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Federation University Historical CollectionBook, Railway Practice: a collection of working plans and practical details of construction in the public works of the most celebrated engineers, 1847 (exact)
A green cloth hard cover book. Title and author's name are engraved in gold on spine. This is the 3rd edition, first series with black and white illustrations. It describes the engineering practices of the early days of British railroads. The book includes (series 1 to 4)and it contains, roads, tramroads and railroads, bridges, aqueducts, viaducts, wharfs, warehouses, roofs, and sheds, canals, locks, sluices, & the various works on rivers, streams, etc., harbours, docks, piers and jetties, tunnels, cuttings and embankments, the several works connected with the drainage of marshes, marine sands, and the irrigation of land, water-works, gas-works, water-wheels, mills, engines.civil engineering, railway practice, rail constructions, s c brees, western railway great britain, public works, railroads, canals, s.c. brees, samuel brees, samuel charles brees -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation SocietyDocument - Scrapbook, Newspaper cuttings relating to Port Melbourne, Edward C Crockford, Town Clerk, 1890s
... Engineering - Canals and Drainage... - Roads Streets Lanes and Footpaths Engineering - Canals ...EC CROCKFORD's scrapbook from time he became acting Town Clerk (1892) until he left to serve South Melbourne (1909).Scrapbook kept by Port Melbourne Town Clerk EC CROCKFORD, 1890s: notebook with marbled board covers, 38 ruled pp, some empty. Back of book used upside down. Pasted with clippings related to municipal operation, and ads for contracts (in back). Insert: note on rateslocal government - town of port melbourne, engineering department - town of port melbourne, transport - railways, transport - tramways, engineering - roads streets lanes and footpaths, engineering - canals and drainage, amalgamation, piers and wharves - station pier, business and traders, sport - lawn bowls, health - general health, law, nightsoil, piers and wharves - railway pier, statistics, edward c crockford, town clerks, municipal elections -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document - Scrapbook relating to Port Melbourne, Newspaper Cuttings, 1900
... Engineering - Canals and Drainage... Fishermans Bend Engineering - Canals and Drainage Built Environment ...98 pages of clippings kept by Port Melbourne Town Clerk E.C. CROCKFORD; sequential to item 162. (This also has his bowling scores in back). NB Crockford supposed to have moved to South Melbourne in November, 1909, but this book kept up to 28-07-1910, apparently still in Crockford's handwriting.Notationslocal government - town of port melbourne, engineering - board of works, melbourne harbor trust - port of melbourne authority, sandridge lagoon, livestock, piers and wharves - miscellaneous, amalgamation, royal visits and occasions, law, sport - lawn bowls, transport - tramways, health - general health, business & traders - dairies, flood, transport - horse, transport - railways, environmental issues, fishermans bend, engineering - canals and drainage, built environment - domestic, celebrations fetes and exhibitions, town planning - proposals shelved, natural environment, edward c crockford, town clerks, pumping station, waste disposal, sand carters, business and traders - hotels -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Map - MMBW, c. 1894
... Engineering - Canals and Drainage... Engineering - Canals and Drainage Built Environment Gasworks Business ...Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works Plan No. 323,330, 335, 336 Segments shown: As Plan No. Large scale plan of lagoon fill area (40'=1")engineering - board of works, sandridge lagoon, transport - tramways, engineering - canals and drainage, built environment, gasworks, business and traders - hotels -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Newspaper - Articles re burst water main in Liardet Street, Port Melbourne, 17 Dec 2014
... engineering - canals and drainage... engineering - roads streets lanes and footpaths engineering - canals ...In the early hours of Tuesday 16 December, 2014 a water main burst in Liardet St. The resulting sink-hole swallowed two cars and left a massive hole which took 8 days to repair and re-open the road. Several houses on the city side of Liardet St suffered water damage and water also entered the underground car park of the apartment block on the beach side.Newspaper clipping from "the Age" Wednesday, December 17, 2014. Also from Glen Eira /Port Phillip Leader, Tueday December 23 2014built environment - domestic, engineering - roads streets lanes and footpaths, engineering - canals and drainage, liardet street, water supply -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Plan - Cross sectional drawing, recommendations by Sir John Coode, Thomas Kell Lith, 1880
