagon, large Fowler steam traction engine, a motor buggy and a penny-farthing bicycle. Lakes Entrance VictoriaAntique Car and Folk Museum Lakes Entrancehouses -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 1925c
Also another copy 13 x 20cm, good conditionRail tractor built by J A Day and Son especially for New Works project, powered by dredge car engine, pulled three rail trucks loaded with rocks to reinforce original wooden piers. Three men not identified. Lakes Entrance Victoriaboats and boating, islands, public works -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Magazine - STACK TALK THE NEWSLETTER OF STEAMRAIL VICTORIA INCORPORATED
A copy of Stack Talk The newsletter of the Steamrail Victoria Incorporated. Volume 3, Issue 5. Price $2.50 November/December 1992. On front cover a photo of a Steam engine with the caption Exclusive: The Return to Service of K 183. 48 pages in totalmagazine, organization, steamrail victoria -
Federation University Art Collection
Painting - poster, R.W. Warnock, 'Mobil Oil', c1935
Reginald (Reg) WARNOCK (1915-1991) Reginald William Warnock undertook the Commercial Art course during the 1930s. On completion, he worked as a designer at Paton’s Advertising Service, Melbourne. Commercial art subjects between 1915 and 1939 reflected changing practises and industry requirements, with Ballarat graduates in demand. In the 1936 Ballarat School of Mines Annual Report it was stated: "It is my pleasure to report a most successful year in the Technical Art School. I the Annual Poster Competition for Technical Schools, organised by Wiltshires Pty Limited, 16 prized valued at 33 pounds 8 shillings - out of 23 prizes valued at 56 pounds - were won by our students. R.W. Warnock moved from Ballarat to Moonee Ponds towards the end of March, 1937. This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over 1000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007.Commercial art Framed original poster completed at the Ballarat Technical Art School by R.W. Warnock. It shows Oil pouring from a bottle in front of a steam engine. Please use the comment link below if you can assist with information about R.W. Warnock."For power and efficiency" "Mobil Oil"art, artwork, warnock, mobil, oil, poster, r.w. warnock, available, alumni, locomotive, steam engine, motor oil, advertisement, reginald warnock -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - NEW CHUM & VICTORIA - NEW CHUM & VICTORIA MINE MANAGERS REPORT
Handwritten copy of New Chum & Victoria Mine Managers Report. Robt Jackson Mine Manager. Mentioned are extracts of preparations for new Engine-house dated 5th March 1886 and extracts on Hauling Costs of mullock dated 19/3/1886.document, gold, new chum & victoria, new chum & victoria mine managers report, robt jackson, hauling costs -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Machine - Rolls Royce Avon 6,500 Lbs Of Thrust Turbo Jet
Historical Details: Example of the Avon Engine built locally by CAC to support the local manufacture of the GAF Canberra Bombers. Description: The Avon was first run in 1946 and entered service in 1950. When Australia decided to build the Sabre the Avon engine was chosen as its power plant and CAC built the Avon under licence. The Avon powered many aircraft including the GAF Canberra and H. Level of Importance: s/n CA21504A -
Bendigo Military Museum
Photograph - PHOTOGRAPH WW2, Original WW2
Copy of original photograph features RUSSELL ARTHUR EBDON VX123702 2/6 Australian Field Company, Group 1 Engine Artificer.Black & white photograph of a soldier in uniform learning against an anchor.photography-photographs, military history - army, passchendaele barracks trust -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Manual (Item) - Griffon Mk 61, 65 ,66, 67, &74 Aero Engines
Description: GRIFFON MK 74 ENGINE MAINTENANCE NOTES AS FITTED TO FIREFLY MK 4,5 AND 6 AIRCRAFT ROLLS ROYCE Level of Importance: . -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Administrative record (item) - Documents relating to the Local Manufacture of American Aircraft Engines, Local Manufacture of New Aero Engine
