This pump was situated at Mildura Victoria and pumped water from the Murray river to irrigate the fruit blocks.Large double suction centrifugal pump with 36" suction and discharge branches weighing 7500 kg. Cast iron baseplate for the pump measuring 154 x 185 x 22 cm. The pump is fitted with a spring grid coupling. The pump and baseplate are painted pale blue. The pump identification plate has been removed and there are no markings cast on it. The baseplate has Thompsons cast in relief on the top surface. The coupling has a brass nameplate with Richardson Spring Grid Coupling engraved on it.machinery - pumps; metalwork

One of Australia’s most acclaimed printmakers, Grahame King originally trained as a commercial artist in the mid-1930s. The Design Archives holds a collection of embossed advertising showcards designed by King in the 1950s which reveal examples of graphic design and typography in post-war Melbourne. The showcards were used by iconic companies for advertising and promotion on shop counters and in window displays and were produced by Firestone Embossed Showcards. Megan Atkins, 2017 Sign shows centrifugal pumps, close coupled centrifugal pumps and self-oiling piston pumps.Printed text bottom left on verso, Firestone embossed showcards PTY. LTDshowcards, advertising, graphic design, commercial art, artist

Blue hard covered bookhydraulics, hydrokinetics, impulse wheel, water power plants, reaction turbine, turbines, centrifugal pump, bookshop plate, tait book co

Pencil on paper student's technical drawings .1) Diaphragm valve assembly and main components .2) Diaphragm valve detail and parts .3) Centrifugal pump detailstechnical drawing, lyall e campbell, diaphgram valve, centifugal pump, school of mines ballarat

'Deming versatile end-suction pumps are heavy duty, general purpose centrifugal pumps with heavy wall casting suitable for many commercial, industrial and municipal needs. 1914 The Deming Co. Salem, Ohio. 'Universal Success' Garden SprayerUsed by residents of the Kiewa Valleygarden sprayer, pump spray

The book was used by Charles Bacon who studied at the University of Nevada in the late 1930s/early 1940s. Bacon worked at Bunker Hill Mines and Kellogg Idaho, before arriving in Australian in 1951. He worked for CN Myers, a company involved with paper converting. CN Myers was a family business (on Charles Bacon's maternal line).Blue hard-covered book of 460 pages. Chapters include Properties of Fluids, intensity of Pressure, Hydrostatic Pressure of Areas, Dams, Kinematics of fluid Flow, Dynamics of Fluid Flow, Applications of Hydrokinetics, Friction Losses in Pipes, Flow Through Pipes, Uniform Flow in Open Channels. Nonuniform Flow in Open Channels, Unsteady Flow, Dynamic Forces, Description of the Impulse Wheel, Theory of the Impulse Wheel, water Power Plants, centrifugal Pump and more.Inside Front Cover "Charles Bacon, Mackay school of Mines Reno, Nevada."charles bacon, mining engineering, metallurgy, university of nevada, mackay school of mines

Unique vehicle fabricated by MFB from chassis of Dame Nellie Melba's salon carUnique vehicle, critical for large fire extinguishing, fully restoredPierce-Arrow MFB Heavy Pumper salon car manufactured 1911 Petrol Engine - Straight 6, 48HP, Kelly & Lewis pump, centrifugal, 400 gpm, 5 inputs, 2 outlets, rear mounted PTO driven Converted by MFB from Salon Car into heavy pumper in 1919 Out of service with MFB in 1933Registration No 16658, 1911 Melba Pump, Pierce-Arrow,melbourne, red, melba, heavy pumper, mfb, pierce arrow, vehicle, dame nellie melba, fire engine, solid tyre