This book contains letters and mathematical computations on hydraulic engineering. The material has been compiled by Arnold Lilley (Lilly), an Oxford mathematician working in Victoria in the 1890s. It is said that he taught or coached 95% of the municipal surveyors in Victoria in the 1890s. The book came from the office of one of Lilley’s pupils, John William Crawley Junior, an engineer, surveyor and architect with a private practice in Warrnambool and also the engineer for the Shire of Warrnambool from 1895 to 1935. It is presumed that he had the letters bound in book form. The book passed to his son, Rolf Crawley, the engineer for the Shire of Warrnambool from 1935 to 1968. It later came into the possession of Michael Hand who took over the private surveying business of Rolf Crawley in Warrnambool. The Warrnambool and District Historical Society acquired the book, along with other Crawley ledgers, from the estate of Michael Hand.This book is of interest as a memento of the 1890s teachings of the mathematician, Arnold Lilley and also of his pupil, John William Crawley, the engineer for the Shire of Warrnambool for 40 years.This is a blue hard-cover book containing handwritten letters and computations. There are some loose pages and some pages have postal stamps on them. The book spine is slightly scuffed. ‘Letters on Hydraulic Engineering by Arnold Lilly Esq Mathematical Coach. J. Wm. Crawley Junior Pupil’rolf crawley, warrnambool, john william crawley junior, warrnambool, shire of warrnambool, arnold lilley, mathematician and teacher

This metal block may have been used as part of a boat or ship's rigging or winch. The becket is the loop or ring where a shackle could be attached to use as a pulley. The two-sheaved block has a mechanical advantage over a single-sheave block, using less power to lift a load. The block was made by Tangyes, established in Birmingham, UK, in 1857, and renowned for producing high-quality, reliable machines, equipment, and tools in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Richard Tangye (1833–1906) and four of his brothers—James, Joseph, Edward, and George—were the sons of Joseph Tangye, a Quaker Cornish miner. In 1857, they founded the engineering firm Richard Tangye & Brothers in Birmingham, UK. In 1860, the firm became Tangye Brothers and moved to Cornwall Works in Birmingham. The business encouraged inventors to join the company and develop their patents there, as happened with Weston’s differential pulley block, invented by the Englishman Thomas Aldridge Weston in 1854. Tangye bought the patent in 1858, giving the firm the sole right to manufacture it. The design received a medal for “original application, practical utility and success” at the 1862 International Exhibition in London. Also in 1858, the Tangye firm was commissioned by Brunel’s shipping company to manufacture hydraulic lifting jacks, or rams, to launch the steamship SS Great Eastern. The success of this project brought favourable attention to the firm, and it became involved in other notable projects, including the erection of Cleopatra’s Needle in London in 1878 and work on the Forth Road Bridge in Scotland. The firm underwent several name changes over the years, including James Tangye and Brothers (1857), Tangye Brothers and Price (1859), Tangye Brothers (1860), Tangye Brothers & Holman (1876), Tangye Brothers (by 1878), Tangye Ltd. (1881), and then simply Tangye. Its machinery and equipment were exported worldwide. In 1884, a branch with showrooms, offices, and a warehouse was opened in Melbourne at Cornwall House, Collins Street West. The firm was well known for producing high-quality machinery for agriculture and industry. Even today, new Tangye machinery is available for a subsidiary of Allspeeds. An extensive account of the firm’s history, names, inventions, and further references is available in Grace’s Guide, which also includes references to and diagrams of the Tangye horizontal steam engine. The block is significant for its connection to the renowned and innovative Tangye machine makers, respected for their high quality and standards. The block's maker,, Tangyes, also manufactured an 1880s steam engine, sold by a Melbourne merchant, and locally significant for its use in a late-19th century cheese factory. The block also represents the many blocks used in many industries, including the marine concerns, for rigging and lifting. Flagstaff Hill has a wide variety of these simple but very important pieces of equipment.Becket block: a metal block with two sheaves, a hook, a becket attachment point, and straps. Inscription embossed. Made by Tangyes."TANGYES"warrnambool, flagstaff hill maritime museum and village, maritime museum, maritime village, great ocean road, shipwreck coast, block, metal block, two sheave block, marine technology, rigging, tangye, ship rigging, block with hook and becket, becket block, sailing block, cargo block, tangyes block, vintage, nautical pulley, rigging equipment, pulley system, functional machine, machine, lifting equipment, marine equipment, richard tangye & brothers, james tangye and brothers, tangye brothers and price, tangye brothers, tangye brothers & holman, tangyes ltd., cornwall works

