One of a series of images of roads and infrastructure taken by Eltham Shire Council Planning and Engineering officers of the Quinn Estate in Montmorency, Stage 1, Private Street Scheme during construction, September 1982. They provide perspective of the changes in housing styles and road development that began sweeping in from the mid 1970s with increasing urbanisation of what was once more outlying suburbs and regions.35 mm colour positive transparency (1 of15) Mount - Kodak Kodachrome CardProcessed 15 Sep1980housing estate, infrastructure, montmorency, quinn estate, roads, sackville street, private street scheme

One of a series of images of roads and infrastructure taken by Eltham Shire Council Planning and Engineering officers of the Quinn Estate in Montmorency, Stage 1, Private Street Scheme during construction, September 1982. They provide perspective of the changes in housing styles and road development that began sweeping in from the mid 1970s with increasing urbanisation of what was once more outlying suburbs and regions.35 mm colour positive transparency (1 of15) Mount - Kodak Kodachrome CardProcessed 15 Sep1980housing estate, infrastructure, montmorency, quinn estate, roads, sackville street, private street scheme, quinn way

One of a series of images of roads and infrastructure taken by Eltham Shire Council Planning and Engineering officers of the Quinn Estate in Montmorency, Stage 1, Private Street Scheme during construction, September 1982. They provide perspective of the changes in housing styles and road development that began sweeping in from the mid 1970s with increasing urbanisation of what was once more outlying suburbs and regions.35 mm colour positive transparency (1 of15) Mount - Kodak Kodachrome CardProcessed 15 Sep1980housing estate, infrastructure, montmorency, quinn estate, roads, private street scheme, cressy street, nicholas lauder real estate

One of a series of images of roads and infrastructure taken by Eltham Shire Council Planning and Engineering officers of the Quinn Estate in Montmorency, Stage 1, Private Street Scheme during construction, September 1982. They provide perspective of the changes in housing styles and road development that began sweeping in from the mid 1970s with increasing urbanisation of what was once more outlying suburbs and regions.35 mm colour positive transparency (1 of15) Mount - Kodak Kodachrome CardProcessed 15 Sep1980housing estate, infrastructure, montmorency, quinn estate, roads, private street scheme, mccarthy grove, reichelt avenue

One of a series of images of roads and infrastructure taken by Eltham Shire Council Planning and Engineering officers of the Quinn Estate in Montmorency, Stage 1, Private Street Scheme during construction, September 1982. They provide perspective of the changes in housing styles and road development that began sweeping in from the mid 1970s with increasing urbanisation of what was once more outlying suburbs and regions.35 mm colour positive transparency (1 of15) Mount - Kodak Kodachrome CardProcessed 15 Sep1980housing estate, infrastructure, montmorency, quinn estate, roads, private street scheme, reichelt avenue

One of a series of images of roads and infrastructure taken by Eltham Shire Council Planning and Engineering officers of the Quinn Estate in Montmorency, Stage 1, Private Street Scheme during construction, September 1982. They provide perspective of the changes in housing styles and road development that began sweeping in from the mid 1970s with increasing urbanisation of what was once more outlying suburbs and regions.35 mm colour positive transparency (1 of15) Mount - Kodak Kodachrome CardProcessed 15 Sep1980housing estate, infrastructure, montmorency, quinn estate, roads, private street scheme, buena vista drive

One of a series of images of roads and infrastructure taken by Eltham Shire Council Planning and Engineering officers of the Quinn Estate in Montmorency, Stage 1, Private Street Scheme during construction, September 1982. They provide perspective of the changes in housing styles and road development that began sweeping in from the mid 1970s with increasing urbanisation of what was once more outlying suburbs and regions.35 mm colour positive transparency (1 of15) Mount - Kodak Kodachrome CardProcessed 15 Sep1980housing estate, infrastructure, montmorency, quinn estate, roads, private street scheme, footpaths and gutters, reichelt avenue

One of a series of images of roads and infrastructure taken by Eltham Shire Council Planning and Engineering officers of the Quinn Estate in Montmorency, Stage 1, Private Street Scheme during construction, September 1982. They provide perspective of the changes in housing styles and road development that began sweeping in from the mid 1970s with increasing urbanisation of what was once more outlying suburbs and regions.35 mm colour positive transparency (1 of15) Mount - Kodak Kodachrome CardProcessed 15 Sep1980housing estate, infrastructure, montmorency, quinn estate, roads, private street scheme, reichelt avenue

