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Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - West Gate Bridge, Glen Stuart, 6 Oct 2002
Colour photo of West Gate Bridge over Yarra River looking west. Shows rock wall to stabilise bank. Fishermens Bendbuilt environment - civic, engineering - bridges, west gate bridge, yarra river -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Book - Stonebreakers wages, Port Melbourne Council, 1911 - 1919
Wages schedule for StoneBreakers, for work and labour done for the Town of Port Melbourne Council from 31 Oct 1911 to 11 Feb 1919. Many signatures by the workerslocal government - town of port melbourne, workers, engineering - roads streets lanes and footpaths -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - "Susso" workers, Port Melbourne, 1930s
Percy MAY is the father of John MAY (ex Pres of PMHPS)Sepia copy photograph of "susso" workers in the 1930s in Port Melbourne. Hatless man in back row is Percy MAY. There are two large wheelbarrows at front of photo - road building. Also a policeman on right.workers, engineering - roads streets lanes and footpaths, police, percy allan may -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Programme - Programme, Official opening of the West Gate Bridge, 1978
Programme for the official opening of the West Gate Bridge on 15 November 1978 (photo of officials is missing from the inside of the programme). Front cover - coloured copy of painting of bridge under construction. Back cover - artist's impression of first steam ferry in 1873 by Williamstown Council"to the Masons from the Leakes 78"celebrations fetes and exhibitions, built environment - civic, west gate bridge, engineering - bridges, west gate bridge authority, rupert hamer - premier, oscar meyer - chairman -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - City of Port Melbourne Councillors & staff meeting with PMG representative at presentation of Subscriber Truck Dialing (STD), C. 1960s
City of Port Melbourne Councillors & staff with a PMG official presenting the new concept of Subscriber Trunk Dialling. (STD). L - R Garnet WILLIAMS (Engineer), Andy AANENSEN (Town Clerk), Cr Cyril LETTS, Cr Ray JULIER, ? PMG official, Cr Les TURNER, Jack ANDERSON (Electrical Engineer). Probably taken in the mid to late 1960s. Andy Aanensen was Town Clerk 1959-1968 and Cyril Letts served on Council 15 May 1954 until he resigned on 24 Sep 1968.B & W photograph of City of Port Melbourne Councillors & staff receiving a presentation from a PMG official. Names on the reverse of photo are listed right to left.engineering department - city of port melbourne, port melbourne council, jack anderson, leslie stanley turner, ray julier, cyril letts, andreas (andy) t aanensen, garnet s williams -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - City of Port Melbourne Councillors & Town Clerk at a PMG presentation of Subscriber Trunk Dialing (STD), C. 1960s
City of Port Melbourne Councillors, Town Clerk and Electrical Engineer at a PMG presentation of the new concept of Subscriber Trunk Dialling. (STD). L - R Cr Les TURNER, Cr Ray JULIER, Jack ANDERSON (Electrical Engineer), Cr Cyril LETTS, Andy AANENSEN (Town Clerk). Probably taken in the mid to late 1960s. Andy Aanensen was Town Clerk 1959-1968 and Cyril Letts served on Council 15 May 1954 until he resigned on 24 Sep 1968.B & W photograph of City of Port Melbourne Councillors & staff. Behind the group is map of Australia inside the dial of a telephone labelled Subscriber Trunk Dialing.Names on the reverse of photo are listed right to left.engineering department - city of port melbourne, leslie stanley turner, ray julier, cyril letts, andreas (andy) t aanensen, local government - city of port melbourne, jack anderson -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Fred Nicholson and his mother, bridge over railway at Boundary Street, Port Melbourne, 1938
Photo showing bridge over railway at Boundary St. Fred Nicholson and his mother, 1938.families, engineering - roads streets lanes and footpaths, fred nicholson, boundary street -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document, Articles of Agreement, 1879
Agreement of conditions relating to the supplying of gas, maintenance of supply , quality of gas and the times that the street lamps were to operate.Handwritten on pale grey paper, the 1879 four page unsigned 'Articles of Agreement' are between the Borough of Sandridge and the Metropolitan Gas Company.built environment - civic, built environment - commercial, borough of sandridge - engineering department, utilities - gas -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Book - Submission for AFC Construction Achievement Award, Bayside clean-up project, Roche Bros, 1991
(1)Submission for 1991 AFCC Construction Achievement Award. Bayside clean-up project. (2-3) Two clippings form "The Age" regarding the project.natural environment, engineering - canals and drainage, roger bacon, urban land authority, reeves construction engineers, rms consultants -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Various Port Melbourne locations, Oct 1985
