Coloured photograph of bridgeworks taking place along Deep Creek Road, Mitchamdeep creek road, mitcham

From a collection of 35 photos taken by Doug Orford at 35 specific locations along the exact boundary of the then Shire of Eltham.Colour photographbridges, fitzsimons lane, yarra river

Coloured photograph of earthworks on side of road during bridge construction along Deep Creek Road, Mitchamdeep creek road, mitcham

Coloured photograph near the works as part of the construction of the bridge along Deep Creek Road, Mitcham.deep creek road, mitcham

Photo shows Bendigo 28 decorated for the 75th anniversary of Bendigo trams (1890 to 1965) crossing temporary track at Charing Cross during the reconstruction of the Bendigo Creek bridge during early 1965 - see Electric Traction Vol. 20, No. 6, June 1965. The front cover has a photo by H R Clark of the decorated car. The photo shows the method of supporting the rails during the work prior to completion of concreting. Yields inforamation about bridge reconstruction in Bendigo and their 75th anniversary.Black and white photograph printTMSV Shop stamptrams, tramways, bendigo, birney, tram 28, bridgeworks, charing cross, 75th anniversary

This is the sixth in a series beginning with Cat No 8255 showing the progress towards the Restoration of the Bendigo Cenotaph over the Bendigo Creek. All in the photos are Bendigo RSL Committee personal except Councilor Mary Hall. .1) People from left to right. Rex Willis, Roy Thurlow, Max O' Haloran, Jack Plant, Cr Mary Hall. .2) People from left to right, Jack Barnes, Rex Willis, Max O' Haloran, Norm Smart, Cr Mary Hall, unknown. .3) The wording on the sign. City of Bendigo. Project: Restoration of the Cenotaph. Consultants. Architect. Robinson LOO WYSS & Schneder PTY LTD. Engineer. R Kelleher & Associates. Bridgework. TE & FA HPD. Cenotaph Stone Mason. Lodge Bros PTY LTD. Builder. HF. Yuncken PTY LTD Bendigo..1) Photograph colour, shows 5 people one with a mallet on the Bendogo Cenotaph. .2) Photograph B&W shows 6 people on the same structure. .3) Photograph colour shows signage at the Cenotaph restoration site..1) On rear in red pen, "Cenotpah - laying last brick", stamped on rear, "17 March 88". .2) On rear in blue pen, "March 88". .3) On rear in red pen, "Renovating Cenotaph Dec 87 - taken by Frank Thomas"brsl, smirsl, cenotaph, bendigo

Abraham Roberts (1819-1897), ironfounder, was born on 13 July 1819 in Cornwall, England, son of Abraham Roberts, blacksmith, and his wife Mary, née Pentreath. Nothing is known of his education and early training but it is likely that he served an engineering apprenticeship and worked in engineering workshops in Cornwall. Undoubtedly he observed much machinery among the tin mines of Cornwall and absorbed the principles of sound engineering design and high-grade workmanship, which bore fruit in his later years in Sandhurst (Bendigo). On 19 August 1841 he married Elizabeth Tonkin at the parish church at Paul, Cornwall. Roberts arrived on Bendigo in 1853 with his family and engaged in gold-prospecting, then about 1861 opened the United Iron Works, a small engineering shop in Williamson Street, making forge and hand tools. With expansion the business moved to Mitchell Street, until by 1880 it absorbed an entire block covering three acres (1.2 ha) in the heart of the town and employed nearly two hundred men. Three of his sons, William, Abraham and Arthur, helped to run A. Roberts & Sons. As well as being a skilful and enterprising engineer, Roberts was a shrewd businessman, who anticipated that the market for machinery on the local goldfields would diminish, and widened the sphere of his activities accordingly. Though the requirements of the mining industry maintained the firm, no class of foundry work was ignored. Roberts secured orders for machinery for the two major Broken Hill mines and built steam winding engines for several Western Australian mines, as well as undertaking orders for machinery in South Africa and New Zealand. He introduced poppet-heads constructed of steel to the Bendigo goldfield and the 105-head stamp battery for Lansell's Big Blue mine was the largest quartz-crushing battery in Australia at that time. The pair of steam winding engines built by his works for the Hustler's Royal Reserve Co. were the largest on the Bendigo field. The company also carried out steamship repairs, bridgework and many important railway contracts and in 1891 supplied the largest outlet valves in Victoria at Laanecoorie weir.Two photographs in black and white of the picnic for employees of Messrs A. Roberts and Sons in 1897. Photographs are mounted on piece of red cardboard. A. Roberts and Sons owned a foundry that was established in 1865. The event was noted in the Bendigo Advertiser on 18 March 1901.'1897' in ink top right hand corner.bendigo, foundry, roberts and sons, picnic, 1897

Earthworks at the bottom of View Street (Charing Cross). Number 'C922' stamped on back of photo.person, individual, basil miller

Tram in View Street, earthworks in foreground. Information Centre, centre right. Number 'C922' stamped on back of photo.person, individual, basil miller

Black and white photo showing works being undertaken on bridge at Charing Cross.basil miller, bendigo trams

Black and white photo showing works being undertaken on bridge at Charing Cross. Number 'C922' stamped on back of photo. There are two copies of this photo.basil miller, bendigo trams

Coloured photo of bridge along Deep Creek Road, Mitcham in progress.deep creek road mitcham

Ill, p.20.non-fictionTwo articles from the October 1973 issue of Newsrail. First - Explorations of problems/issue associated with static preservation of rolling stock, particularly corrosion and moisture damage. Second - Report of delays and diversions to trains due to bridgework at Francis St, Spotswood.railroad bridges - victoria - history, preservations issues