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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 SocietyMap - 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 Society
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
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 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 -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Plan - Drainage works, cnr Crockford and Raglan Streets, Sandridge, George Kelly, Borough Surveyor, 6 Jun 1864
... Engineering - Canals and Drainage... Engineering Department - Borough of Sandridge Engineering - Canals ...Ground 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 -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document - Specifications, Main drain, west branch, Evans Street to Esplanade East, Port Melbourne, Arthur Victor Heath, Town Clerk et al, 14 Mar 1893
... Engineering - Canals and Drainage... Engineering - Canals and Drainage Arthur Victor HEATH Town Clerks ...Specifications for the construction of main drain west branch 1893 (together with plan attached - refer 75.2)A.V. Heath (Town Surveyor):J.J. Bartlett (Mayor)engineering - canals and drainage, arthur victor heath, town clerks, james john bartlett, mayors -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Plan - Main drain, west branch, Evans Street to Esplanade East, Port Melbourne, 14 Mar 1893
... Engineering - Canals and Drainage... Engineering - Canals and Drainage Arthur Victor HEATH Town Clerks ...Plan of main drain west branch, from Evans Street to Esplanade East (together with written specifications attached - refer 75.1) 1893.J.J. Bartlett (Mayor) 14/3/93engineering - canals and drainage, arthur victor heath, town clerks, james john bartlett, mayors -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document - Invitation, Town Clerk, Port Melbourne to attend conference wih South Melbourne Council, 21 May 1892
... Engineering - Canals and Drainage... Engineering - Canals and Drainage Request from Town Clerk to attend ...Request from Town Clerk to attend conference with South Melbourne Council 25 May 1892 to discuss drainage to pumping stationlocal government - borough of port melbourne, built environment - civic, engineering - canals and drainage -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document - Delivery docket, A E HOCKING for repaired magneto, 8 Jan 1923
... Engineering - Canals and Drainage... to the running of the pumphouse Sandridge Lagoon Engineering - Canals ...Found in pages of item 588 (Town Clerk's Reports); probably related to the running of the pumphouseDelivery docket from A.E. HOCKING of Crockford Street for repaired magneto, signed by George BEAZLEY on behalf of Port Council, 1923Small figures on back in pencilsandridge lagoon, engineering - canals and drainage, george beazley, a e hocking -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document, Report on the storm water drainage of Port Melbourne, 14 Jun 1904
... engineering - canals and drainage... items donated to the Society by Bill Thakray. engineering ...Amongst items donated to the Society by Bill Thakray.Report on the storm-water drainage of Port Melbourne. Report to Mayor and Councillors of the Town of Port Melbourne, 1904.engineering - canals and drainage, bill thakray -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Functional object - Timber planking section, Outfall Timber Drain Reconstruction, c. 1927
... engineering - canals and drainage.... Made available to the PMH&PS by Paul Balassone. engineering ...This section of timber was cut from a large quantity of the abandoned timber outfall drain during reconstruction by Melbourne Water. Made available to the PMH&PS by Paul Balassone.Section of timber cut from part of the old abandoned timber outfall drain at Esplanade East during reconstruction 2004engineering - canals and drainage, melbourne water