This Tangye B-size, single-cylinder, horizontal steam engine was likely manufactured in England around the mid-1880s. It was distributed by Melbourne machinery merchants Cameron & Sutherland, which also operated in Bendigo and Ballarat. A local cheese maker once used the engine to drive factory equipment. It was later donated to the Warrnambool Technical School, which then donated it to Flagstaff Hill to add to its historical steam engine collection. Between its manufacture and its donation to Flagstaff Hill, the governor had been replaced by the current Pickering governor. This engine design was very popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. When connected and powered up, the engine could drive an overhead line shaft via a flat belt off its flywheel. The line shaft would then drive the machinery via flat belts. It could drive virtually any type of machinery, such as water and sewerage pumps, mine elevators, winches, cranes, metal forges, air blowers, and marine machinery. This engine features a mechanical governor, which controls the speed of the engine regardless of whether it is under load. It also has a water pump built into the valve rod, which is used to supply the boiler with water. Steam enters the cylinder via a slide valve and applies pressure to the piston; it is like a modern internal combustion engine, but in the case of the steam engine, the pressure is exerted in turn on either side of the piston. In other words, the connecting rod is pushed by steam via the piston and piston rod and then pulled back again by steam pushing on the opposite side of the piston. Thus, power is exerted almost continuously, except at the end of each piston stroke, when it reverses direction. In the 1880s, many local butter and cheese manufacturers installed Tangye steam engines to power their machinery. A comprehensive article in the Gippsland Mercury in September 1889 extolled the magnificence of the Farnham Butter Factory in Dennington, Warrnambool, and described how one Tangye engine was used to drive several machines in the cheese- and butter-making processes. A report in the Warragul Guardian in December 1890 notes that the newly opened Warrnambool Butter Factory used a Tangye steam engine to pump water from a 60-foot well. Tangye: Richard Tangye (1833–1906) and four of his brothers—James, Joseph, Edward, and George—were the sons of Joseph Tangye, a Quaker Cornish miner. In 1857, they founded the engineering firm Richard Tangye & Brothers in Birmingham, UK. In 1860, the firm became Tangye Brothers and moved to Cornwall Works in Birmingham. The business encouraged inventors to join the company and develop their patents there, as happened with Weston’s differential pulley block, invented by the Englishman Thomas Aldridge Weston in 1854. Tangye bought the patent in 1858, giving the firm the sole right to manufacture it. The design received a medal for “original application, practical utility and success” at the 1862 International Exhibition in London. Also in 1858, the Tangye firm was commissioned by Brunel’s shipping company to manufacture hydraulic lifting jacks, or rams, to launch the steamship SS Great Eastern. The success of this project brought favourable attention to the firm, and it became involved in other notable projects, including the erection of Cleopatra’s Needle in London in 1878 and work on the Forth Road Bridge in Scotland. The firm underwent several name changes over the years, including James Tangye and Brothers (1857), Tangye Brothers and Price (1859), Tangye Brothers (1860), Tangye Brothers & Holman (1876), Tangye Brothers (by 1878), Tangye Ltd. (1881), and then simply Tangye. Its machinery and equipment were exported worldwide. In 1884, a branch with showrooms, offices, and a warehouse was opened in Melbourne at Cornwall House, Collins Street West. The firm was well known for producing high-quality machinery for agriculture and industry. Even today, new Tangye machinery is available for a subsidiary of Allspeeds. An extensive account of the firm’s history, names, inventions, and further references is available in Grace’s Guide, which also includes references to and diagrams of the Tangye horizontal steam engine. The horizontal steam engine was made by the well-known engineering firm Tangye, known for its high quality of manufacture. It was an important development in machinery because it helped improve productivity. Engines of this type are still used in some parts of the world today. This engine is a good example of a late 19th-century steam engine used in industry and agriculture and adapted for many different purposes. It is also important locally because it was connected to a local cheese making business and part of the thriving western district dairy industry. It may have been one of the Tangyes engines used at the Farnham butter factory or the Warrnambool Butter Factory, which was reported to be one of the most important in the Colony. It is also connected to the Warrnambool Technical School, established in 1968. Steam engine: stationary Tangye Size B, single-cylinder, horizontal Mill type steam engine. It has a 4-inch diameter cylinder with an 8-inch stroke. The body is painted green, and the Pickering governor is red. It was manufactured in Birmingham, England, in accordance with Tangye's Patent 238930, and distributed by Cameron and Sunderland, Melbourne, in the mid-1880s. TANGEYS PATENT BIRMINGHAM B SIZE 238930 CAMERON & SUTHERLAND MELBOURNE THE PICKERING PORTLAND . GOVERNOR . CONN. 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John Hastie Engineer and millwright John Hastie opened small manufacturing works in Greenock in 1845 and 1853 patented the first self-holding steering gear. The firm became known as John, Hastie and Co. Ltd. in 1898 after taking on limited liability status and their main works were at Kilblain Street, Greenock, where they specialised in ships' steering gear. The company also occupied works at Rue End Street, Greenock. Plans of this unit depict a stockyard to the east, with areas for welding; fitting and assembly; flame, cutting and fabrication; and a machine bay. The company was dissolved in 1991. Brown Brothers Brown Bros Rosebank Ironworks made the steering gears for many large ship's, including The Titanic. Andrew Betts Brown the founder was born in 1741 and closely associated with many improvements in marine engineering. He was educated in his native city and served his apprenticeship as an engineer in the locomotive works of the North British Railway Company at St. Margaret's. During his apprenticeship, he attended the evening classes at Watt College. subsequently going to Manchester to study chemistry. He went to London around 1863 and took over an old brewery, which he converted into an engineering works. During his time there he invented an overhead travelling crane, which was used on the construction of Blackfriars Bridge London. He went on to develop plant which used steam and hydraulic power for discharging ships as a result the company was contracted to install this equipment in Hamburg Docks. ​ By around 1870 he continued to construct machinery in London but realised that conditions were more favourable in Edinburgh. He acquired land at Rosebank adjoining the North British Railway Company's line to Granton, and the necessary infrastructure was completed allowing him to finish the Hamburg contract. The works at Rosebank were eventually extended and added to until they became one of the largest engineering works in the East of Scotland. ​ Mr Brown was a member of numerous engineering institutions, the best known at the time being the Institution of Naval Architects. He was also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, a member of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers and of the Institution of Marine Engineers he died in 1906 at the age of 67.An item made by two marine innovators of marine auxiliary machinery, equipment and itemsShip's wheel, brass, attached to brass pillar. The base has six holes in it for securing it in place. Top of the ship's wheel pillar has a brass, adjustable arrow pointer that is positioned over a dial etched into the flat brass surface. The dial reads " PORT STABD". Lines and degrees are marked, with '0' in centre and every 5 degrees, from 0-35, in both Port and Starboard sidesInscription to wheel hub "Brown Brothers & Co. Ltd, Rosebank Ironworks, Edinburgh"flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, john hastie, john hastie, andrew betts brown, ships wheel, ship steering gear, marine equipment, instrument, navigation