Eight photos of various places around Port taken 10/1985. (.01) Port Melbourne Yacht Club (.02)Bay St trader J E Earles (.03) Bay St, Rex Hotel, Courthouse, O'Brien Terrace (.04)RSL memorial Beach St (.05) Police Station (.06) Centenary Bridge (.07)Garden City Commission Estate (.08) Princes Pierengineering - roads streets lanes and footpaths, built environment, piers and wharves - princes pier, sport - yachting, port melbourne yacht club, pmyc, j e earl pty ltd, rex hotel, courthouse, o'brien terrace, war memorial, police station, centenary bridge, garden city -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Various Port Melbourne locations, Apr 1999
Nine photos of various places around Port Melbourne in April 1999 (.01) Holy Trinity Church (.02) Former Police Sergeant's house in Graham St (.03) Holy Trinity with Trinity Bayside Apartment sign (.04) Earle site Bay St (.05) Original Post Office corner Bay and Rouse Streets (.06) Rouse St looking towards Pickles Street (.07) Former Swallow and Ariells office corner Rouse and Stokes Streets (.08) Pickles St looking towards Graham St (.09) Corner Rouse St and Esplanade Eastengineering - roads streets lanes and footpaths, built environment, ann gibson, national trust of victoria -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Demolition of Centenary Bridge, 1991
Twenty One (21) colour photographs of demolition of Centenary Bridge and redevelopment of Station Pier to create roll on/roll off facility for Bass Strait ferries.piers and wharves - station pier, engineering - bridges, centenary bridge, abel tasman, station pier gatehouse, princes street -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Centenary Bridge, Port Melbourne
See cat nos 3354, 3355, 3359, 3361, 3362Black and white photographs, taken from Station Pier, each showing part of Centenary Bridge and Eastwards along the foreshore. Taken Sunday 4 February 1962piers and wharves - station pier, natural environment - beaches and foreshore, princes street drain jetty, piers and wharves - miscellaneous, swallow & ariell ltd, john harper & sons, centenary bridge, engineering - bridges -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Book - Melway Greater Melbourne Street Directory, Melway, 1990 - 2009
Four editions of Melway Greater Melbourne Street Directory .01 Edition 20 (1990) - Reg Yellow and green vertical banded cover .02 Edition 24 (1994) - Green, orange, white cover .03 Edition 32 (2005) - Dark and light blue cover .04 Edition 36 (2009) - White, red and black coverbuilt environment, engineering - roads streets lanes and footpaths, natural environment, transport - roads, melbourne, streets, mapping -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Renewal of storm water drain, Esplanade West, Port Melbourne, Janet Bolitho, Jul 2002
Five coloured photographs of renewal of storm water drain Esplanade West. .01 Esplanade East Street sign .02 Digging .03 Putting in pipe .04 large casing on end of crane .05 Workersbuilt environment - civic, engineering - canals and drainage, natural environment, sandridge lagoon, esplanade east, hmas lonsdale, stormwater drain, melbourne and metropolitan board of works -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Map, City of Port Melbourne, Oct 1963
Gives a visual understanding of the Port Melbourne area in 1963A detailed map of the Port Melbourne area in October 1963. Details roads and laneways, undeground cables, light and power poles, sewer, bridges, piers reserve and park areas.local government, built environment, piers and wharves, natural environment - beaches and foreshore, parks and gardens, piers and wharves - princes pier, piers and wharves - station pier, engineering - roads streets lanes and footpaths, engineering - canals and drainage -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document, Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works, 31 Oct 1935
Documentation of drainage works in 1935 for 141 Bridge St.Plan of drainage 31/10/1935. Details the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works drainage plan for part of Port Melbourne. 141 Bridge St, Port MelbourneHand written details around blueprint of area. Notes made on right hand side and 3 signatures at the bottom.built environment - civic, built environment - domestic, engineering - board of works, melbourne and metropolitan board of works, mmbw, m h grover, r f bentley -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Planting palm trees, Beach Street, Port Melbourne, 1980s
Probably taken in the 1980sPhotographs showing the planting of palm trees on Beach Street, Port Melbourneengineering - roads streets lanes and footpaths, robin donchi -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Map, City of Port Melbourne, 1963 - 1992
Used by Port Melbounre CouncilMap, City of Port Melbourne (.01) July 1992 (.02) June 1983 (.03) December 1963engineering department - city of port melbourne -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Council workers, Kenny Hall and Robin Donchi Snr, Port Melbourne, 1980s
Probably taken in the 1980sKenny Hall and Robin Donchi Senior near Liardet and Pickles Streets digging test holes for a tunnel under Cruickshank Street.engineering - roads streets lanes and footpaths, robin donchi snr, ken hall -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Liardet Street looking towards Pickles Street, Port Melbourne, 1980s