... engineering - canals and drainage... environment engineering - canals and drainage melbourne harbor trust ...Large cross sectional drawing of longitudinal and cross section of works as recommended by Sir John Coode in his 1879 reportMelbourne Harbour Trust Longitudinal and Cross section of worksbuilt environment, engineering - canals and drainage, melbourne harbor trust - port of melbourne authority, sir john coode, coode canal, hobsons bay -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Main drain reconstruction, Cruikshank Street, Port Melbourne, Outfall Timber Drain Reconstruction, 23 Aug 2004
... engineering - canals and drainage... engineering - canals and drainage cruickshank street Photographs ...Photographs & plans supplied by Melbourne water of Cruikshank Street main drain reconstruction of bay outfall. 2004 .01 19x25 colour photo of clear spanning footing .02 19x25 colour photo of outer edge of drain .03 19x25 colour photo of top deck of drain .04 19x25 colour photo of excavation .05 - .08 19x25 colour photo of excavation of drain .09 - .12 colour photo of excavation of drain .13 - .14 22x33 colour photo of plan of area .15 - .17 39x53 drawn plan of area surrounding .18 - .19 39x53 Cruickshank St main drain reconstruction .20 Initial e-mail letter regarding drain (3-8-04) .21 Business card, Melbourne Water's Paul Balassomeengineering - canals and drainage, cruickshank street -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Book - Reports, Sandridge Municipality Reports - Health Committee, 1861 - 1865
... Engineering - Canals and Drainage... Environment - Domestic Engineering - Canals and Drainage Livestock ...Henry Charles CURTIS, Health OfficerHealth Committee reports for period 1 Jan 1861 to 30 June 1865, held in large binder. Eleven pages only, plus three pages of notes for Central Board of Health, including by-law 23, bound in.Reports signed by Mayorshealth - general health, built environment - domestic, engineering - canals and drainage, livestock, victorian sugar works, frederick poolman, henry charles curtis, business and traders - butchers -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Book - Minutes, Port Melbourne Council, Officers of the Town Clerk's office and Councillors, Sanitary Committee appointed 11 March 1890, 1890 - 1893
... Engineering - Canals and Drainage... of Port Melbourne Health - General Health Engineering - Canals ...Minutes of Port Melbourne's first Sanitary Committee appointed by Council on 11.03.1890 in response to a health statute. Dealt with cases of infectious disease and all sanitary matters between 1890 and 1893, meeting frequentlylocal government - town of port melbourne, local government - borough of port melbourne, health - general health, engineering - canals and drainage, health - hospitals, james john bartlett, henry norval edwards, john charles hill, john finlay malcolmson, james ker beck plummer, william henry prohasky, michael tarver quinn, william richardson, edward clark, town clerks, phillip melville salmon, william richardson tarver, edward c crockford -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Book, Officers of the Town Clerk's office and Councillors, Minute book - Finance, Legislative and Sanitary Committee of Port Melbourne council commencing 16 January 1894, ending 21 Dec 97, 1894 - 1897
... Engineering - Canals and Drainage... of Port Melbourne Health - General Health Engineering - Canals ...Minutes of Port Melbourne's Finance, Legislative and Sanitary Committee meetings considering estimates, setting rates, receiving reports form Health Officer, dealing with legislative and sanitary matters usually raised by the Town Clerk 1894-1897local government - town of port melbourne, local government - borough of port melbourne, health - general health, engineering - canals and drainage, health - hospitals, law, alexander joseph bain, john charles hill, john finlay malcolmson, james ker beck plummer, frederick poolman, michael tarver quinn, george washington robbins jnr, george cuscaden, william richardson tarver, edward c crockford, henry norval edwards -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Book - Port Melbourne Council, Officers of the Town Clerk's office and Councillors, Finance, Legislative and Sanitary Committee and Committee of Whole Council, 1898 - 1902