M. Eissler A.I.M.E. was a member of the Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.Red Hardcovered book of 678 pages with around 250 illustrations and numerous folding plates. Contents include: gold mining in California, Gold as a metal; Hydraulic Process; treatment of Gold bearing Ores; Crushing and Amalgamation (Queensland, California); Mills; Buddle; concentrator; Roasting ores; Roasting Pyritic Ores; Hydro-Metallurgy; Chlorination; Electro-Metallurgy; Cyanide; Erection of a Cyanide Plant; Chemistry of the Cyanide Process; Spelting, CupulationCrushing ore; 160 stamp battery; Mill site and battery; causes of failure in gold mining, South African Gold Fields; Gold in Australia (pg 589) Advertisements include: Fraser & Chalmers; Bowes scott & Western Ltd; Fried. Krupp Grusonwerk; Stanley; Humbolt Engineering Works Co., Townson & Mercer.gold, mining, metallurgy, pyrites, cupel, brook, rand, california, america, gold mining

Gathering of seafarers and LHLG members, at Orchard House, Haverbrack Avenue, in Malvern on 2 November 1909. Mrs Beatrice Higgins, nee Shuter, was the secretary of the Malvern branch of the Guild since 2 July 1907.George Higgins, a graduate of the University of Melbourne, was a Lecturer in Surveying, Civil Engineering and Hydraulic Engineering 1907-1910 and in Civil Engineering 1911-1921 at that institution. The Shuters were supporters of the Mission. Mrs Charles Shuter gifted many items located in the chapel in memory of family members.Small monochrome photograph1909, malvern, cup day, orchard house, george higgins (c.1860-1943), charles shuter, picnics, social events, entertainments, beatrice elizabeth higgins (nee shuter), goldsmith album