Documents refer to proposals for CAC to produce Pratt & Whitney Twin Row Wasp and R. 2800 Engines, as well as Avro Lancaster Airframes -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Manual (Item) - Pratt & Whitney engines operation and installation handbook and manual, Pratt & Whitney Installation Handbook
A manual from World War Two that covers engines produced by Pratt & Whitney. Manual has come from the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporationworld war two, pratt and whitney, pratt and whitney engines, manual, cac, 1943, commonwealth aircraft corporation -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Manual (Item) - Overhaul instructions for Pratt & Whitney model J42-P-6 and J42 P-8 turbo-jet engine, Overhaul instructions Pratt & Whitney model J42-P-6 and J42 P-8 turbo-jet engine
Pratt & Whitney overhaul manual covering J42-P-6 and J42 P-8 turbo-jet engine. Produced early 1950s.pratt & whitney, aero engines, j42 p-6, j42 p-8, turbojet engine -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - VICTORIA HILL - NOTES ON VICTORIA HILL (SIGNS)
Twelve handwritten copied pages (a & b) of notes regarding the signs for Victoria Hill. Signs indicate the feature and a description including Prospecting Shafts, dams, engine beds, Lansell's Big 180 Shaft, stampers, Victoria Quartz Mine, Victoria Quartz Dams, Rae's Open Cut, Anticlinal Arch, small primitive tunnels, Engine-bed for Great Central Victoria known as 'Midway' mine, prospecting tunnels, floyd's small 5 Head Crushing Battery, Ballerstedt's Small 24 Yard Claim, The Humboldt 1856 to 1861, Luffsman and Sterry's Claim, and A Round Shaft.document, memo, victoria hill, victoria hill, notes on victoria hill (signs), lansell's big 180, ballerstedt senior, george lansell, victoria quartz mine, victoria reef quartz coy, wm rae, a roberts & sons, mr e j dunn, new chum drainage scheme, eureka extended, new chum railway, pearl, bendigo advertiser, inrush of water at the victoria quartz, victoria consols, shamrock, shenandoah, victoria quartz dams, rae's open cut. prospecting tunnel, floyd's small 5 head crushing battery, great central victoria (midway), midway no 2, midway north, ballerstedt's small 24 yard claim, the humboldt, wittscheibe, the adventure, advance, george lansell, luffsman & sterry's claim, david sterry, gold mines hotel, city of sandhurst, lansell's fortuna, a richardson -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - MINING REPORTS - MINE MANAGER'S REPORT TO WILLIAMS UNITED
Handwritten report from T. Banner, Mine Manager to Williams United, dated August 8, 1904, at request of Directors. Report is for the machinery at the York Shaft. Report mentions drums, ropes, length of rope on the drums, boiler which cannot work with safety up to more than 45 lbs., a good bend in the stack about 25 or 30 feet from the top and new wheels necessary. Also a report on the machinery at Central. Report mentions engine, drums, engine bed lifting a bit when bailing from the bottom, poppet legs, ropes and boiler.document, gold, mining reports, mining reports, mine manager's report to williams united, t banner, york shaft, central -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - ALBERT RICHARDSON COLLECTION: CENTRAL RED, WHITE AND BLUE MINE
Two page typed document plus location map. The location of the Central Red, White and Blue mine was on the north-west corner of Barnard and Honeysuckle Streets, Golden Square. The mine was formed in 1910 and ceased operations in 1936. Features of the mine are described: the winding engine, boilers, air compressor, poppet legs, engine house, crushing battery, gold produced and where obtained from. 'The rich gold yields which made this mine so prominent in its early years, was obtained from a large reef at the 318 feet level, some yields reached as high as 15 oz to the ton'. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - ALBERT RICHARDSON COLLECTION: BIG DEBORAH GOLD MINE
15 page document, photocopied. A collection of mine managers' reports and Albert Richardson's research re the mine known as the 'Big Deborah' on the Deborah line of reef. Contains details of the engine house, the boilers, the winding engine, reconditioning the boilers, the poppet legs, shaft details and underground equipment. The poppet legs are steel and originally from the 'Windmill Hill' mine, Sebastian. The Big Deborah had a shaft depth of 2017 feet, the No. 2 shaft was 240 feet. Mine formed in 1932, ceased operations in 1959, located in Golden Square, near the railway line. Report on diamond drilling at North Deborah.bendigo, mining, big deborah gold mine -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - NEW CHUM CONSOLIDATED MINE - EXPLOSION AT THE NEW CHUM COLSOLIDATED MINE
