This water standpipe is believed to be the only one of its kind in working order. It was originally located in Warrnambool, on the hillside at the corner of Mickle Crescent and Banyan Street, providing water for the Chinese Market Gardens below, on the flats. It was removed from this location on May 2nd, 1979, with the intention to relocate it at the new Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum & Village. The standpipe lay in storage for years until the Warrnambool Company, Chemblast, offered to restore it for use as a working display. The display was officially opened on March 31, 2014. The water from the adjacent lake is drawn out with a hand operated water pump, and goes up into the standpipe, where flows through the canvas hose and into the top of the Furphy Farm Water Cart. The display is a visual acknowledgement of the years served by Flagstaff Hill volunteer and Friends of Flagstaff Hill Chairperson, Bob Crossman. Warrnambool’s early settlers had no water supply prior to the mid-1850s. They relied on rain water tanks, domestic wells and springs. The town experienced a huge, destructive fire in William Bateman Jnr. & Co.’s large produce store in November 1856, which highlighted the need for both a fire brigade and a good supply of water. In 1863 a volunteer fire brigade was established. In August 1880 the town celebrated the installation of its first water standpipe on the corner of Liebig and Timor streets. The water was pumped from springs at Cannon Hill through the connected pipeline to the standpipe, then distributed to households via horse and cart. Each of the licenced cart drivers were compelled by Council regulations to keep their carts full from sunset to sunrise, ready to cart water to outbreaks of fire. They received a fee for this service. In 1893 the town installed a water supply, sourced from the Merri River, stored in a reservoir basin and tower in north Liebig Street, and distributed throughout the town in a system of pipes. By late 1939 a reticulated supply was installed, with the water piped in under the Otway Scheme. Standpipes are still used in modern times in rural and remote areas for homes, farms, stock, agriculture and firefighting. Many commercial or government owned standpipes are metered, charging a fee for the quantities of water supplied. This water standpipe was made by Langlands Foundry Co. Limited, Melbourne, which was establish in 1842. It was Melbourne’s first foundry and iron shipbuilder, and one of the largest employers in Victoria at the time. Langlands was known for its high quality workmanship and wide range of goods for mining, engineering, marine, railway and other industrial uses. The company made the first cast bell, the first lamp posts in the colony, and the boiler for the first Australian train. In the 1860s it produced cast iron pipes for the Board of Works, which laid the pipes for Melbourne’s first reticulated water supply. The firm was bought by Austral Otis Co. in 1897.This water standpipe is significant historically as it is believed to be the only one of its type in working condition. The standpipe is significant for being manufactured by early colonial firm Langlands Foundry of Melbourne, which was known for high quality, cast iron products. The firm made the boiler for the first Australian train, assembled the first Australian paddle steamer and made the first Australian cast bell and lamp posts. Langlands was one of the largest employers in Victoria at the time. The standpipe is significant historically as it represents the evolution of water supply services in Australia. Standpipe; vertical cast iron water pipe, painted crimson, fixed in position, tapering inward from the round base to the rectangular joint near the finial on top. A hexagonal pipe extends at right angles from the joint, with an outlet fitting and flow-controlling wheel on the end. A length of canvas hose hangs from the outlet fitting. Inscriptions are on one face of the joint. The standpipe was made by Langlands Foundry Company of Melbourne. Embossed “LANGLANDS FOUNDRY CO. / LIMITED / ENGINEERS / MELBOURNE”warrnambool, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, flagstaff hill, standpipe, stand-pipe, water standpipe, fire standpipe, firefighting equipment, water supply equipment, chinese market gardens, banyan street, liebig street, water tower, bateman’s fire, working display, water supply, town water, rural water, reticulated water, cannon hill spring, merri river, otway water, water carters, horse and cart water supply, volunteer fire brigade, langlands foundry, early melbourne, iron works, bob crossman, late 19th century water supply

Depicts display panels arranged by members of Sunshine and District Historical Society Inc Shows buildings of Deer Park Parsons family and industry HV McKay and his associations in Sunshine also Mr Jack Jackson and Phoenix Fire Workssunshine & district historical society, hugh victor mckay, john "jack" horace jackson, phoenix fireworks

Sample display of labels attached to Phoenix Fireworks products Italian Streamer and Radium Fountains and Jack in the Box and Jumping Jacks and Radio Grams and Radium Fountain and Sky Rocket and Golden Zodiac and Golden Rainsphoenix fire works, industry, sunshine north, advertisement

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A sample display of labels of products of Phoenix Fireworks Sunshine Multi coloured labels attached to fireworks Product labels with how to use directions and manufacturers name The Italian Streamer The Roman Candle The Silver Rainphoenix fire works, industry, sunshine north, advertisement

Multi coloured labels attached to fireworks There was Shamrocks and Electric Fountain and Snowstorm and Shamrocks size 2 and Snowstorm size 1 and Coral Sparkler and Dancing Dervish and Emerald Sparkler Sample display of labels of products of Phoenix Fireworks Product labels with how to use directions and manufacturers namephoenix fire works, industry, sunshine north, advertisement

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The image compilation provides a historical record of old landmarks in the Sunshine area, and also provides images of what the sites look like in recent times.Remember When Sunshine Landmarkssunshine hospital, civic halls, churches, fire brigade, schools, hotels, harvester works, kororoit creek, swimming pools, sportes grounds, john darling flour mill, explosives and munitions factories

Photograph of fireworks display Illustrations Perth WAphoenix fire works, industry, sunshine north, advertisement

the display frame containing the advertisement of the sale of Phoenix Fire W#orks is in good clean and in stable condition for display.Nophoenix fire work, phoenix street, sunshine north

A pocket-sized device for measuring wind speed Held up with the aperture in the back facing into the wind, the device works mechanically through a spring system and displays results across four scales: - Beaufort scale - Knots - Miles per hour (mph) - Metres per second (m/s) The measurement of wind speed aids in fire management circular device 5.5 cm diameter, 2 cm deep with a dial W10 US Pat 4,713,972 – Made in Germany – DE 352200102