George Milford, a long term staff member of Thompsons Foundry Castlemaine, remembers discussing Alexander Sinclair with this son, Alex Sinclair Jnr. "When Alex Jnr was a boy, his father, a senior design engineer, was sent to Malaya to oversee the erection on site of a suction cutter dredge for Thompsons. This was an adaptation of the idea of a bucket-dredge, where gold is won from alluvial gravels. In the 1915-1920 era, the Thompsons Engineering Department designed a suction-cutter dredge, by which hydraulic suction with a revolving cutter at the end of a long proboscis would collect the alluvial soil and deliver it into the dredge for recovery of the precious metals. Export marketing was then ‘all the go’, and the tin dredges were ordered from Thompsons, using the new cutter design. The dredges were, of course, shipped to Malaya in pieces, ready to be assembled on site. A number of Thompsons employees were selected to travel to Malaya to assemble the dredges. There were fourteen men in the gang. These men sailed on 1st July 1925, their number including Delmenico, McKay and Charles Albert Hauser, an engine driver. C A Hauser died of malaria in Malaya shortly after arrival. Components for a further three of these dredges were in transit or on site when the first suction-cutter dredge was assembled and tested. The designers had failed to take into account the fact that, in the jungle floor in Malaya, many trees grow up, and fall down, in tropical conditions, and become submerged still waterlogged in the floor of the jungle, and in the tin-bearing gravels. The suction-cutter dredge was found to be inefficient in these circumstances, the price of tin had fallen and the Malayan client reneged on the contract. Faced with an outlay of over £4,000 on which no money would be received, the company went bankrupt on 25th August 1925. Alex Sinclair Snr was at that stage in Malaya, and received the news of the bankruptcy by telegram. Upon telegraphing his employers for funds to return home, he received the reply that there were no such funds available. Alex Sinclair Jnr told the story of how his father worked as a labourer in Malaya for two years, while his mother took in washing and ironing during the same period, until together they had assembled enough money to pay for his father’s return Anyone who talks about “the good old days” is talking nonsense!"Large blue printed paper plan outlining the conditions of contract for the making of a steel boiler. The Blueprint includes design drawings and written contract specifying materials, time frame and costs. Signed on front 'Alec Sinclair Consulting Engineer, 31 Queen Street, Melbourne'. Stamped on verso 'Printed by Paterson & Co, Colonial Mutual Chambers, Collins St, Melbourne'. blueprint, designs and plans, yarrawee suction dredge, conditions of contract, thompsons foundry castlemaine, george milford

Zilles Printers was begun by Lewis Zilles in the early 1930s. It was in McKenzie Street Ballarat. His son Jeffrey also became a printer - letterpress, offset and screen printer. The business became Zilles Printers/Graphics and was in Armstrong Street and later Bell Street Ballarat. Munro Engineers were pioneers in farming equipment since 1800s. Their main product was a range of fencing machinery. In 1963 they invented and produced the world's first tractor mounted, hydraulic post driver with digger. Advertising material preparations for Munro Engineering of Wendouree. Items included are paste-up of pamphlet, single sheet advertisements and written information, stickers and photographs for the preparation of printed matter.Four page pamphlet - printer's paste-up design plus two single pagesContact information for Munro Engineers. Mechanical information in pencilzilles printers, ballarat, munro engineering, pioneers in farming equipment, fencing machinery, tractor mounted post driver with digger, pamphlets, wendouree

The Ballarat School of Mines was the first school of Mines in Australasia, and was established in 1870. It is a predecessor institution of Federation University Australia.Correspondence to the Ballarat School of Mines for the month of July 1908. Letter 162 Ballarat Fine Art Public Gallery Association 19 Lydiard Street North Ballarat, 26th June 1908 Sir, I am directed to inform you that at a meeting of the Council of the above held last evening, your previously acknowledged letter of 11th June 1908, addressted to "E. [Stoer?] Esq, President Late Technical Art School Committee", was received and referred to a committee for its report thereon, cousi directions of which was made are the Order of the Day for the Councils next Ordinary Monthly Meeting. I am, Sir, Your Obedient Servant, J.A. Powell Secretary F.J. Martell Esq Director The Ballarat School of Mines Ballarat ballarat school of mines, frederick martell, ballarat fine art gallery, j.a. powell, art gallery of ballarat, gallery association, charles j. morris, ballarat fine art public gallery association, telegram, c.h. clark, l. ditchburn, alumni, examinations, w.g. taylor, london bank of australia limited, bealiba, thomas r. lyle, jessie chalmers, signor steffani, arundel orchard, w.f. coltman, e.e. hobson, j.t. mooney, queanbeyan, p.e. marmion, willaim m. robertson, assay, e.e. brook, lloyd copper mines, h.b. silberberg & co., education department melbourne, c. james, w. west, haddon, warragul, bakers reef gold mning company, letterhead, victorian portland cement works, d. mitchell, electric lighting and traction co. australia ltd, austral otis engineering comapny ltd, melbourne glass bottle works company, cuming, smith & co. pty ltd, excursions, metropolitan gas company, jaques bros manufacturing engineers, victoria iron works, a. victor leggo co, leggo's metallurgical works, melbourne hydraulic power company limited, mount lyell mining and railway coy ltd, victorian railways, telegraph, land surveying, j. brittain, g. fitzgerald, hamilton, cochran and co, wynne-grant antimony reduction company, mt egerton and gordons mining co, e. hogan, e.c. connell, a.d. galoway, metallurgy, h.b. silberberg, specific gravity balance and weights, union bank of australia (ballarat), bullarto, bush inn, bullarto, w. harrington, prospective student, book donaton from smithsonian institution, e. la t. armstrong, department of mines and forests, melbourne, snake valley, r. hall-jones, c. calaby, clementston, thomas ramsay, w.d. thompson, longmans, green and co, selwyn chase, missionary exhibition, aboriginal court of the missionary exhibition, examination results, leslie coulter, hnery j. saw, thomas ramsay, virgil tucker, leslie c. blick, thomas r. williams, oliver w. williams, thomas r. williams, leo m. seward, david w. bonar, louis w.g. buchner, leo m. seward, albert j. robin, james a. chambers, james d. brokenshire, william kingston, edgar c. hurdsfield, virgil tucker, oliver w. williams, william g. sides, herbert hawkesworth, colin c. corrie, henry j. saw, thomas h. trengrove, thomas r. prigdeon, harold b. herbert, viola p. jackson, lionel s. davies, stanley w. tompkins, arthur m. lilburne

