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1/A draft of a plan for a museum exhibit from the Spirit of Enquiry Workbook, by Denis Shephard, and dated 07/08/2007, pertaining to alternative energy research within the suburbs of Melbourne between 1950 and 1980. Much of the content is irrelevant to Glen Eira. However; one of the two principle subjects of the exhibit, discussed between pages 20 and 28, is the work of Ted Pritchard, who was based out of Caulfield. Ted and his father, Arnold Pritchard, aspired to reinvent the steam engine for use within the contemporary era. To that end, they fitted a Chevrolet pickup truck with one of their prototypes – with the result being one of the main items constituting the exhibit. Ted’s interest in steam power had been spurred by a working tabletop model of a steam engine that Arnold built for him – which constitutes another of the exhibit’s items. Also included is a brief history of the development of Caulfield. The plan is embellished with numerous images, with relevant ones including maps of Caulfield and black-and-white photographs of the Pritchards’ truck, model and workshop.
Subjects
- engines,
- engineering,
- engineers,
- inventions,
- inventors,
- steam engines,
- steam power vehicles,
- pritchard ted,
- pritchard arnold,
- pritchard steam power company,
- caulfield,
- shephard denis,
- pritchard mrs.,
- trucks,
- pritchard edward,
- holland grove,
- balaclava road,
- workshops,
- grants,
- pritchard automotive steam designs,
- caulfield racecourse,
- caulfield technical school,
- caulfield trades school,
- caulfield technical college,
- chisholm institute,
- camden town,
- southdown knitting company,
- home street,
- fl hutchison,
- fowler street,
- vale knitting mills,
- nepean road,
- winterfold spinning mills,
- acme knitting mills,
- glen eira road,
- mj ryan knitwear,
- leather industry,
- lane joseph,
- hotham street,
- casey william,
- glen huntly road,
- pickering william,
- paris leather manufactory,
- woorayl street,
- tv tatchell,
- premier wire works,
- webb street,
- chesterfield ha,
- manufacturing industry,
- victory milk plant,
- bl coram & sons