Probably taken in the 1980sPhotograph of Liardet Street looking towards Pickle Streetengineering - roads streets lanes and footpaths, built environment, robin donchi -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Earle family portrait
Black and white photocopies of the Earle family (not related to Earl hardware) Family portrait, boy in wicker chair is William Earle; Older woman is Margaret Diaper; younger woman with child on lap is Ellen Kate Earle. One of the twins is Reg Earle, the other twin died of summer diarrhoea; young girl on right is Ivy. No other names known.built environment, engineering - roads streets lanes and footpaths, local government - city of port melbourne, walter reynold earle, william (bill) earle, reg 'ox' earle, ellen kate earle, ivy earle, lawrence earle, doris earle, lorna earle, ray earle, margaret heriot diaper -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Earle kids
Black and white photocopies of the Earle family (not related to Earl hardware) Earle kids, circa 1927, Bill with hands on Lawrie's shoulders, Tall boy is Ray, then Doris and Reggie, with little Lorna in the front.built environment, engineering - roads streets lanes and footpaths, local government - city of port melbourne, walter reynold earle, william (bill) earle, reg 'ox' earle, ellen kate earle, ivy earle, lawrence earle, doris earle, lorna earle, ray earle, margaret heriot diaper -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document, Public Records Office Victoria (PROV), Record of a disaster; The collapse of West Gate Bridge, Dec 2003
Record of a disaster; The collapse of West Gate Bridge 3 pages from "Proactive" magazine of PROV Photographs and Text of the West Gate Bridge collapse and details of online exhibition "Disaster at Westgate"disasters, west gate bridge, public records office victoria, prov, engineering - bridges -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Construction of Bolte Bridge, Ron Laing, 1986 - 1999
Part of Ron Laing's collection of photographs recording Port Melbourne over a thirteen year period. Donated to the PMH&PS by the photographer.A set of 36 colour photographs covering the construction of the Bolte Bridge and approaches from the West Gate Freeway in Port Melbourneengineering - bridges, ron laing -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Footpath widening Bay Street between Liardet and Pool Streets, Port Melbourne, Ron Laing, 2000
Part of Ron Laing's collection of photographs recording Port Melbourne over a thirteen year period. Donated to the PMH&PS by the photographer.A set of six colour photographs showing the reconstruction work under way on the extra width footpaths in Bay Street between Liardet and Pool Streetsengineering - roads streets lanes and footpaths, built environment, ron laing -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Pamphlet, West Gate Bridge Progress Report, 1977 - 1979
.04 - .07 ; 4 photocopies of early aerial shots of Kitchens, footy ground and surrounding areas - probably 1920s .08 - Page from Emerald Hills and Sandridge Times 22.02.1979, has two articles (a) relating to Claude Butcher "The last of the clip-clop Milkos". (b) relating to the retirement of the PMCC Electrical Engineer, Jack Andersonengineering - bridges, local government - city of port melbourne, industry - manufacturing, built environment - recreational facilities, built environment - industrial, lower yarra crossing authority, claude butcher, jack anderson, pmcc electricity supply, port melbourne football ground, j kitchen & sons pty ltd, west gate bridge -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Alterations to Bay Street (one lane each way), Port Melbourne, Ron Laing, 1999 - 2000
Part of Ron Laing's collection of photographs recording Port Melbourne over a thirteen year period. Donated to the PMH&PS by the photographer.A set of nine colour photographs covering the alterations of Bay Street to a one lane each way street, 1999-2000engineering - roads streets lanes and footpaths, ron laing, bay street -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Book, Lurking in Lanes, 1998
'Lurking in Lanes: a back fence history of the Lanes and Little Streets of Port Phillip', exhibition curated by the City of Port Phillip 1998'Lurking in Lanes: a back fence history of the Lanes and Little Streets of Port Phillip', a catalogue accompanying the exhibition curated by the City of Port Phillip 30pp, 1998engineering - roads streets lanes and footpaths, built environment - civic, domestic life, business and traders, built environment - domestic, glen cosham, janice c morton macdonald, glen stuart -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Walkthrough lane between Princes and Station Streets, Port Melbourne, Pat Grainger, 1998
Taken and annotated by Pat Grainger for the "Lurking in the Lanes" book project and finally donated to the PMH&P Society in 1998Four original colour photographs of walkthrough lane between Princes and Station Streets (one lead-off at Liardet with two into Station Street)built environment - domestic, engineering - roads streets lanes and footpaths