Blueprint of drawing of hydraulic accumulator blueprint, mechanical engineering, technical drawing, n. edwards

Pencil on paper student's technical drawing of a hydraulic press technical drawing, mechanical engineering, a. scott

Blueprint of drawing of a yydraulic riveter blueprint, mechanical engineering, technical drawing, s s parker

Blueprint of drawing of a Hydraulic riveter blueprint, mechanical engineering, technical drawing, r. mawby

Ink on tracing paper of a student's technical drawing of Hydraulic pipe bending technical drawing, mechanical engineering, len fox

Part of a 43-photo record of the MMBW�s engineering feat in drilling a 12 inch pipe line up to 40 feet deep through rock hardened by volcanic action associated with geological fault that occurs along the line. The work took place from October 1979 to May 1980 on the southern boundary of Hubbard Reserve, North Ringwood. The collection was presented to the Ringwood Historical Research Group by J Clarke on 9th June 1980.E565 N10 28 April 1980 A43 The "muscles" of the mechanical mole, driven by a hydraulic line from a powerful "power pack".

Three black and white A3 sized sheets stapled togetherDocument shows the location, client (Ringwood City Council), Project Managers (Civil and Civic Pty Ltd), Architects Harry Seidler and Associates, Consulting Engineers - Structural - Meinhardt & Partners, Mechanical - Environ Mechanical Services, Electrical - R.M. Norton and Associates, Theatre Consultant - Tom Brown & Associates, Acoustic Consultant - Peter Knowland & Associates, Hydraulic Consultants - Ledgingham Hensby & Oxley, Masonry Manufacturer - Enco Besser Masonry, Sculptor - Charles Perry, Cost- $2,700,000.

Dull orange folder containing copies of letters, brochures, information sheets and some newspaper cuttings. Name on the front is Frank A. Stevenson 244 Hargreaves St Bendigo. Letters date from 1937 to 1942. Newspaper titles include: Prevention of Rust- Principle of the Scalebuoy, Scalebuoys in Cars, Tragic Death of Captain Hartley Abbott and the Obituary of Captain R.H.S.Abbott.sciences, instruments - general, scalebuoy, bill ashman collection - correspondence, frank a stevenson, mr bacon, amalgamated freezing co bendigo, g whalley, gunbower co-operative butter factory & trading coy ltd, mr wallace, j charlesworth, d v evershed, bendigo electronic co, walshes crown hotel, hunter bros, wybgones unit, 180 gold mining co, o'hallorans cyanide unit, crystal ice works, stevenson unit, bendigo council, central nell gwynne, nth deborugh g m co, deborugh g m c, deborugh consolidated, cohuna butter factory, geo ross, victorian producers' co-operative coy ltd, h abbott, ernest f o liddell, rothacker bros, motor spares ltd, leggo's buildings, t j jorgensen, mr robinson, stevenson bros, r h s abbott, d c house, the electrical factor in metabolism, w n abbott, the great boulder proprietary gold mines ltd, w o galletly, mr stronell, newport workshops, victorian railways, mr brownbill, mr james, the university of melbourne, j l osborne, n clarkson, sister mary gonzaga, st joseph's hospital, mater misericordiae hospital, mr herzog, sister m monica?, vacuum oil, j johns, h j grigg, w a walsh, market square, crown hotel, g e cole, transport & engineering in australia 16/12/1937, mr menderson, mr ross, sanitary age 8/2/1935, northern kiwanis clubs, harry a baxter, w h cunningham & hill ltd, link-belt co ltd, sir william crooks, royal zoological society, ginna works germany, close brothers, w h taylor, geo taylor hardware co ltd, details of hydraulic spinner unit (scalebuoy), a davidson, john g kelly inc, hannon, myers wishart, kennedy, mr critten, pennsylvania rubber coy, paul a douden & co, w e humphrey, kansas city public service co, smith, tangney hotels, wahkonsa hotel, muscatine hotel, arlington hotel, burke hotel, helen tangney-springer, f w woolworth co, w w edan, ymca, n f alcock, b j ingram, scalebuoys, bendigo electronic company of australia proprietary limited, a s bloomfield, harry ponsonby mackenzie, arthur robinson & co, the commercial banking company of sydney ltd, a t madden, victorian railways, e c eyers, city of bendigo, frank h day, lane's motors pty ltd, h c holland, union oil soap & candle co ltd, knox home, n a duthie, w h mccorkindale, maungatapere co-op dairy co ltd, the whangarei co-op dairy co ltd, w h millingford, kettering cartons limited, j g arlidge, w e humphrey, kansas city public service company, h w smith, prospectus of scale buoy distributors limited, edwin gripper banks, richard hartley smith abbott, frank shaw fitchett, hayden smith & fitchett, the commercial bank of australia limited, william john stanley horsfall, frank cooper, scott's hotel, a j phillips, stringer & phillips proprietary ltd, e g banks, edwin gripper banks, reginald william stringer, frank cooper, claude gordon robinson, s reid

