Photograph shows special works (track junctions) fully constructed within the Dorcas Street yard. These will then be transported in large sections and installed at the listed locations.Yields information about track construction Black and white panoramic photograph with labels on rearHandwritten notes read: 'MMTB Dorcas St Yard Aug 1936; Crossing Barkly St & Carlisle St; Miller, Dundas & St Georges Rd Junction; High St & Glenferrie Rd Junction.'m&mtb, track laying, special works, dorcas st yard, south melbourne depot

Photograph shows a group of about 15 men laying track at the corner of Victoria Parade and Nicholson St as part of the Bourke St reconstruction project 1955, looking south west. Note the rail in the foreground is of the bolt on check type. Yields information about the installation of the special work at Victoria Parade and Nicholson St during 1955. Black and white photograph with notes on the rear.In pencil - "Special trackwork in position at intersection of Victoria Pde & Nicholson St. Bourke St reconstruction"mmtb, trackwork, victoria parade, nicholson st, special works, track construction, rails, tramways

Set of 4 transparencies - copy slides - possibly ARE film strip dated March 1972. 1209.2 and 1209.4 on Kodak Readymount mounts. 1209.1 - Bendigo 5, 6 and 28 on a special tram service in bound to the City on a tour in Caledonia St. about to enter Lucan St, or White Hills Road or Weeroona Ave. (mis match in names in various maps). Gas works in the background. No. 5 has a white disk on the rear of the tram. 1209.2 - Nos 2 and 26 at Charing Cross with the Fountain Plaza in the background. Both trams have the destination of Quarry Hill, though 26 is on the Eaglehawk bound track. 1209.3 - No. 19 at the Golden Square terminus, with the conductor or driver swinging the pole and Billy Rodda's Golden Square hotel in the background. 1209.4 - No. 7 at Fire Station loop, en route to North Bendigo, picking up a passenger with a pram. Part of a set of 20 slides made by the Association of Railway Enthusiast Provincial Tramways film strip. Reference Item 2560 details the ARE Film Strip and provide references to other slides.Information written on in blue ink and date stamped on purple ink. 1209.1 - "Nos 5, 6 and 28 in Caledonia St. about to enter Weeroona Ave." 1209.2 - "Nos 2 and 26 at Charing Cross." 1209.3 - "Swinging the pole on No. 19 at Golden Square Terminus." 1209.4 - "No. 7 inward bound from Golden Square stops at Fire Station Loop."tramways, trams, bendigo, charing cross, golden square, gas works, special trams, tram 2, tram 5, tram 6, tram 7, tram 19, tram 28

Carbon copy of a typed three page report dated October 1962 on the track condition of Ballarat Tramways. Report looks at the history of the rails used, present condition of the tracks, rail types, condition of special works, rail profiles and repair work undertaken. Report refers to drawings and photographs - not with report. Typed on 60gsm cream foolscap paper. Also has document number "BTPS 420"trams, tramways, trackwork, rails, reconstruction, special work

1 - Magazine - four pages - issue 2 of 19/11/2010 - Federation Square (Swanston St) crowd control, performance, depot visits by the CEO, Port Melbourne, Safety, Docklands works, Movember, Special events, new uniforms, the retirement of Des Davies, celebrating 125 years of Melbourne trams. 2 - four pages - issue 3 of 6/12/2019 - message from CEO, trackwork at Harbour Esplanade, Thierry Guinard, the Technology tram (measuring infrastructure), Janine Young Public Transport Ombudsman and Transport Advisory Group. 3 - six pages, one sheet, issue 4 of 21/12/2010 - performance, response units, fleet operations, Oprah Winfrey tram, Carlton Control, Preston Workshops, appeals, safety, a Golding cartoon of a tram on a curve, Keolis, telco agreement with VicTrack.Yields infomation about Yarra Trams in 2010Three copies of Yarra Trams internal newsletter "Update", All A4, printed in full colour.trams, tramways, yarra trams, traffic control, trackwork, spencer st, fund raising, carlton control, victrack, fleet operations, preston workshops, cartoons

Report of Committee Meetings 24th March 1980 Report of Works Committee Meeting Kerb & Channel Lindenow Street 50% of one side completed Kerb & Channel Forrest Street 50% completed Footpath Myamyn Street excavated to be completed on the 25th March 1980 Footpath Elizabeth Street work is progressing Drainage Fisher Street completed Drainage Forrest Street in progress Drainage Hulett Street & Service Road completed Drainage Centre Street R.S.L. Land completed Road Works Forrest Street between Anderson Road & Kororoit Street completed Road Works Navigator Street approximately 70 metres of roadway was excavated and re-laid A Number of Car Bodies were removed from the Sunshine North Area Selwyn Park Tennis Pavilion brick and steel works to commence this week Aycliffe Drive Infant Welfare & Pre-School Centre brick work completed Selwyn Park inspection building occupied by the Albion Rovers Soccer Club I.C.I. Building paint has been issued to the club Scovell Reserve Building is being erected by the club I.C.I. Oval maintenance work has been completed but issue with sprinkler system. A 3" main is to be installed. I.C.I. Oval Post & Rail Fence around perimeter of oval is out for quote Orama Street Child Care Centre One and Half Weeks to complete landscaping works Playground Equipment recommendation for ten grounds Report of the Finance Committee Meeting Report of the Town Clerk Leasing of Semi-Trailer Type Bookmobile Rates, Sanitary and Interest Charges Adjustments / Abandonments Rates, Sanitary and Interest Statements as at 11th February 1980 Project Cost Analysis Report for the Period Ended 10th March 1980 Report of the City Engineer & Planner Protean abattoir Application Special Impact Works Fitment of Power Steering to Tip Trucks Replacement of Vacuum Cleaner Fully Enclosed Canopy on Komatsu Dozer Plant No 80 Report of the Agenda & Forward Planning Committee Meeting Report of the Superintendent of Traffic & By-Laws ANZAC Commemoration March Report of the Municipal Recreation Officer Ground Allocations for the Winter Season 1980 Report of the City Engineer & Planner Town Planning Permit Application Fruit and Vegetable Wholesale and Retail Premise North East Corner Mitchell Street and Hampstead Road Maidstone Town Planning Permit Application Shop & Office Extensions Ballarat Road Deer Park Plan of Subdivision Gladstone Street & Cleveland Street St. Albans Plan of Subdivision Gladstone Street & Grant Street St. Albans Sale of Surplus Mowers Schedule for Authorising of Affixing the Common Seallindenow street, maidstone, forrest street, albion, myamyn street, braybrook, elizabeth street, fisher street, hulett street, sunshine r.s.l., centre street, sunshine, anderson road, kororoit street, navigator street, maribyrnong, selwyn park, selwyn street, albion tennis club, aycliffe drive infant welfare & pre-school centre, aycliffe drive, deer park, i.c.i. oval, ballarat road, scovell reserve, scovell crescent, orama street child care centre, orama street, mitchell street, hampstead road, gladstone street, cleveland street, grant street, st. albans