One of a series of images of roads and infrastructure taken by Eltham Shire Council Planning and Engineering officers of the Quinn Estate in Montmorency, Stage 1, Private Street Scheme during construction, September 1982. They provide perspective of the changes in housing styles and road development that began sweeping in from the mid 1970s with increasing urbanisation of what was once more outlying suburbs and regions.35 mm colour positive transparency (1 of15) Mount - Kodak Kodachrome CardProcessed 15 Sep1980housing estate, infrastructure, montmorency, quinn estate, roads, private street scheme, reichelt avenue

One of a series of images of roads and infrastructure taken by Eltham Shire Council Planning and Engineering officers of the Quinn Estate in Montmorency, Stage 1, Private Street Scheme during construction, September 1982. They provide perspective of the changes in housing styles and road development that began sweeping in from the mid 1970s with increasing urbanisation of what was once more outlying suburbs and regions.35 mm colour positive transparency (1 of15) Mount - Kodak Kodachrome CardProcessed 15 Sep1980housing estate, infrastructure, montmorency, quinn estate, roads, private street scheme, mccarthy grove

One of a series of images of roads and infrastructure taken by Eltham Shire Council Planning and Engineering officers of the Quinn Estate in Montmorency, Stage 1, Private Street Scheme during construction, September 1982. They provide perspective of the changes in housing styles and road development that began sweeping in from the mid 1970s with increasing urbanisation of what was once more outlying suburbs and regions.35 mm colour positive transparency (1 of15) Mount - Kodak Kodachrome CardProcessed 15 Sep1980housing estate, infrastructure, montmorency, quinn estate, roads, private street scheme, mccarthy grove

One of a series of images of roads and infrastructure taken by Eltham Shire Council Planning and Engineering officers of the Quinn Estate in Montmorency, Stage 1, Private Street Scheme during construction, September 1982. They provide perspective of the changes in housing styles and road development that began sweeping in from the mid 1970s with increasing urbanisation of what was once more outlying suburbs and regions.35 mm colour positive transparency (1 of15) Mount - Kodak Kodachrome CardProcessed 15 Sep1980housing estate, infrastructure, montmorency, quinn estate, roads, private street scheme, sackville street, t-bowl

One of a series of images of roads and infrastructure taken by Eltham Shire Council Planning and Engineering officers of the Quinn Estate in Montmorency, Stage 1, Private Street Scheme during construction, September 1982. They provide perspective of the changes in housing styles and road development that began sweeping in from the mid 1970s with increasing urbanisation of what was once more outlying suburbs and regions.35 mm colour positive transparency (1 of15) Mount - Kodak Kodachrome CardProcessed 15 Sep1980housing estate, infrastructure, montmorency, quinn estate, roads, private street scheme, reichelt avenue

One of a series of images of roads and infrastructure taken by Eltham Shire Council Planning and Engineering officers of the Quinn Estate in Montmorency, Stage 1, Private Street Scheme during construction, September 1982. They provide perspective of the changes in housing styles and road development that began sweeping in from the mid 1970s with increasing urbanisation of what was once more outlying suburbs and regions.35 mm colour positive transparency (1 of15) Mount - Kodak Kodachrome CardProcessed 15 Sep1980housing estate, infrastructure, montmorency, quinn estate, roads, private street scheme, reichelt avenue

One of a series of images of roads and infrastructure taken by Eltham Shire Council Planning and Engineering officers of the Quinn Estate in Montmorency, Stage 1, Private Street Scheme during construction, September 1982. They provide perspective of the changes in housing styles and road development that began sweeping in from the mid 1970s with increasing urbanisation of what was once more outlying suburbs and regions.35 mm colour positive transparency (1 of15) Mount - Kodak Kodachrome CardProcessed 15 Sep1980housing estate, infrastructure, montmorency, quinn estate, roads, private street scheme, reichelt avenue

The Forests Commission had a large and active engineering branch which was often called upon for major demolition or quarry work. Most overseers, as well as some foresters, were trained in the use of explosives to “blow stuff up” such as removing stumps and rocks from roads. Districts usually had a small powder magazine tucked away in the bush for storage of gelignite and detonators.Sample board showing examples of explosives and detonatorsroad construction and maintenance.