Handwritten copy of a newspaper report on an explosion at the New Chum Consolidated Mine. The explosion occurred about 7.30 am on Friday 21/1/1881 when a fire broke out in the engine house. Some dynamite and caps had been placed in the engine house for convenience sake. Seven men were injured. They were T. Sheppard, Mine Manager, Charles Porter, Enginedriver, Geo Dobridge, Lander, Peter Summers, miner, Richard Hosking, miner, Jacob Grigg. Written on the back of page 2 is 'A Tourist Guide' which gives an outline on Bendigo's gold history.document, gold, new chum colsolidated mine, new chum consolidated mine, explosion at the new chum consolidated mine, bendigo advertiser 22/1/1881, t sheppard, charles porter, geo dobridge, lander, peter summers, richard hosking, jacob grigg, r mitchell, richard hoskins, james whitford, john lethlean, w glasson, south old chum, old menzies shaft, menzies shaft -
Maldon Vintage Machinery Museum Inc
Steam Engine, 1877
Restored by Maldon Flywheelers Association. Originally owned and used by Zemster Brothers of "Brook Mount" Shellbourne.Known as "Aunty Jack"Large 4 wheeled 9 HP single cylinder (horizontal) steam engine, designed to be towed. Front wheels smaller than rear. Folding smoke stack with spark arrestor. Fire box and smoke stack painted black, boiler and steam cylinder green, wheels grey. In working order but engine is connected to an independent steam/air source to be operated for display purposes. 150 cm flywheel on LHS looking forward toward the front. Timber front turntable and back brake pad assembly. Brass water drain tap on firebox. Also other brass fittings on firebox.On brass ring near top of firebox:- "Serial No. 5672, Marshal Sons & Co. / Limited / Engineers / Gainsborough England". Metal plate on front turntable:- "Restoration of the Front Undercarriage / and retubing of the boiler by / Castlemaine Technical School / 1979". Cast in relief on wheel hubs:- "Marshal Sons & Co. Gainsborough".machinery - engines - steam -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - NORTH DEBORAH MINE - GT SOUTHERN ENGINE HOUSED AT NORTH DEBORAH MINE
Handwritten notes on Gt. Southern Engine housed at Nth Deborah. For details, see copy of Catalogue of Sale, 10th April, 1947. Have checked these figures:- Cylinders 22 in dia. Catalogue figures 24 in dia. Stroke 5 ft 0 ins. Length of cyl 5 ft 6 ins. Size of Engine Bed at the St Southern Mine. Length of Bed 23 ft 6 ins. Width across Centres 14 ft 2 ins. Bed made of bricks. A Richardson. For comparison, Big Deborah - Length of cylinder 3 ft 6 ins.document, gold, the north deborah gold mine co, north deborah mine, gt southern engine housed at north deborah mine, gt southern mine, a richardson, big deborah -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - BADHAM COLLECTION: THE VICTORIAN RAILWAYS INSTITUTE CERTIFICATE
The Victorian Railways Institute Central Station, Melbourne. Certificate Educational Classes Certificate showing JH Badham's attendance of the class in Engine Working. Senior for 4 terms during the year 1920 and passed that subject 60%. Certificate no. 204, on paper with red seal.document, certificate, man being sufficiently educated, the victorian railways institute central station , melbourne certificate educational classes certificate -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - MINING REPORTS - MINES ACTS, CODE OF SIGNALS
Printed extract from the Victoria Government Gazette, No. 155, dated 17th March, 1948. Regulation details the Code of Signals to be Used in Mines. Signals covered are: Signals for Winding, Firing Signal, Interplat Signals, Signals for Capstan and Pumping Engine and Signalling Rules.document, gold, mining reports, mining reports, mines acts code of signals, victoria government gazette no 155 17th march 1948, mr hollway, mr oldham, mr byrnes, the fhonorable john herman lienhop, j c macgibbon, j j gourley