Notice of Ordinary Meeting of the Council 8th July 1980 Report of the Town Clerk's Department Report of the Town Clerk The 16th Annual Swimming Pool Superintendents' Seminar Canberra 22nd - 25th July 1980 Proposed Purchase of Property 22 Roberts Crescent Skinner Reserve Proposed Lease with Sunshine Football Club National Trust of Australia Request for Financial Assistance Attendance at Seminars Municipal Administration Swimming Pool Annual Report Report of the Co-Ordinator of Welfare Services Mult-Cultural Senior Citizens Club Sunshine West and Sunshine North Additional Transport for Welfare Staff Youth Group Support Fund Community Youth Support Scheme Project Officers Sunshine West Youth Needs Project Information and Co-Ordination Grant State College of Victoria at Coburg Training Costs for Child Care Workers Community Bus Transfer of Land 90 Murray Street Sunshine West Proposed Purchase of Land Randall Street Maribyrnong Need for a Deficit Financed Community Nursing Home in Sunshine Approach by Wesley Centre Mission regarding Establishment of Nursing Home Outreach Project YMCA Sunshine North Report of the Chief Health Surveyor Removal of Dwelling Outside of Municipality 21 Pritchard Street Braybrook to Lot 2 Downings Street, Chartnell, Shire of Melton Removal of Dwelling Outside of Municipality 12 Bunnett Street Sunshine North to 24 Seaview Avenue St. Leonards Health Act Registrations for 1980 Prosecution Proceedings Sunshine Magistrates Court McIntyre Road North of Berkshire Road Unsatisfactory Factory Conditions Report of the Medical Officer of Health Report of the City Librarian Library Association of Australia / New Zealand Library Association Combined Conference 1981 Report of the Municipal Recreation Officer May Children's Holiday Programme Ground Rentals Summer Season 1979/80 Ground Rentals Winter Season 1980 Report of the City Engineer & Planner Planning Permit Application Basketball Stadium Robert Barrett Reserve Maribyrnong Submitted by St. Kilda Basketball Stadiums Ltd Proposed Rezoning of Land Whitesides Avenue, Nancy Street & West Street Ardeer / Sunshine West Planning Permit Application Service Premises and B.P. Petrol Filling Station Ballarat Road Maidstone Proposed Rezoning of Land Situated in Lots 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8 Metherall Street Sunshine North Rezoning Part of St. Albans Meadows Primary School 38 Laurel Street St. Albans to Public Use Amendment 104 Part 2A to the Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme Planning Permit Medical Consulting Room Sole Practice 332 Gordon Street Maidstone Planning Permit Application Retail Plant Nursey Lots 1 & 2 Ballarat Road North West Corner Miles Street Deer Park Planning Permit Application Factory and Store Lot 20 McIntyre Road and Lots 29 & 30 Cromer Avenue Sunshine North Planning Permit Application Extension to Decker Platform Beater Homes Within Existing Industrial Complex Somerville Road Brooklyn Planning Permit Furniture and Carpet Sales Units 1, 2 & 4 Lot 19 Geelong Road Corner Francis Street Brooklyn Planning Permit Application Illuminated Sky Sign Sunshine Heights Hotel Glengala Road Corner Evelyn Street Sunshine West Planning Permit Application Illuminated Sign 282 Ballarat Road North West Corner Errol Street Braybrook Planning Permit Application Extension to Existing Educational Establishment Land Bounded by Churchill Avenue, Dobson Crescent and Darnley Street Braybrook Plan of Subdivision North West Corner Paw Paw Road and Burgess Road Brooklyn Plan of Subdivision Wright Street South West Corner Central Avenue Sunshine Westerngate North Estate Subdivision Consolidation of Title Lots 32 & 33 Railway Parade Deer Park Albanvale Estate State 27 Opie Road Albanvale Contract Construction of Neale Road Variations Giving Final Contract Amount Pedestrian Operated Signals in Station Road Between Irvine Street and Montasell Avenue Deer Park Proposed Right Turn Lanes Western Highway (Ballarat Road) Braybrook Berkshire Road Sunshine North Parking in Front of Rockwell Axles Land Sale Offered to Council Corner Hampshire Road and Wright Street Sunshine Support by Sunshine Beautification Group Special Impact Works Funds Sunshine Tip Life Expectancy Report of the Building Surveyor Statistical Information on Numbers of Building Permits Underground Storage Tanks Lots 13 & 14 Francis Street Brooklyn Building Closer to Boundaries 27 Birchwood Boulevard Deer Park Land Liable to Flooding Lot 5 Hillside Crescent Maribyrnong Schedule for Authorising of Affixing the Common Seal of the Municipality to Documents Orders of the Day Accounts Submitted for Payment as at 30th June 1980roberts crescent, sunshine west, sunshine football club, skinner reserve, braybrook, churchill avenue, mult-cultural seniors citizens' club of sunshine west, mult-cultural senior citizens' club of sunshine north, murray street, randall street, maribyrnong, pritchard street, bunnett street, sunshine, mcintyre road, berkshire road, sunshine north, robert barrett reserve, rosamond road, whitesides avenue, nancy street, west street, ardeer, ballarat road, maidstone, metherall street, laurel street, st. albans, st. albans meadows primary school, gordon street, miles street, deer park, cromer avenue, somerville road, brooklyn, geelong road, francis street, sunshine heights hotel, glengala road, evelyn street, errol street, dobson crescent, darnley street, paw paw road, burgess road, wright street, central avenue, railway parade, opie road, neale road, station road, irvine street, montasell avenue, western highway, hampshire road, sunshine beautification group, sunshine tip, birchwood boulevard, hillside crescent