The Engineer's Department of the former City of Kew had an extensive collection of photograph of sites in Kew requiring documentation to inform public works. It also kept images of engineering practice in other parts of Melbourne, and overseas, that could be used as models for local activity. Many of these photographs (and plans) were donated to our collection in the 1980s. A number of the photographs are annotated, either on the image itself or on the reverse.This photograph, and others sourced from the City Engineer's Department of the former City of Kew, qualifies as an important record of local streets, public works, street beautification, and engineering techniques of the period. Original black and white photographic positive of automobiles and buildings in Denmark Street, Kew, immediately before the road enters Kew Junction. On the left is McKeon Motors and a retailer of Insulwool, while in the distance is the pharmacy on the corner of High Street and Princess Street (later demolished during the widening of Kew Junction). Notable are the bluestone guttering and what appears to be vacant land on the apex of the triangle of land bounded by High Street South, Denmark Street and Barkers Road. This site was the original location of O'Shaughnessy's 'Kew Hotel', and after the destruction by fire of the latter, the location of a service station. [It is now the site of the Cresco Reserve].Annotation verso: "Indicating the existence of a vehicular entrance at Denmark St abuttal of No.188 High St prior to reconstruction of channeling &c 1972."denmark street -- kew (vic.), kew junction, luestone gutters, mckeon motors, insulwool

The report titled "Proposed Melbourne to Burwood Electric Tramway and Electrification of Hawthorn Horse Tramway" by McCarty Underwood dated May 1914. Report prepared as a precursor to the formation of the Hawthorn Tramways Trust. The report looks at the estimated costs, revenue, expenditure and engineering difficulties. Only considered a line to Burwood, not Wattle Park. Has a page looking at the use of Storage Battery cars. Yields information about the establishment of the Burwood tram line.Report - 16 printed foolscap sheets plus a fold out plan in colour, centre stapled.Has "1" in a circle in indelible pencil in the top right hand corner.tramways, tramcars, htt, burwood, report, battery trams

Instructions for installing, operating and maintaining M.L.S. Superheated Steam Pyrometers, Marine and Locomotive Superheaters Ltd , 195 Strand, London wc2. Owner J Badham, 16 Abbott St Bendigo. Small booklet with brown cover in black binding shows picture of Pyrometer on front. On page 1 rubber stamp 'The Superheated Company (Australia ) Ltd Manchester Unity Building, 185 Elizabeth St. Sydney NSW - phone MA 5886'.book, engineering, pyrometers, marine and locomotive superheaters ltd , 195 strand , london wc2 / owner j badham , 16 abbott st bendigo / 'the superheated company (australia ) ltd manchester unity building , 185 elizabeth st. sydney nsw - phone ma 5886

Negatives: 9 transparencies ( or could be photocopies of overhead transparencies ) of mine plans in Bendigo. Enclosed in brown paper wrapper. Written on outside ' A ? Transparencies, A. Richardson' NOTE: Other items in Albert Richardson Collection in Box 130. a. Victoria Quartz Mining Co, South Victoria Col North Old Chum, Lansells 180, b. Gibbs, Ballerstedt, Humboldt Co and Wells, Great Central Victoria Co., Adventure and Advance Co., c. South Victori Co, Victoria Quartz Mining Co., Lansells 180 d. Longitudinal section - unmarked mine e. Gibbs, Ballerstedt Humboldt Co and Wells, Great Central Victoria Co., Adventure and Advance Co. f. South Victoria Co., Victoria Quartz Mining Co., Lansells 180 g. Longitudinal section, unmarked mine h. Gibbs, Ballerstedt, Humboldt Co, and Wells, Adventure and Advance Co. i Longitudinal section, unmarked mineLongitudiunanegative, bendigo, mine plans, bendigo, alf richardson, engineering, mining, mine plans.

non-fictionFor 25 years of his working life he worked as a Shire Engineer in West Gippsland and developed a reputation for competence and efficiency. Passionate about both trees and golf, he was a careful and measured man with an entrepreneurial spirit who worked behind the scenes He was seen by many as aloof and a hard man and by the very few who became close to him, as warm and fun loving and fond of children. Ross formed a business association with Wally Lawson in Warragul and together they embarked on a number of projects to advance the town and the district. As a young man, Ross had studied geology and working with quarries was familiar to him in his role as a Shire Engineer. In 1959 he established Bayview Quarries in partnership with Wally Lawson. When, in 1968, Bayview Quarries was taken over by Boral Ltd., Ross approached Tom Maw who had an operational quarry at Dromana on the Mornington Peninsula. Ross and Maw became partners in what became Hillview Quarries. Ross also became the largest individual shareholder in Western Mining. Those shares formed the major part of the legacy he left to establish The R. E. Ross Trust and The Trust now operates on its income from assets acquired following the disposal of the Western Mining shares and from the earnings of Hilhnew Quarries. It is the only trust in Australia which owns a quarry as one of its investments.engineering, philanthropy, quarryman, investor, r.e. ross trust, hillview quarries, wally lawson, roy everard ross

