Historical information
BHS Collection
Physical description
Three photocopies of a newspaper article titled Old Battery to charge-up tunnel tourism. The date 11/1/85 is written at the top of the article. There is a photo of the battery mentioning it was the Thompson's Foundry battery and it was being re-erected at Maldon, near Castlemaine. It has been in far of Victoria to crush rock taken from mines there. The battery will be one of the attractions in the Parkin's Reef Reserve being developed by the Conservation, Forests and Lands. Also mentioned is the work of volunteers, grants they received, restoration and tourism.
Subjects
- bendigo,
- history,
- long gully history group,
- the long gully history group - old battery to charge-up tunnel tourism,
- thompson's foundry,
- parkin's reef reserve,
- conservation forests and lands department,
- carman's tunnel,
- north british mine,
- parkin's reef,
- carman's tunnel committee,
- dr doug kemsley,
- prospectors' and miners' association of victoria,
- ken garden,
- north british mine,
- george ellis
