The kerosene container was possibly used to fill slush lamps, hand lamps and train engine lights.Rusted, grey metal kerosene container with looped handle attached to the sides. A cork under the cap which has a metal chain attached to it, to secure the cap onto the container. Possibly used to fill slush lamps, hand lamps and train engine lights.metal, locomotive, railway, engine equipment, tin, kerosene

Mr Blaickie an Uncle of Mr S.W. McDonald, Local ResidentBlack and white photograph, mounted on grey cardboard, of Blackies Traction Engine and Threshing Machines - 16 Men in photo - child sitting on wheel- Bags of chaff in Foreground - Tree covered hill in background.On back of photo: "Blaikies Traction Engine & Thresher. Taken Porepunkah 1900 early. Blaikies were Uncles of Mr [illeg] McDonald. A Mr Blackies on engine"agriculture, threshing, blackie, traction engine, farm equipment

Report - typed four pages - two copies - brass clipped together - titled "Percentage of full life worn off the various type of large sheeves pulleys at the power houses and termini and the various types of pulleys and their spindles in use along the track", listing the details for each engine or power house in the Northern Area - Fitzroy, Nicholson St, Richmond, Brunswick, North Melbourne, North Carlton and Johnston St engine houses. Dated 10/10/1917trams, tramways, cable trams, track, engine houses, cables, equipment

This photograph was printed from a glass negative held in the Society's picture collection. The original glass negative is part of a set donated to the Society by Ian McKenzie, a professional photographer in Kew. Stationary engine, After 1920. A print from a glass negative that has been reused to document an early stationary engine. The equipment, designed to be bolted to a larger object such as a floor, is comprised of wheels and shafts. The content of the original photograph is too unclear to be identified. stationery engine, farming technology, farming equipment, glass negatives

Slide. Winding engine at the New Moon Gold Mine. Image shows interior of engine room with winding equipment.No 37 printed on bottom of slide.mine, gold, moon machinery., bendigo mines-jack hattam collection.

Steam-driven traction engines had a variety of uses on farms before petrol and diesel power motors were developed. The one in the photograph is hauling a farm shed to a specific location.A non-digital black and white photograph of a steam-driven traction engine pulling hauling equipment and a small wooden building along an unmade track. A group of men are standing at the rear by the track supervising the shift. There are trees in the paddock.steam-driven traction engines, farms

Engine (power producing equipment) A single cylinder Blackham stationary engine. This engine required steam from a separate boiler to operate. Maker : W.H Blackham King Street, Melbourne, Victoria c. 1900 Historic - Industrial - Single cylinder Stationary engine - W. H. Blackham - Kings St. Melbourne, Victoria, Australia A single cylinder Blackham stationary engine. - Made from Iron, wrought Iron & brassW.H Blackham King st. Melbournepuffing billy, blackham, single cylinder stationary engine

Two red covered ( one with cloth tape on the spine and edges) auction catalogues for a sale at the Big Bell Gold Mine, Big Bell, Western Australia, held on the 22nd to 27th August 1955 and 29th to 31st August and 1st to 3rd September, 1955. Sale consisted of Mining Machinery, Engines, Electrical Equipment, Pumps, Stores, Housing, Rolling Stock and Costly Equipment by Order of Big Bell Mines Ltd. J. H. Curnow & Son Pty. Ltd. Were the auctioneers. One catalogue has Mr. Curnow written on the front.business, auctioneers, j h curnow & son pty ltd, ian dyett collection - auction catalogue - big bell gold mine, big bell mines ltd, j h curnow & son pty ltd, prahran telegraph printing co pty ltd

Report - 7 quarto typed sheets - untitled, but gives a detailed description of the design basis and construction of the SW6 class tram. Dated May 1939. Details the design after Bell's overseas trip the previous year. Details dimensions, seating, ventilation, seating, doors, structure, construct, timber, materials, door engines, cab equipment, PA system, interior appearances, flooring, colours, lighting, conductor's bell / signals, trucks, bolster, wheels, brake shoes, braking, motors, acceleration, performance, controllers, contactors, compressor. Gives a detailed list of the specifications.Has a note in pencil about a typographical error on the bottom of the sheet.trams, tramways, sw6 class, specification, tramcars, tram controllers, tram equipment, tramcar design

White auction catalogue for a sale at the Commonwealth Disposals Commission Depot, Maribyrnong on 24 June, 1946. Sale comprised of power graders, stone crushing plant, road making equipment and engines. J. H. Curnow & Son Pty. Ltd. Were the auctioneers.business, auctioneers, j h curnow & son pty ltd, ian dyett collection - auction catalogue - commonwealth disposals commission, j h curnow & son pty ltd, j l jamieson, w g wedd, the prahran telegraph printing co

This engine turned belts to power battery operation. Used from C 1910-1920, some are parts missing. 'Tangye' had offices in Sydney.The first gas engine, a 1 nominal horsepower two-cycle type, was sold in 1881, and in 1890 the firm commenced manufacture of the four-cycle gas engine. Incorporated as a limited company from 1881, in 1894 they produced their first hot bulb engine.[2] Richard Tangye was knighted in 1894. After the deaths of Richard (1906) and George (1920), with the family owning the majority of shares, their sons entered the business.[2] In 1919, the company started production of large-scale industrial diesel engines, pumps and hydraulic equipment. Engine production was stopped after World War Two. A Tangye 35HP suction gas engine. (incomplete). Large green cast iron engine sitting on large white concrete block, with inscriptions on both sides. The green engine has 3 outlet/inlet pipes and joins onto one belt wheel; belt wheel joins onto another belt wheel which is sitting on another white concrete block."Tangye/patents/birmingham"