Theodore Jesse Hoover, brother of the 31st President of the United States, was born in West Branch, Iowa, on January 28, 1871. He attended Stanford and received the Bachelor of Arts degree in Geology and Mining in 1901. Following graduation his professional career started with the position of assayer for the Keystone Consolidated Mining Company. After one year, he became assistant manager for the Standard Consolidated Mine, and a year later he was promoted to manager of the operation. In 1907 Hoover went to London as general manager of Minerals Separation, Ltd. This company was developing the froth flotation process for recovering minerals from ores. Hoover took an active part in the development of the flotation concentration process and authored one of the first books on the concentration of ores by flotation. After four years with Minerals Separation, Ltd., Hoover entered private practice as a consulting mining and metallurgical engineer with offices in London and in San Francisco. He was very successful and held positions of consulting engineer, managing director, director, and president of many mining companies in America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia. He returned to Stanford in 1919 as Professor of Mining and Metallurgy and Executive Head of the Department of Mining and Metallurgy. His experience and ability in organization made him a natural leader. He was influential in the formation of the School of Engineering at Stanford. The School was formed in 1925 and he was made dean, a position he held until his retirement in 1936. As dean of engineering, he promoted a broad fundamental training program for undergraduate engineering students. Under his guidance, emphasis was placed upon graduate work and he was responsible for developing strong graduate engineering curricula at Stanford. While dean he continued teaching and his course, "The Economics of Mining," developed into a book which was published in 1933. He became interested in the functions of engineers and, with Professor Fish, wrote a book entitled "The Engineering Profession" which was published in 1940 and revised in 1950. In addition to his academic activities he was generous in his hospitality. Faculty and students alike enjoyed the annual field day and barbecue at his Rancho del Oso, near Santa Cruz. He was widely read and had a lively interest in all the things he encountered. He speculated on the antiquity of man and man's early production processes. To verify an idea regarding flint tools, he studied their shapes and became proficient in making arrow heads. He was also interested in wild life, and was one of the founding members of the Cooper Ornithological Society. (http://engineering.stanford.edu/about/bio-hoover)Blue hard covered book of 547 pages including an index. Contents include mine valuation (sampling, ore deposits, ore reserves, financial provisions, sale of mineral product, metal prices, reports) and Mining Organization (Co-operative effort, Mining Companies, Promoting Mining Enterprises, fluctuations of share prices, valuation of mining shares, fakes and fallacies, the mining Engineer and the law) and Mine Management (Organization of staff, mine manager, efficiency, industrial relations, training and discipline, safety).inside cover 'Charles Bacon Mackay School of Mines'.mining, economics, hoover, stanford, mackay school of mines, mackay, bacon

Sport and available playing areas were important and every effort was made to provide this for the students when they moved into the new building in 1921. The terraces leading down from the gaol wall were terraced and clearing areas of rubble to provide playing areas for football and cricket was done by the students. In November 1922, a tennis court was opened in the Battery Paddock. It was designed by Syd Chambers and constructed by Les Waller, former students of the Ballarat School of Mines. A new tennis court was built and opened in 1934, in the same area. This photograph is of the 1938 Tennis Team - Ballarat Junior Technical School. The boys standing are L to R: D. Eltringham and J. Burt. Seated on the left is W. Rowe and W. Edwards on the right. They are with Mr J. Hosie - staff member 1938-41. Donald Eltringham was Dux of the school in 1938. He obtained a Diploma in Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering from the School of Mines Ballarat - 1944/47A formal group of four boys in tennis outfits with racquets and one adult male.Photographer's stamp embossed on front with rubber stamp on back "Richards & Cc - photographers - Ballarat. In pencil - "Jun Tech" and "1938"tennis court, battery paddock, syd chambers, les waller, ballarat school of mines, 1938 tennis team, ballarat junior technical school, eltringham, burt, rowe, edwards, j. hosie, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering

Part of a 43-photo record of the MMBW�s engineering feat in drilling a 12 inch pipe line up to 40 feet deep through rock hardened by volcanic action associated with geological fault that occurs along the line. The work took place from October 1979 to May 1980 on the southern boundary of Hubbard Reserve, North Ringwood. The collection was presented to the Ringwood Historical Research Group by J Clarke on 9th June 1980.E560 N23 Jan 1980 A43 Compressor unit in backyard of 39 Burlock Avenue