... Engineering - Canals and Drainage... of Port Melbourne Health - General Health Engineering - Canals ...Minutes of Port Melbourne's Finance, Legislative and Sanitary Committee meetings considering estimates, setting rates, receiving reports form Health and other officers, dealing with legislative and sanitary matters usually raised by the Town Clerk 1898-1902. It also records some meetings of the Committee of Whole Council.local government - town of port melbourne, local government - borough of port melbourne, health - general health, engineering - canals and drainage, health - hospitals, law, alexander joseph bain, james arthur boyd, john charles hill, david clark armstrong, arthur hester, james ker beck plummer, john o'brien, michael tarver quinn, george washington robbins jnr, george samuel walter, william watson, william richardson tarver, edward c crockford, henry norval edwards -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Book - Port Melbourne Council, J Harrop, Sanitary Inspector, Sanitary Inspectors Report Book, 1900 - 1905
... engineering - canals and drainage... engineering - canals and drainage built environment livestock j harrop ...Sanitary Inspector's Reports to Port Melbourne Council 1900-1905, detailing infectious diseases reported, nuisances, smells, smoke, drain sewerage leaks, illegal dumping of manure and other refuse, animals found wandering, inspections of premises, tips, piggeries, factories, fumigating, laying baits, carrying out orders of Health Officer.local government - town of port melbourne, environmental issues, health - general health, business and traders, industry - noxious, nightsoil, engineering - canals and drainage, built environment, livestock, j harrop - sanitary inspector, dr sandford - acting medical officer -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Book - Port Melbourne Council, J Mounsey, Sanitary Inspector, Sanitary Inspectors Report Book, 1923 - 1929
... engineering - canals and drainage... and traders industry nightsoil built environment livestock engineering ...Sanitary Inspector's Reports to Port Melbourne Council 1905-1912. Detailing sampling food for tests, Pure Food Act, Test weights and measures incuding those of wood merchants (Coal and Firewood Act), Prosecutions, water supply problems.local government - town of port melbourne, local government - city of port melbourne, environmental issues, health - general health, business and traders, industry, nightsoil, built environment, livestock, engineering - canals and drainage, james mounsey - sanitary inspector -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Book - Port Melbourne Council, Sanitary Inspectors Report Book, J Mounsey, Sanitary Inspector, 1923 - 1936
... engineering - canals and drainage... engineering - canals and drainage james mounsey - sanitary inspector ...Sanitary Inspector's Reports to Port Melbourne Council 1923-1936. Detailing conditions to be formulated for storage of large tanks of petrol on Fishermen's Bend; conditions for stevedore awaiting pick-up; regulations re boarding housepiers and wharves - waterside workers, local government - city of port melbourne, environmental issues, health - general health, business and traders, industry - noxious, nightsoil, built environment, livestock, engineering - canals and drainage, james mounsey - sanitary inspector -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Book - Port Melbourne Council, Sanitary Inspectors Report Book, J Mounsey, Sanitary Inspector, 1929 - 1936
... Engineering - Canals and Drainage... Environment Fishermans Bend Livestock Engineering - Canals ...James MOUNSEY - Council InspectorSanitary Inspector's Reports to Port Melbourne Council 1929-1936. Detailing duties re traffic, fire, building regulations, installation and use of petrol pumps, food labelling, street hoardings, crowd behaviour. Notes wireless aerials cause damage to chimneys when attached by wire p.88transport - motor vehicles, local government - city of port melbourne, environmental issues, health - general health, business and traders, industry, nightsoil, built environment, fishermans bend, livestock, engineering - canals and drainage, james mounsey -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Book - Port Melbourne Council, Sanitary Inspectors Report Book, J L Cousland, Inspector et al, 1944 - 1955
... Engineering - Canals and Drainage... Engineering - Canals and Drainage James Llewellyn COUSLAND B E W ...Sanitary Inspector's Reports to Port Melbourne Council 1944-1955. Detailing testing and immunisation programmes, mass x-ray, vaccination for smallpox, cleansing station opened, poor conditions in emergency housing areas, Lands Dept neglect of Crown land, rubbish dumped in air raid shelters, advice sought re football and cricket played on streets, wood for pensionersLabel on spine illegible; 'Inspectors reports' inside covertransport - motor vehicles, local government - city of port melbourne, environmental issues, health - general health, business and traders, industry, nightsoil, built environment, fishermans bend, livestock, engineering - canals and drainage, james llewellyn cousland, b e w aitken, harley grover, dr merrilees, mr hepburn -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document - CD-ROM, Clipping, E C CROCKFORD, Town Clerk, 1900 - 1910