This photograph documents the construction of the Jacana Underpass Tunnel, a landmark infrastructure project undertaken to allow Melbourne’s Western Ring Road to pass beneath a complex transport corridor. The corridor included Pascoe Vale Road, Electric Street, and four active railway lines—two broad gauge, one standard gauge, and one commuter line—making traditional tunneling or bridging methods impractical. The tunnel was constructed using a pioneering hydraulic jacking technique, where precast concrete tunnel segments, each weighing approximately 1200 tonnes, were pushed into place through pilot tunnels. This method minimised disruption to the busy transport corridor above, which carried tens of thousands of vehicles and multiple rail services daily. The Jacana Underpass Tunnel was constructed between 1992 and 1993 as part of Melbourne’s Western Ring Road project, a major infrastructure initiative aimed at improving traffic flow and connectivity across the city’s northern suburbs. The underpass was designed to carry the freeway beneath a complex transport corridor that included Pascoe Vale Road, Electric Street, and four active railway lines—two broad gauge, one standard gauge, and one commuter line. Due to the shallow depth of cover—less than one metre in some areas—and the need to maintain uninterrupted road and rail services above, engineers employed an innovative hydraulic jacking technique. This involved pushing precast concrete tunnel segments, each weighing approximately 1200 tonnes, through pilot tunnels using hydraulic rams. The method was one of the largest of its kind in Australia at the time and allowed for the safe and efficient installation of the tunnel without open excavation. The photograph captures a key stage in the construction process, showing the dual tunnel portals, heavy machinery, and construction materials on site. It reflects the scale, complexity, and ingenuity of late 20th-century civil engineering in Victoria and provides valuable insight into the evolution of Melbourne’s transport infrastructure.This photograph documents a pivotal moment in the construction of the Jacana Underpass Tunnel, part of Melbourne’s Western Ring Road infrastructure project undertaken in the early 1990s. The image features two tunnel entrances under construction, surrounded by heavy machinery, construction materials, and temporary fencing, with a dirt access road leading into the site. The Jacana Underpass was constructed using a hydraulic jacking technique, a method that allowed large precast concrete tunnel segments—each weighing approximately 1200 tonnes—to be installed beneath a live transport corridor without disrupting traffic or rail services. This innovative approach was one of the largest of its kind in Australia and addressed significant engineering challenges, including shallow cover and complex geological conditions. The photograph is significant for its documentation of advanced civil engineering practices and the transformation of Melbourne’s northern suburbs through major infrastructure development. It provides insight into the construction techniques, site logistics, and material use typical of large-scale tunneling projects in the late 20th century. As part of an archival collection, this image contributes to the historical record of urban growth, transport planning, and engineering innovation in Victoria. It holds enduring value for researchers, historians, and infrastructure professionals studying the evolution of public works in the state.Colour photo. Construction Site. Jacana underpass tunnel.(Back - blue pen) 'Underpass/Jacana'underpass, jacana, construction, 1990's, jacana underpass tunnel, western ring road