Minutes of the Ordinary Meeting of Council held on 8th July 1980 Report of the Town Clerk's Department Report of the Town Clerk The 16th Annual Swimming Pool Superintendents' Seminar Canberra 22nd - 25th July 1980 Proposed Purchase of Property 22 Roberts Crescent Skinner Reserve Proposed Lease with Sunshine Football Club National Trust of Australia Request for Financial Assistance Attendance at Seminars Municipal Administration Swimming Pool Annual Report Report of the Co-Ordinator of Welfare Services Mult-Cultural Senior Citizens Club Sunshine West and Sunshine North Additional Transport for Welfare Staff Youth Group Support Fund Community Youth Support Scheme Project Officers Sunshine West Youth Needs Project Information and Co-Ordination Grant State College of Victoria at Coburg Training Costs for Child Care Workers Community Bus Transfer of Land 90 Murray Street Sunshine West Proposed Purchase of Land Randall Street Maribyrnong Need for a Deficit Financed Community Nursing Home in Sunshine Approach by Wesley Centre Mission regarding Establishment of Nursing Home Outreach Project YMCA Sunshine North Report of the Chief Health Surveyor Removal of Dwelling Outside of Municipality 21 Pritchard Street Braybrook to Lot 2 Downings Street, Chartnell, Shire of Melton Removal of Dwelling Outside of Municipality 12 Bunnett Street Sunshine North to 24 Seaview Avenue St. Leonards Health Act Registrations for 1980 Prosecution Proceedings Sunshine Magistrates Court McIntyre Road North of Berkshire Road Unsatisfactory Factory Conditions Report of the Medical Officer of Health Report of the City Librarian Library Association of Australia / New Zealand Library Association Combined Conference 1981 Report of the Municipal Recreation Officer May Children's Holiday Programme Ground Rentals Summer Season 1979/80 Ground Rentals Winter Season 1980 Report of the City Engineer & Planner Planning Permit Application Basketball Stadium Robert Barrett Reserve Maribyrnong Submitted by St. Kilda Basketball Stadiums Ltd Proposed Rezoning of Land Whitesides Avenue, Nancy Street & West Street Ardeer / Sunshine West Planning Permit Application Service Premises and B.P. Petrol Filling Station Ballarat Road Maidstone Proposed Rezoning of Land Situated in Lots 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8 Metherall Street Sunshine North Rezoning Part of St. Albans Meadows Primary School 38 Laurel Street St. Albans to Public Use Amendment 104 Part 2A to the Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme Planning Permit Medical Consulting Room Sole Practice 332 Gordon Street Maidstone Planning Permit Application Retail Plant Nursey Lots 1 & 2 Ballarat Road North West Corner Miles Street Deer Park Planning Permit Application Factory and Store Lot 20 McIntyre Road and Lots 29 & 30 Cromer Avenue Sunshine North Planning Permit Application Extension to Decker Platform Beater Homes Within Existing Industrial Complex Somerville Road Brooklyn Planning Permit Furniture and Carpet Sales Units 1, 2 & 4 Lot 19 Geelong Road Corner Francis Street Brooklyn Planning Permit Application Illuminated Sky Sign Sunshine Heights Hotel Glengala Road Corner Evelyn Street Sunshine West Planning Permit Application Illuminated Sign 282 Ballarat Road North West Corner Errol Street Braybrook Planning Permit Application Extension to Existing Educational Establishment Land Bounded by Churchill Avenue, Dobson Crescent and Darnley Street Braybrook Plan of Subdivision North West Corner Paw Paw Road and Burgess Road Brooklyn Plan of Subdivision Wright Street South West Corner Central Avenue Sunshine Westerngate North Estate Subdivision Consolidation of Title Lots 32 & 33 Railway Parade Deer Park Albanvale Estate State 27 Opie Road Albanvale Contract Construction of Neale Road Variations Giving Final Contract Amount Pedestrian Operated Signals in Station Road Between Irvine Street and Montasell Avenue Deer Park Proposed Right Turn Lanes Western Highway (Ballarat Road) Braybrook Berkshire Road Sunshine North Parking in Front of Rockwell Axles Land Sale Offered to Council Corner Hampshire Road and Wright Street Sunshine Support by Sunshine Beautification Group Special Impact Works Funds Sunshine Tip Life Expectancy Report of the Building Surveyor Statistical Information on Numbers of Building Permits Underground Storage Tanks Lots 13 & 14 Francis Street Brooklyn Building Closer to Boundaries 27 Birchwood Boulevard Deer Park Land Liable to Flooding Lot 5 Hillside Crescent Maribyrnong Schedule for Authorising of Affixing the Common Seal of the Municipality to Documents Orders of the Day Accounts Submitted for Payment as at 30th June 1980roberts crescent, sunshine west, sunshine football club, skinner reserve, braybrook, churchill avenue, mult-cultural seniors citizens' club of sunshine west, mult-cultural senior citizens' club of sunshine north, murray street, randall street, maribyrnong, pritchard street, bunnett street, sunshine, mcintyre road, berkshire road, sunshine north, robert barrett reserve, rosamond road, whitesides avenue, nancy street, west street, ardeer, ballarat road, maidstone, metherall street, laurel street, st. albans, st. albans meadows primary school, gordon street, miles street, deer park, cromer avenue, somerville road, brooklyn, geelong road, francis street, sunshine heights hotel, glengala road, evelyn street, errol street, dobson crescent, darnley street, paw paw road, burgess road, wright street, central avenue, railway parade, opie road, neale road, station road, irvine street, montasell avenue, western highway, hampshire road, sunshine beautification group, sunshine tip, birchwood boulevard, hillside crescent