... Engineering - Canals and Drainage... Business and Traders - Hotels Engineering - Canals and Drainage ...Digital scan of two books of newspaper clippings (cat no 162 & 251) collected by Town clerk, E C CROCKFORDmelbourne harbor trust - port of melbourne authority, sandridge lagoon, livestock, piers and wharves, amalgamation, local government - town of port melbourne, law, town planning - proposals shelved, celebrations fetes and exhibitions, built environment - domestic, business and traders - hotels, engineering - canals and drainage, fishermans bend, transport, flood, business and traders, health - general health, transport - tramways, sport - lawn bowls, edward c crockford, town clerks -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation SocietyPhotograph - Various Port Melbourne locations, Jack Bolt, 2011
... Engineering - Canals and Drainage... Photographed Jan/Feb 2011 by Jack BOLT Transport - Tramways Engineering ...Photographed Jan/Feb 2011 by Jack BOLTFrom a series of colour photos taken by Jack Bolt in January/February 2011 .01 - Hibernian Hotel 30.01.2011 after the second fire on 28 November 2010 .02 to .09 - Eight photos of route109 tram tracks being replaced between 29.01.2011 to 2.02.2011 (Graham St stop) .10 - view from upper floor of Woodruff Terrace .11 - air shaft Farrer & Ross Sts. Latter two photos are of work on the Melbourne Main Sewer, Ross and Bridge Streetstransport - tramways, engineering - canals and drainage, fire and fire services, hotels, hibernian hotel, jack bolt -
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Book - Submission for AFC Construction Achievement Award, Bayside clean-up project, Roche Bros, 1991
... engineering - canals and drainage... environment engineering - canals and drainage roger bacon urban land ...(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
Book, Public Works Committee, Borough of Sandridge, Municipal Council of Sandridge - Public Works Committee Minutes, 18560 - 1862
... Engineering - Canals and Drainage... and Footpaths Engineering - Fences Engineering - Canals and Drainage ...Volume of minutes of Public Works Committee of Sandridge Council dated 20.9.1860Title on labellocal government - borough of sandridge, engineering - roads streets lanes and footpaths, engineering - fences, engineering - canals and drainage, engineering - bridges, fishermans bend, built environment - civic, transport - horse, utilities - gas, sandridge lagoon, mission to seafarers, emerald hill, fire and fire services, william morley, joseph weaver allen, thomas swallow, samuel george isaacs, frederick poolman, robert byrne, john murphy -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document - Report, Improvement of the Port of Melbourne, Improvement of the Port of Melbourne, 11 Jun 1855
... engineering - canals and drainage... and wharves transport - railways engineering - canals and drainage ...Improvement of the Port of Melbourne -report upon the various plans for the improvement of Port of Melbourne, January 1854 Ten page foolscap on blue paper bound together with thread; .report by Capt C Paisley, Appendix and Particulars of Works by the Colonial Engineer, Lieut. H. Amsinck, RNmelbourne harbor trust - port of melbourne authority, piers and wharves, transport - railways, engineering - canals and drainage, port of melbourne, lieut h amsinck - colonial engineer, captain c paisley -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation SocietyPhotograph - Workers in main drain excavation, Princes Street, Port Melbourne, 1933
... Engineering - Canals and Drainage... of the workers. Sydney "Gus" BROWN MMBW Engineering - Canals and Drainage ...Thought to be MMBW works on the main Princes Street pipeline. The 'original', which appears to be a framed, sepia original, is actually screened, so has appeared in a publication at some point. It belonged to Beryl nee BROWN, whose father 'Gus' BROWN is one of the workers. Lasercopy from photo loaned for copying and later donated (item 799.01), then digitally restored (item 799.02), of workers in main drain excavation, Princes Street, 1933.sydney "gus" brown, mmbw, engineering - canals and drainage, princes street, melbourne and metropolitan board of works -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation SocietyPhotograph - Workers in main drain excavation, Princes Street, Port Melbourne, 1933