This list of factories in the City of Sunshine is an extract from a report by K.G. Wilson, L.R. Dryer & R.A. Scaramella, prepared for the Melbourne Western Region Commission (WRC). The Melbourne Western Region Commission was a major inter‑municipal planning and advocacy body operating across Melbourne’s western suburbs in the late 1970s and 1980s. It coordinated planning, heritage studies, and regional development across multiple councils. The Commission brought together a broad sweep of western-region councils City of Altona, City of Essendon, City of Footscray, City of Keilor, City of Sunshine, City of Williamstown, Shire of Bacchus Marsh, Shire of Melton & Shire of Werribee. The Melbourne Western Region Commission was one of the most important institutional predecessors to the region’s later heritage, planning, and community‑development frameworks.This report records the business name, type of industry and address of businesses operating in the City of Sunshine in 1984.Factory Name or Occupier A. Korinfsky & Connolly A.J. & J.N. Cook A.R.C. Engineering Pty Ltd Air Refiners Aust Pty Ltd Ajax Pumps Pty Ltd Albion Explosive Factory (Department of Defence) Alliance Printing Co. Pty Ltd Aqua Heat Australia Pty Ltd Aranem Furniture Pty Ltd Arrar Pty Ltd Australain Tube Mills Pty Ltd Australian Quality Closures (Volanda Nominees Pty Ltd) Aztec Sheet Metal Industries Pty Ltd B.G. & J.M. Douglas Nominees Pty Ltd Berkeley Appatel Pty Ltd Berkshire Kitchen Cabinets Pty Ltd Blade Engineering Pty Ltd Boka Engineering Pty Ltd Boneham Engineering Pty Ltd Brand Engineering Toolmaking (Vic) Pty Ltd C.G. Carlton Pty Ltd C.J.T. Niven Pty Ltd C.M.A. Foam Group (Cablemakers Aust Pty Ltd) Campbell & Paterson Engineering Pty Ltd Cargo Newpack Industries City Insulations Pty Ltd Classic Garage Construction Cliff Poole Industries Pty Ltd Collie Cooke Consolidated Conlo Constructions Pty Ltd Connor Shea & Co. Pty Ltd Consolidated Partition Industries Holding Pty Ltd Cosmoplitan Clothing Manfacturers Crea Fashions Pty Ltd Currie Furniture Manufacturing Pty Ltd D. Richardson & Son Ltd Dalco Hardware (Dalco Pty Ltd) Daveyduke Industries (Mimvic Nominees Pty Ltd) Debora Downs Pty Ltd Deer Park Engineering Pty Ltd Deer Park Flyscreens (Azzopardi & Associates Pty Ltd) Dieselflex Pty Ltd Donald Minahan Pty Ltd Drava Continental Butchers & Smallgoods Manufacturer Drilling Equipment (Van Dyke Pty Ltd) Dunham Welding Engineering Pty Ltd E. & F. Industries Pty Ltd E.P. Morrisey & Co. Pty Ltd Elite-Built Holdings Ltd Englehold Engineering Pty Ltd Everlast Steel Products Explosive Factory (Department of Defence Support) Extruded Metals Pty Ltd Exy-Fit Screens F. & D.M. Costa Pty Ltd F. & I. Pfeffer Holdings Pty Ltd F.J. Humphrey Pty Ltd Fallshaw Holdings Pty Ltd Ferrous Forgings Pty Ltd Fleet Engineering Pty Ltd Fletcher Chemical Co. Ltd Franklin Printing & Lithographic Co. Pty Ltd Fraser Cabinets Pty Ltd G. & L. Stone Pty Ltd G.A.M. Engineering Industries Pty Ltd G.P.I. Automotive Products Pty Ltd G.U.D. Manufacturing Co. Pty Ltd G.W. Gregory Engineering (Aust) Pty Ltd General Printing Ink (Aust) Pty Ltd George Press Pty Ltd Griffiths & Beeren Pty Ltd Gubbata Nominess Pty Ltd Harkrome Electroplaters Pty Ltd Hills & Mason Pty Ltd Hydraulic Equipment & Cylinder Service Pty Ltd Hy-Du-Ex I.C.I. Australia Operations Pty Ltd I.H. Mono & Co. Idea General Engineering Industrial Engineering Invicta Group Industries Pty Ltd K. & B. Windows Pty Ltd K.C. Furniture & Cabinets K.D.S. Manufacturing K.M. Tubular Industries (Aust) Pty Ltd K.P.T. Clothing Manufacturers (K.T.P. Fashions Pty Ltd) Kanga Engineering Pty Ltd Keilor Footwear Pty Ltd Kelgrif Patterns Pty Ltd Klipspringer Pty Ltd Krueger Transports Equipment Pty Ltd Langmar Pty Ltd Layton Granite Industries Pty Ltd Lesvos General Products (Gabbia Pty Ltd) Lewis Foundry Lysaght Durham Chemical Company (Austram Corporation Ltd) M.C.I. (Aust) Pty Ltd M.J. Billings M.S.M. Cabinets Pty Ltd Maidstone Cabinet Works Marble Art Company Marib Cutter Sharpening Service Massey-Ferguson (Aust) Ltd McIntyre Steel Industries (Vic) Pty Ltd Midway Press Business Forms Mirna Cabinets Manufacturers Pty Ltd Monsanto Aust Ltd Morgan Cabinets Morris Structural & Engineering Newroll Industries Pty Ltd North Sunshine Cases Novio Insulation (Vic) Pty Ltd Olex Cables (Dunlop Olympic Ltd) Ordnance Factory (Department of Defence Support) P. & S. Siegel Pty Ltd P.S. Fenech Pty Ltd Pacific Carpets Internations Pty Ltd Pattern Productions Pauls Woodworking Pty Ltd Penthouse Furniture Co. Pty Ltd Peter Bouris General Steel Work Pomona Printers Pty Ltd Presstool Manufacturing & Grinding R.E.M. Constructions Pty Ltd R.J. Thompson Nominees Pty Ltd R.M.D. Press Co. Pty Ltd Ralph McMay Ltd Reeco Industries Pty Ltd Regina Terrazzo Tile Robcliff Printing Rockwell Standard of Australia Ltd Saturn Quality Trailers Pty Ltd Sedco Pty Ltd & Sunshine Extrusion Die Co. Pty Ltd Sign City Pty Ltd Smithweld Pty Ltd Smorgan Consolidated Industries Solo Signs Spafco Pty Ltd Stafford Engineering Pty Ltd Star of Paris Pty Ltd Steel Improvement Pty Ltd Sunset Joinery Pty Ltd Sunshine Engineering Pty Ltd Sunshine Group Industries Pty Ltd Sunshine Joinery Pty Ltd Sunshine Metal Polishing Pty Ltd Sunshine Trailers Sunshine Vitreous Enamellers Pty Ltd Sunshine Wrought Iron Super Cartridge Superstyle Tubular Manufacturers Pty Ltd Talkprint Pty Ltd Tenderfoot Shoes Treble Printing Co. Trifoleum Pty Ltd Ultra Scales Pty Ltd United Scales Pty Ltd V.P. Hawthorne Nominees Pty Ltd Vinidex Tubemakers Pty Ltd Vitas Engineering W. & H. General Engineering Pty Ltd W. Pridham (Aust) (Peerless Processing Co Pty Ltd) W.G. Engels Pty Ltd W.L. Allen Foundry Co. Pty Ltd Wakefield Repetition & General Engineers Warren & Brown Co. (Repco Ltd) Westbury Joinery Co. Holdings Pty Ltd Western Containers Pty Ltd & Chanel Press Pty Ltd Westgate Engineering Westside Joinery Pty Ltd (The Bulman Family Trust) Westwork Industries Wiltshire Tools Pty Ltd Worsted Finishers (Aust) Pty Ltd melbourne western region commission

