Street Parade of floats travelling north along Station Street, Box Hill. This view shows the Rotary Club of Box Hill and Lions Club entries in the Street Parade as they cross over the Railway line. The Box Hill Fisheries business on the corner of Bank Street and Station Street can be seen to the left of the photo, and Ellingsworth's Estate Agency can be seen on the right of the photograph, on the corner of Rutland Road and Station Street.B&w photofestivals and celebrations, clothing and dress, station street, rotary club of box hill, lions clubs, railway crossings, box hill fisheries, ellingsworth estate agency, bank street, rutland road

The origins of Fairway Scale and Tube Company are unclear, their catalogue from 1947 advertises the subject item as model "1055". We also known the company went into business with the Howe Scale Co of Rutland Vermont, USA in 1962 at the Braybrook premises in Melbourne Vic. At the present time that is all the information the writer has been able to source regards the items provenance other than the item was probably made around 1947-1950 given its listing in the company 1947 catalogue.The item is significant as it was part of Melbourne manufacturing history producing industrial and domestic style scales during the late 19th and early part of the 20th century.Fairway Platform Scales, Black cast ironEmbossed Fairway Scale Co Melbournewarrnambool, platform scales, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, platform scales, fairway scales, howe scales, industrial platform scale model 1055