The lathe-making business incorporated in 1902 as Drummond Bros Ltd originated in the fertile mind of Mr Arthur Drummond, said to have been living at that time at Pinks Hill, on the southern edge of Broad Street Common, west of Guildford. Mr Drummond, whose accomplishments included several pictures hung in the Royal Academy, was unable to find a lathe suitable for use in model engineering. In 1896 he designed for himself a ‘small centre lathe … which had a compound slide rest with feed-screws and adjustable slides’. He also designed and built ‘lathes of 4.5 inch and 5 inch centre height, which had beds of a special form whereby the use of a gap piece was eliminated but the advantages of a gap-bed lathe were retained’. Assisted by his brother, Mr Frank Drummond, who had served an apprenticeship to an engineering firm at Tunbridge Wells, the first lathes were made in a workshop adjoining Arthur Drummond’s house. The demand that speedily built up led to the decision to form a company and manufacture the lathes for sale commercially. Land was acquired nearby, at Rydes Hill, and the first factory built. The enterprise was a success, and the company quickly established ‘a high reputation in this country and abroad for multi-tool and copying lathes, and gear-cutting machines’. Other lathes were added to the range, including the first of the ’round bed’ machines for which the firm became widely known. A Drummond 3.5 inch lathe was among the equipment of Captain Scott’s 1912 expedition to the South Pole, and large numbers of 3.5 inch and 4 inch designs were exported to Australia, Canada and India. By the outbreak of war in 1914, 5 inch, 6 inch and 7 inch screw cutting lathes, arranged for power drive, were on sale. Large orders were received from the government for 3.5 inch lathes, for use in destroyers and submarines, and 5 inch lathes for the mechanised section of the Army Service Corps. The latter were used in mobile workshops. The factory worked night and day to supply the forces’ needs, until production was disrupted by a fire which destroyed a large part of the works in May 1915. As soon as rebuilding was complete work restarted. At the end of the war the entire production was being taken by the Government departments, a special feature being a precision screw lathe, bought by the Ministry of Munitions in 1918. Between the wars Drummond Bros Ltd introduced new machines for the motor vehicle, and later the aircraft industry, and the works were extended on many occasions to fulfill the increasing orders. The Maxicut multi-tool lathe (1925), designed for high-production turning operations, was one of the first machines of this type to be built in England. It was followed (1928) by an hydraulic version for turning gear blanks, and similar work. Further developments provided machines which, during the Second World War, turned all the crankshafts and propeller shafts for Bristol engines. Others, ordered by the Ministry of Supply were employed in turning shells, and many other specific needs of vehicle and aircraft manufacture were catered for by new types of Drummond lathes. Production of the small centre lathes ceased during the war when the company needed to concentrate on building multi-tool lathes and gear shapers. After the war a completely new Maxicut range was introduced, replacing the older versions, and fully automatic. The types were continually developed, and new versions manufactured until the end of the company’s life in 1980. The disappearance from the scene of Mr Arthur Drummond in 1946, and the end of the company’s autonomous existence in 1953 when the company was acquired by William Asquith Ltd, which was in turn bought by Staveley in 1966, meant that the factory at Rydes Hill became one – albeit very effective – part of a large national engineering company. Achievements at the Guildford works during its last years included the development of automated Maxicut gear-shapers in what was ‘probably the most fully automated gear shop in the country’, while a machine from Guildford was sent to the Osaka Fair in 1962. In 1963 an agreement was signed with Hindustan Machine Tools for the manufacture of Maxicut gear-shapers in state owned factories in Bangalore and Chandigarh. During 1963 the two largest multi-tool lathes ever made in the UK were installed in Ambrose Shardlow’s works in Sheffield for handling cranks up to 14 foot long. In 1976 Drummond lathes were included in Staveley’s £14,000,000 installation in Moscow of an automated production line for Zil motor cars. Up to the end invention continued at Guildford: a new Drummond Multi-turn memory-controlled machine was shown at the International Machine Tool Exhibition in 1977. This could not save the works from the pressures of the late 1970s, and Staveley Industries closed its Guildford site in 1980.An early example of a lathe that was designed primarily for the hobbyist model maker. It is in good condition and sought today by collectors as many of it's attributes were innovative at the time and lead to further development and incorporation of some of its features into more industrial models of production machinery. Lathe, round bed, treadle powered lathe, Drummond Type A, Serial number and maker's inscription. 1920-1923, Made by Drummond Brothers in Guildford, Surrey, England. Lathe is complete with Chuck, Tool post and Tail Stock in situ (30 extra parts)"MADE BY DRUMMOND BROTHERS LIMITED - PATENT TEES - RYDE'S HILL n GUILDFORD SURREY", "Serial Number 01470," "L44" or "L45 " flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, lathe 1920-1923, round bed lathe, treadle lathe, drummond type a, guildford surrey, drummond brothers guildford surrey england, tread'e