... engineering - canals and drainage... - board of works engineering - canals and drainage hotels built ...Given to member Jan MacDonald by Beryl nee BROWN , whose father is one of the workers in the photo. Appears to be an original photo but an enlargement reveals it's a half- tone , so could have been copied from a publication. 'Gus' BROWN appears in third row from front 1933 photograph of construction workers in the excavation for the main drain in Princes Street. Sepia, mounted on cardboard 'frame'. Appears to be an original but is actually a halftone.Top left on back, in ink 'Kelly'engineering - board of works, engineering - canals and drainage, hotels, built environment, sydney 'gus' brown, swallow & ariell ltd -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation SocietyPhotograph - Photograph (digitally restored), Workers in main drain excavation, Princes Street, Port Melbourne, Appro Images, 1933
... engineering - canals and drainage... engineering - board of works engineering - canals and drainage hotels ...Digitally restored print of 1933 photograph of construction workers in the excavation for the main drain in Princes Street (799.01).engineering - board of works, engineering - canals and drainage, hotels, built environment, sydney 'gus' brown, swallow & ariell ltd -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Map, John Millar, "Design for Ship Canal or 'tidal harbor' and docks for the Port of Melbourne", 21 Sep 1860
... engineering - canals and drainage... transport - shipping piers and wharves engineering - canals ...COPYRIGHT STATE OF VICTORIA Hydrographic map. "Design for Ship Canal or 'tidal harbor' and docks for the Port of Melbourne". Shows proposed extension of the city westward. Signed 21.09.1860, lithographed 21.12.1860 and reproduced 1986transport - shipping, piers and wharves, engineering - canals and drainage, town planning -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Map - MHT General Plan showing Harbour improvements recommended Sir John Coode, Thomas Kell Lith, 1800s
... engineering - canals and drainage... manufacturing engineering department borough of sandridge engineering ...Black and white map "Melbourne Harbour Trust, General Plan showing Harbour improvements, as recommended by Sir John Coode in his report of 17th February 1879" Showing proposed Coode canal and Sandridge, Hobson's Bay, North Williamstown, Footscray, the City, Emerald Hill and also the buildings of "Kitchen and Son" . (copy of original)industry, manufacturing, engineering department, borough of sandridge, engineering - canals and drainage, melbourne harbor trust - port of melbourne authority, j kitchen & sons pty ltd, sir john coode -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Aerial view of Port Melbourne, overlaid, Charter Keck, Cramer, Nov 2006
... engineering - canals and drainage... environment - industrial engineering - canals and drainage coode ...Black and White aerial photo with red map overlay, labelled "Port Melbourne 1946 overlaid" in gold/brown metal frame . Shows Yarra River, Coode Canal and Hobson's Bay.built environment - industrial, engineering - canals and drainage, coode island, yarra river, melbourne harbor trust - port of melbourne authority -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Plan - Drainage Improvements, Ross Street, Port Melbourne, Borough of Port Melbourne, 3 Nov 1892
... Engineering - Canals and Drainage... Engineering - Canals and Drainage James John BARTLETT Arthur Victor ...Plan of Ross Street drainage improvement diversion drain, 1892.Signatures of J. J. Bartlett (Mayor), A. V. Heath (Borough Surveyor), W. Harrison, Laurence Brady (Contractor)engineering - canals and drainage, james john bartlett, arthur victor heath, town clerks, w harrison, laurence brady -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Plan - Open drainage channel, cnr Beach Street and Railway Place, Port Melbourne, Frederick William Bull, Principal Surveyor, 1862
... Engineering - Canals and Drainage... Engineering - Canals and Drainage Engineering Department - Borough ...Plan for open drainage channel at corner of Beach Street and Railway Place, 1892."Open Channel at Foot of Railway Place":Signed by Frederick William Bull, Principal Surveyorengineering - canals and drainage, engineering department - borough of sandridge, frederick william bull, business and traders - hotels -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Plan - Drainage works, cnr Crockford and Raglan Streets, Sandridge, George Kelly, Borough Surveyor, 3 Jun 1864
... Engineering - Canals and Drainage... Engineering Department - Borough of Sandridge Engineering - Canals ...Sectional plan for drainage work after flood 1864. Corner Crockford Street and Raglan Street.Borough of Sandridgeengineering department - borough of sandridge, engineering - canals and drainage, business and traders - hotels, george kelly