Pump - Billabong Ram Pump Size #5 Based on available historical data, the Australian-made Billabong Hydraulic Ram is one of the oldest rams produced anywhere in the world The Billabong Hydraulic Ram was first introduced into Australia in 1855 by John Danks and Son Limited, John Danks & Son Pty Ltd began as a plumbing business in 1859, established by brothers John and Samuel. It occupied a prominent site in Bourke Street, Melbourne, for 100 years. The business quickly grew to include factories in Melbourne and Sydney which manufactured and supplied a variety of plumbing and engineering products such as brassware, pumps, windmills and bells. The company was registered in Victoria on 25 January 1889 to continue the hardware manufacturing and supply business founded by brothers John and Samuel Danks in 1859. The head office was based in Bourke Street, Melbourne while another branch was established in Sydney in the 1880s. The company had factories in Melbourne and Sydney. The John Danks and Son Limited catalogue published in 1890, listing Billabong Hydraulic Rams as one of its major machinery products. The catalogue also provides reference to the company’s ram experience and manufacture, beginning by stating that in 1890 they already had 35 years of experience with Billabong Hydraulic Rams. The Hydraulic Ram has stood the test of time and it remains one of the few really practical and efficient uses of natural energy today. It operates without almost any cost, will last indefinitely and, with only two moving parts, is simplicity itself. It requires minimum maintenance and minimum replacement of parts. It is not uncommon to find rams working continuously for many years without any attention. • The Rams do not require electricity, fuel or steam to operate. • They possess simplicity of construction and operation – only 2 moving parts. • Powered only by running water. • Require very minimal or almost no maintenance. • Heavy duty cast Iron base and Dome. This Pump recovered from the Clematis Creek in the Mid 1970's Used to pump water from the creek to the Paradise (Clematis) Hotel. Historic - Farm Equipment - Used to pump water from the creek to the Paradise (Clematis) Hotel.Cast Iron Bronze valveBillabong 5billabong, puffing billy, ram pump