03 December 1904 was the 100th anniversary of the Eureka Stockade. A special Eureka 100th anniversary magazine supplement to the Evening Echo. The soft cover is predominately red, with many black and white images throughout. Images include Ballarat Benevolent Asylum, Ballarat Hospital and Ballarat Mechanics' Institute, Ballarat Mining Exchange Call Room, Stockbrokers.eureka stockade, eureka, ballarat hospital, aborigines, ames long, eureka iron works, cameron and sutherland, william little, craigs royal hotel, james scobie, peter lalor, ballaarat old cemetery, sturt street, prince alfred, city flour mill, bridge street, bakery hill, orphan, gong gong, victoria streets, pioneer, ballarat school of mines, mining exchange, holst, benevolent asylum, ballarat benevolent asylum, call room, ballarat mining exchange, sturt street without gardens, stock exchange, share trading, stockbrokers, pioneers, craig's hotel, craig's royal hotel, ballarat mining exchange call room, ballaarat mechanics' institute

The subject item is a saw blade sharpening clamp that attaches to a bench allowing the operator to sharpen the teeth on a saw with a file while keeping the saw blade in an upright position. Henry Disston (1819–1878) began his career as an American saw maker in Philadelphia. He emigrated from England in 1833 and started making saws and squares in 1840. In 1850, he founded the company that would become the largest saw maker in the world the ”Keystone Saw Works” on the Delaware River. Some five years later, Disston built a furnace possibly the first melting plant for steel in America and began producing the first crucible saw steel ever made in the United States. While his competitors were buying good steel from Britain, he was making his own, to his specification, for his own needs. Disston subsequently constructed a special rolling mill exclusively for saw blades. Over the following decade, the Disston company continued to grow, even while dedicating itself to the Union Army's war effort. In 1865, when his son Hamilton Disston rejoined the business after serving in the Civil War, Disston changed the company's name to Henry Disston & Son. Henry Disston and his sons set the standards for American saw makers, both in terms of producing high-quality saws and developing innovative manufacturing techniques. Disston also started making files in 1865. In September 1872, Henry Disston and two other men dug a part of the foundation for what was to become the largest saw manufacturing facility in the world: Disston Saw Works. This was in the Tacony section of Philadelphia. Having previously moved his expanding business from near Second and Market Streets to Front and Laurel Streets, Disston sought to establish his business away from this cramped area. It took over 25 years to move the entire facility to Tacony. This Philadelphia neighborhood seems to have been the only company town in the United States established within an existing city. At its peak of operations, Disston Saw Works employed 8,000 people and the factory covered 300 acres. The company, known as Henry Disston and Sons, Inc by the early 20th century, cast the first crucible steel in the nation from an electric furnace in 1906. The firm's Armour plate building near Princeton Avenue and Milnor Street contributed tremendously to the World War II effort. But the company's innovation and industriousness would not last forever. In 1955, with mounting cash-flow problems and waning interest on the family's part to run the firm, Henry Disston and Sons were sold to the H.K. Porter Company of Pittsburgh. Porter's Disston Division was sold in 1978 and became the Henry Disston Division of Sandvik Saw of Sweden. This division was then sold in 1984 to R.A.F. Industries of Philadelphia and became known as Disston Precision Incorporated, a maker of specialized flat steel products. In 2013, R.A.F. Industries sold Disston Precision Inc. in a private sale. Although the company has ceased making Disston handsaws, the Disston brand name still exists in this firm. A significant American company that pioneered the making of high-quality steel and saws along with other tools and accessories. The subject item is significant as it was made at a time when the company was in its hay day. Adjustable Ball & Socket Saw Sharpening vice, cast iron, with clamp to attach to a workbench. Made by Henry Disston & Co. No 1 painted greyflagstaff hill, warrnambool, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, saw clamp, henry disston & sons, saw sharpening, tool accessories, wood saws

The old Bank of New South Wales building is located on the corner of Camp and Ford streets in Beechworth, Victoria. It was constructed between 1856 and 1857 from local honey coloured granite. It was designed by architects Robertson & Hale and is a two-storey rendered brick building and the original coat of arms is still visible. The coat of arms is distinctive and consists of a kangaroo, emu, lion, and rising sun. The rear of the building was surrounded by high granite walls for security as it was the original home for the local gold office. Beechworth Honey currently offers tourist accommodation in the Hive Apartment located in the former Bank of New South Wales Managers residence.The Bank of New South Wales building in Beechworth is significant for its location in one of Australia's most prominent goldfield towns. Of particular interest is the use of distinctive local Beechworth honey coloured granite in its construction. The building’s architecture is a simple, conservative classical style known as Renaissance Revival. It is one of the few known surviving works of the architects Robertson and Hale. The decorative composition above the main entrance and the counter in the banking chamber are of special interest.Black and white rectangular photograph printed on cardAHold bank of new south wales, bank of new south wales building, beechworth bank of new south wales, bank of nsw, beechworth 1850s, robertson and hale, architects robertson and hale, rendered brick, coat of arms, granite walls, local honey coloured granite, gold office, 1856, 1857, beechworth, beechworth honey, hive apartment, manager's residence, renaissance revival

