David Gordon Collection

David Gordon Collection

David Gordon Collection. Made to commemorate Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1887.

David Gordon Collection. These are an interested relic from the 1880s when the Prince of Wales and Old Poverty Company converted their winding machinery from flat wire rope to round wire rope. The old rope of some hundreds of metres in length was simply dragged clear of the mine and discarded in the surrounding bushland. This style of rope succeeded the old Indian hemp flat rope, and was in turn superseded by the round wire rope. These segments are most instructive and quite rare relics. The smaller segment measures approximately 40 x 10cm. The longer segment measures approximately 96 by 10cm

David Gordon Collection. Torpedo bottles, also known as Hamilton bottles, were used for aerated or carbonated water. They were oval shaped with a neck at one end, and were deliberately designed so that they could not be stored upright. Torpedo bottles were in common use from the 1840s to the 1870s, when they were superseded by the Codd Neck bottle.

David Gordon Collection.

David Gordon Collection.

David Gordon Collection. Note the signboard to the right advertising theatre attractions, probably upcoming cinema shows.

David Gordon Collection.

David Gordon Collection. Stamp on reverse: 'Bock Print'

David Gordon Collection.

David Gordon Collection.

David Gordon Collection.

David Gordon Collection.

David Gordon Collection.

David Gordon Collection.

David Gordon Collection.

David Gordon Collection.

David Gordon Collection.

David Gordon Collection.

David Gordon Collection.

David Gordon Collection.

David Gordon Collection.

David Gordon Collection.