Front cover has a photograph taken of one of the greens at the Marysville Community Golf Course. Back cover has a photograph of a red toadstool.non-fictionThis book was created to document through photographs, the history of the Marysville Community Golf and Bowls Club both before and after the Black Saturday Bushfire of 7th February, 2009.marysville community golf and bowls club, golf, bowls (game), marysville, black saturday bushfires, 2009, wildfires, victoria, history

Front cover has a photograph taken of one of the greens at the Marysville Community Golf Course. Back cover has a photograph of a red toadstool.non-fictionThis book was created to document through photographs, the history of the Marysville Community Golf and Bowls Club both before and after the Black Saturday Bushfire of 7th February, 2009.marysville community golf and bowls club, golf, bowls (game), marysville, black saturday bushfires, 2009, wildfires, victoria, history

Public Meeting was called to read a message from His Excellancy The Governor of Victoria, Sir Dallas Brooks and a letter from the Minister of Public Works, The Hon.Sir Thomas MaltbyTyped written foolscap pagesshire of buninyong, shire secretary, sir dallas brooks, sir thomas maltby, special meeting, dallas brooks, thomas maltby

Book prize awarded to Minnie Monteith for excellence in Violin by Elspeth Carson in 1920. Book donated to the school by Minnie's nephew R H McCarthy of WA in 2013. Minnie went on to achieve Dux of the school during her final year (1921). She also held the role of Head Prefect in 1921. The book prize was provided by Miss Refisch (possibly S Rehfisch who entered the school in 1902.)Minnie was both Dux of the school and Head Prefect in her final year at CPLC. This book is signed by Principal Elspeth Carson who lead the inaugural year of Clarendon Presbyterian Ladies College (previously Clarendon Ladies College).Dark green padded and textured calf binding with gold printing on front cover and spine; gold detail to inside edge of cover; marbled end-pages and gilt edge; hinges generally firm; book plate inside front cover; quote from Psyche handwritten on verso of frontispiece; Book plate inside front cover: school crest / Clarendon presbyterain / ladies' College / Ballarat / Form VIa / Prize Special - Violin / Gift of Miss Rehfisch / Awarded to / Minnie Monteith / E Carson / Principal / December 1920minnie-monteith, elspeth-carson, clarendon-presbyterian-ladies-college. 1920, rehfisch, book-prize,

Margaret Malone was associated with a kaolin mine at Mount Egerton. WOMAN WHO MANAGES A MINE Works With A Vision (By a Special Corespondent) BALLARAT, August 22.—Like a Heroine in a Bret Harte story of the Soaring: Forties Miss Margaret Malone, the only woman mine manager in Australia, has lived most of her life in an atmosphere where hope springs eternal in the gold-seeking breast. Forty years ago her father gave up farming to seek the elusive mineral near Ballarat. "One day my mother went for a walk along the Gordon-Egerton road and picked up a pebble with a few specks of gold in it," she told an interviewer yesterday, recounting the early history of the nine she now runs at Egerton. "Dad said, There must be more where that came from,' and hopefully sank a shaft. Our hopes were dashed, however, when he found only white clay. No one realised then the value of the disappointing looking white stuff which was all that Dad could find from every shaft he sank. At last be gave up the search, and the kaolin remained untouched." Later an Englishman from a pottery town in the old country urged Mr. Malone to try and sell his clay, and he sent some to the Bendigo potteries, but nothing came of it, and it was left to Miss Malone, after her father's death, to start on her unusual career by finding purchasers in Sydney and Melbourne for her clay, and herself working the mine. Strenuous Work "Mine managing is strenuous work in more ways than one," she admitted. "I have, to go down my mine daily, ad sometimes have to descend perpendicular ladders for about 150 ft. to reach areas being worked. I have to be my own manager, she explained, "because it is necessary to teach the men I employ the methods of grading clays." A New Cure She is convinced that a number of uses for kaolin, apart from pottery, soap and drugs, are yet to be discovered. "One of my employees has already found a new use for it," she said, "although scarcely one to be generally recommended, perhaps. By chewing a small piece of the clay he firmly believes that he "cured himself of heart burn." "All That Glistens" There is more in Miss Malone's mining than meets the eye, however. The actual working of the field and the substantial profit she makes on it do not fill her days. Always before her - dangles the compelling vision that caused her father, in his day, to give up farming to seek for gold. "All the time I am getting my clay dug," she confessed, "1 am watching for the colour of gold. One of these days I may strike it." WOMAN WHO MANAGES A MINE Works With A Vision (By a Special Corespondent) BALLARAT, August 22.—Like a Heroine in a Bret Harte story of the Soaring: Forties Miss Margaret Malone, the only woman mine manager in Australia, has lived most of her life in an atmosphere where hope springs eternal in the gold-seeking breast. Forty years ago her father gave up farming to seek the elusive mineral near Ballarat. "One day my mother went for a walk along the Gordon-Egerton road and picked up a pebble with a few specks of gold in it," she told an interviewer yesterday, recounting the early history of the nine she now runs at Egerton. "Dad said, There must be more where that came from,' and hopefully sank a shaft. Our hopes were dashed, however, when he found only white clay. No one realised then the value of the disappointing looking white stuff which was all that Dad could find from every shaft he sank. At last be gave up the search, and the kaolin remained untouched." Later an Englishman from a pottery town in the old country urged Mr. Malone to try and sell his clay, and he sent some to the Bendigo potteries, but nothing came of it, and it was left to Miss Malone, after her father's death, to start on her unusual career by finding purchasers in Sydney and Melbourne for her clay, and herself working the mine. Strenuous Work "Mine managing is strenuous work in more ways than one," she admitted. "I have, to go down my mine daily, ad sometimes have to descend perpendicular ladders for about 150 ft. to reach areas being worked. I have to be my own manager, she explained, "because it is necessary to teach the men I employ the methods of grading clays." A New Cure She is convinced that a number of uses for kaolin, apart from pottery, soap and drugs, are yet to be discovered. "One of my employees has already found a new use for it," she said, "although scarcely one to be generally recommended, perhaps. By chewing a small piece of the clay he firmly believes that he "cured himself of heart burn." "All That Glistens" There is more in Miss Malone's mining than meets the eye, however. The actual working of the field and the substantial profit she makes on it do not fill her days. Always before her - dangles the compelling vision that caused her father, in his day, to give up farming to seek for gold. "All the time I am getting my clay dug," she confessed, "1 am watching for the colour of gold. One of these days I may strike it." (WOMAN WHO MANAGES A MINE Works With A Vision (By a Special Corespondent) BALLARAT, August 22.—Like a Heroine in a Bret Harte story of the Soaring: Forties Miss Margaret Malone, the only woman mine manager in Australia, has lived most of her life in an atmosphere where hope springs eternal in the gold-seeking breast. Forty years ago her father gave up farming to seek the elusive mineral near Ballarat. "One day my mother went for a walk along the Gordon-Egerton road and picked up a pebble with a few specks of gold in it," she told an interviewer yesterday, recounting the early history of the nine she now runs at Egerton. "Dad said, There must be more where that came from,' and hopefully sank a shaft. Our hopes were dashed, however, when he found only white clay. No one realised then the value of the disappointing looking white stuff which was all that Dad could find from every shaft he sank. At last be gave up the search, and the kaolin remained untouched." Later an Englishman from a pottery town in the old country urged Mr. Malone to try and sell his clay, and he sent some to the Bendigo potteries, but nothing came of it, and it was left to Miss Malone, after her father's death, to start on her unusual career by finding purchasers in Sydney and Melbourne for her clay, and herself working the mine. Strenuous Work "Mine managing is strenuous work in more ways than one," she admitted. "I have, to go down my mine daily, ad sometimes have to descend perpendicular ladders for about 150 ft. to reach areas being worked. I have to be my own manager, she explained, "because it is necessary to teach the men I employ the methods of grading clays." A New Cure She is convinced that a number of uses for kaolin, apart from pottery, soap and drugs, are yet to be discovered. "One of my employees has already found a new use for it," she said, "although scarcely one to be generally recommended, perhaps. By chewing a small piece of the clay he firmly believes that he "cured himself of heart burn." "All That Glistens" There is more in Miss Malone's mining than meets the eye, however. The actual working of the field and the substantial profit she makes on it do not fill her days. Always before her - dangles the compelling vision that caused her father, in his day, to give up farming to seek for gold. "All the time I am getting my clay dug," she confessed, "1 am watching for the colour of gold. One of these days I may strike it." (Adelaide Observer, 31 August 1929.)Hand written letter from Margaret Malone of the Mount Egerton Mine.Mount Egerton Mine February 10/14 The Manager Mining Dept Dear Sir, Last Monday week, I left with Mr Martell, a parcel of stone to be treated, requesting that cost of treatment, be deducted from some and balance of gold be forwarded me to above address. I was informed, this would occupy about a day or so, but not having received any communication so far, I shall be glad to hear from you are same. Yours faithfully Margaret Malonemargaret malone, female mine manager, kaolin, mount egerton, women

A complete set of 8 blueprints from “Popular Mechanics Magazine”, Chicago. The blueprints are on a royal purple coloured paper with white print. Each print displays labelled diagrams to assist the hobbyist to assemble the ship model “Sovereign of the Seas”. The designer is Harold T. Bodkin. Distinct fold creases divide the documents into quarters. There is some silverfish damage leaving holes, however, all instructions are visible. flagstaff hill, warrnambool, maritime village, maritime museum, flagstaff hill maritime museum and village, shipwreck coast, great ocean road, model ship, vessel sovereign of the seas, jim williams, james bernard williams, the forth tasmania, freda williams, heather williams, phyllis bowditch, fletcher jones staff 1936, 17th century sailing ship, cramond and dickson, sovereign of the seas, royal sovereign, sovereign, charles 1, fletcher jones, warrnambool breakwater, popular mechanics magazine

This Plateway Wagon was built by Pengelly's Carriage Works, North Brighton 1883. The wagon was owned by the Corrigan family, market gardeners in Noble Park. It is an original, timber horse-drawn wagon that used the the Plateway or Wheelway from 1890. These heavily laden market gardener’s carts could travel relatively smoothly and safely, along the steel rails on the main roads of Moorabbin Parish to Melbourne and St Kilda markets to sell their produce, at a time when the road surfaces were rutted and hazardous.After the Henry Dendy Special Survey of the Parish of Moorabbin in 1841, land was sold to pioneer settlers who developed market gardens, vineyards and fruit gardens ( orchards ). These market gardeners took their produce in heavily laden horse-drawn Wagons along the steel Plateway to the markets in St Kilda and Melbourne. An original, timber horse-drawn wagon of a type that used the Plateway or Wheelway. The steel rails of the Plateway played such an important role from the 1890’s in the transportation of produce along the City of Moorabbin’s major roads, (including Centre Road, Bentleigh), to reach the markets in St Kilda and Melbourne. Heavily laden market gardener’s carts , drawn by a horse, could travel relatively smoothly and safely, along the steel rails to city markets, at a time when the road surfaces were rutted and hazardous. horse, melbourne, brighton, moorabbin, steel, henry, dendy, fruit, gardens, roads, plateway, wheelway, bentleigh, vineyards, orchards, draught, markets, st kilda, wagons

This medium sized metal, horse-drawn, road-working scoop, with timber shafts is an example of those used in Moorabbin Shire in the late 1800s, and up until the 1940s for road-works, building dams, market-gardening work and other similar earthworks in the shire. The Box Cottage museum example would have been drawn by one horse, with the worker walking and steering the horse and scoop from behind using the timber shafts. There were even bigger metal scoops that required two or more horses to drag the scoop through the soil.Following the Dendy Special Survey 1841 allotments were sold to pioneer settlers who established market gardens in the Moorabbin area. Roads and roadside dams were needed as they transported both their stock and garden produce to markets in St Kilda and Melbourne By1880 the Shire of Moorabbin was using horse-drawn, road-working shovels on the main thoroughfares of the district.A medium sized metal, horse-drawn, road-working scoop, with timber shafts. Used by Moorabbin Shire in the late 1800s, and early 1900s for road-works, and other similar work in the shiremelbourne, shovel, brighton, moorabbin, metal, gardens, roads, markets, mckinnon, cheltenham, horse drawn, scoop, dendy henry, st kilda

Circa late 1800's to early 1900s. A horse-drawn furrow plough was the most common type of agricultural implement used by the pioneer market gardeners, in Moorabbin Shire, of the 1800s and continued on into the 1940s when motorised tractors came into use. This plough is an example of a single-mullboard plough which would have been pulled by horse. The long handle was used to lower the silver plate, (mullboard), to the chosen depth of soil. Following 'Dendy's Special Survey' of 1841 and the Crown Land Sale in 1852, land allotments were bought by pioneer settlers who established or rented allotments for market gardens in the area and they supplied produce to the markets in St Kilda and Melbourne. During the gold-rush of the 1850s the rapidly increasing population of Melbourne saw a huge demand and a rise in prices for all foodstuffs, including the vegetables and fruit grown in the Shire of Moorabbin. An "Oliver" single mull-board plough in good condition with faded manufactures markings on shaftsPainted on shaft "MANF'D BY/OLIVER CHILLED PLOW WORKS/Southend Ind. USA/" Engraved on blade " 13 OLIVER"brighton, moorabbin, plough, dendy henry, east bentleigh, market gardens, horse drawn plough, plow, mullboard

Sad-irons or "solid" irons were made by blacksmiths and used to smooth out material by pressing the hot iron over it. A piece of sheet -iron was placed over the kitchen fire and the irons placed on it could be heated whilst remaining clean of ash.. The women used 2 irons - one heating while the other was used. Thick cloth or gloves protected their hands from the hot irons. The handle was removed from the cool iron and re- attached to remove the hot iron from the fire. The cool iron was replaced on the fire or stove to heat again. These irons were cleaned with steel wool to prevent them marking the material. If the iron was too hot the material would scorch. Most homes set aside one day for ironing and some large households had an ironing room with a special stove designed to heat irons. However, most women had to work with a heavy, hot iron close to the fireplace even in summer. Thomas Fletcher (1840-1903). By 1880s he had a gas appliance manufactory in Thynne Street, Warrington. By 1895 the company had become Fletcher Russell and Co Gas Engineers, his firm having merged with Alexander and William Russell of Pendleton Iron Works. Circa 1950, the firm merged into Radiation Ltd which was later acquired by 'TI New World'; 1902: Fletcher, Russell & Co. Ltd., Palatine Works, Warrington In 1880 gas -fuelled irons were connected by rubber tubing to the gas light-fittings of the house or to gas canisters. However , not many houses had access to a gas supply until much later and this iron was popular in 1920’sThese sad irons remind us of the difficult circumstances experienced in their daily routines by the pioneers and early settlers of Moorabbin Shire The family of Miss M Curtis were early settlers in Moorabbin Shire.A gas-fuelled flat iron, made in USA , It would have been attached to a gas hose fitting that was also used at night for light in the house. There is a small chimney to allow for air and to try to control the amount of heat in the iron. A 'shield' is under the leather covered handle to protect the user's hand from the heat, however it is made of copper metal - a heat conductor.FLETCHER RUSSELL CO. / LIM/ PATENT/ WARRINGTON on right side of handle 'Registered' on left side of handle ' Fletcher Russell Co L / Warrington, Manchester / & London.sad iron, kitchen equipment, fletcher russell co. ltd., england, warrington, manchester, pioneers, early settlers, market gardeners, sewing, craftwork, clothing, moorabbin, brighton, bentleigh, fireplaces, stoves, domestic gas supply, gas-light, gas cannisters

A test tube, also known as a culture tube or sample tube, is a common piece of laboratory glassware consisting of a finger-like length of glass or clear plastic tubing, open at the top, usually with a rounded U-shaped bottom. Test tubes are widely used by pharmacists to hold, mix, or heat small quantities of solid or liquid chemicals, especially for qualitative experiments and assays. Their round bottom and straight sides minimize mass loss when pouring, make them easier to clean, and allow convenient monitoring of the contents. The long, narrow neck slows down the spreading of vapours and gases to the environment. Test tubes are usually held in special-purpose racks, Test tubes for physics and chemistry are usually made of glass for better resistance to heat and corrosive chemicals and longer life. Tubes made from expansion-resistant glasses, such as borosilicate glass, can be placed directly over a Bunsen burner flame.8 clear glass test tubes of varied capacity with 3 glass mixers sitting in a wooden stand. A 1 metre length of clear plastic tubing is with this setglass manufacturers, test tubes, culture tubes, sample tubes, borosilicate glass, otto schlott, felton grimwade company, melbourne glass bottle works, laboratory glass, pharmacy, moorabbin, bentleigh, cheltenham, spotswood melbourne