Engineering Heritage Victoria Newsletters

From Engineering Heritage Australia


These occasional electronic EHV Newsletters were published from March 2007 until October 2013. They were edited by Don Bartlett until June 2008, then by Margret Doring. To aid searching and researching, a summary of the contents of each Newsletter is provided below, as well as a link to each Newsletter.

Engineering Heritage Victoria March 2007 Newsletter

  • Upcoming Talks
    • The Murray Darling Basin - The History behind how we got to where we are now - John Forrest.
    • Peter Scratchley - Certainly a Colonial Engineer - Mike O'Brien
    • Motor Industry in Australia - Laurie Sparke
    • Gas Producers - Don Bartlett
  • Upcoming Events
    • Maribyrnong River Heritage Cruise
    • Miles Lewis Library Visit
    • State Library Visit
    • Bendigo Trip
    • Daylesford Railway Trip
  • Other Matters
    • Aircraft Landing Grounds
    • Engineering Heritage Conference - Call For Papers
    • National Engineering Heritage Conference - Perth November 2007
    • Definition of an Engineer / Colonial engineers list
    • Daylesford Railway - RM 63 back in service

Engineering Heritage Victoria Webnews May 2007

  • Speaker's program sessions
    • Peter Scratchley - Colonial engineer - Mike O'Brien
    • Motor industry in Australia- Laurie Sparke
    • Gas Producers - Don Barlett
    • Murray Darling Basin talk - John Forrest (mp3 files)
  • Events & Visits
    • State Library Visit
    • Engineers Week 2007 site visit
    • National Engineering Heritage Conference - Perth November 2007
    • Daylesford Railmotor Trip
    • Past events
  • Other Matters
    • Audiovisual website - Forrest, Cassilis and more ...
    • Colin Crisp Award
    • John Monash Medal
    • Cable tram tracks in North Melbourne
    • Hindsight - in the tracks of Goyder
    • BBC4 - Britain's modern Brunels
    • The role of EHV & the budget for 2007-08

Engineering Heritage Victoria Webnews July 2007

  1. Speaker's program sessions
    • History of Holden & passenger car safety - Laurie Sparke
  2. Events & Visits
    • Roman concrete seminar
    • Engineers week 2007
    • Engineers week 2007 - rail infrastructure site visit
    • Regional tour - Ballarat and Daylesford
  3. Other Matters
    • Scratchley Talk on-line
    • Engineering excellence awards 2007
    • Website
    • National Engineering Heritage Conference - Perth November 2007
    • Vale - Jim Whitehead

Engineering Heritage Victoria Webnews Sep 2007

  • EHV Guest Speakers' presentation: "Leadership & Management Style of General Sir John Monash" - Ken Crompton
  • Ballarat and Daylesford Trip
  • Gas Producers Talk - Don Bartlett
  • "History of Holden and Vehicle safety" video online at EA Vic website
  • Colonial engineers List
  • Past events
  • Annual budget report
  • EHV Webpage
  • EHV Events for 2008

Engineering Heritage Victoria January 2008 Newsletter

  • Upcoming Talks
    • "Producer Gas & the Australian Motorist": an alternative fuel during the 1939-45 fuel crisis - Don Bartlett
    • "John Grainger – Distinguished Colonial Engineer & Architect" - George Tibbits
    • Engineering of John Monash - Alan Holgate
    • History of bio-mechanical engineering
  • Upcoming events
    • Cable Trams of Melbourne - Robert Green
    • Cassilis Hydro Power scheme - HEM ceremony
    • South Gippsland Regional Tour
  • Other Matters
    • Committee changes
    • Cable tram video
    • Neville Shute Norway
    • Maroondah Aqueduct
    • Acetylene Lamps
    • Thompson Dam
    • Colonial Engineers & Projects List etc
    • Book launch: "Five Fighting Shires" by Ray Walls

Engineering Heritage Victoria March 2008 Newsletter

  • Upcoming Talks
    • The Engineering Works of John Grainger - George Tibbits
    • Cable Trams of Melbourne - Robert Green
    • Road to Colossus - John McCutchan
    • Engineering Work of John Monash - Alan Holgate
    • History of bio-mechanical engineering - Laurie Sparke
  • Upcoming events
    • Maribyrnong River Heritage Cruise
    • Cassilis Hydro Power scheme - HEM ceremony
    • South Gippsland Regional Tour
  • Other Matters
    • Gas Producer Talk - online
    • Length of Speakers' series talks

Engineering Heritage Victoria Newsletter - June 2008

  1. Guest Speakers
    • The Path to Colossus - Peter Thorne & John McCutchan
    • John Monash : Engineering a Business - Alan Holgate
    • History & Development of Bio-mechanical Engineering - Laurie Sparke
  2. Young Engineers - GenX Dinner
  3. Cassilis Hydro Power scheme - HEM ceremony & talk
  4. Regional Tour (East Gippsland)
  5. Possible South Gippsland Tour
  6. Melbourne Bridges - notes
  7. Australian Historic Motor Festival
  8. The Grange Creek Bridge, Hamilton - Incident of 1909
  9. A matter of Discipline - some John Connell memories
  10. Aims of EHV

Engineering Heritage Victoria Newsletter - February 2009

  1. Guest Speaker
    • The 1860 "Kirkstall Forge" Steam Hammer and Billet Crane at Newport Railway Workshops
      - Can they be restored to working order? -Owen Peake, Bill Jordan, Carl Doring
  2. EHV Committee AGM 15 Dec 2008
  3. First EHV Committee Meeting, 12 Feb 2009
  4. Events, conference and tours
    • Heritage Council of Victoria - Heritage of the High Country Forum
    • Golden Pipeline Tours
    • IPENZ (Engineers New Zealand) - 3rd Australasian Engineering Heritage Conference
  5. Members of EHV
    • Vale Jim Ferguson
    • Mark Williams - An engineer working abroad [No.1 and 2]
    • Miles Pierce - Early electricity supply seminars
  6. Publications of Interest - in print & on the Web
    • Proceedings of the Institute of Civil Engineers - Engineering History & Heritage
    • Reconstruction of the Welsh Highland Railway, Snowdonia
    • Salt Attack and Rising Damp - a guide to salt damp in historic and older buildings
    • Conservation & Management of Engineering Heritage
    • International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE): Archive 1929-1999
  7. This is the 90th year of the Institution of Engineers, Australia
    • Victorian Division Activities for the 90th Year
    • The Peace Memorial Bridge [Dandenong]
    • Mephan Ferguson, the grandfather of our late member, James Mephan Ferguson

Engineering Heritage Victoria Newsletter - June 2009

  1. Guest Speaker
    • Researching Engineers and Engineering Online: A guide to resources - Ken McInnes
  2. Third EHV Committee Meeting, 14th May 2009
  3. Engineering Heritage Australia Board Meeting in Brisbane
  4. A Famous Australian Engineer: Holland, Sir (John) Clifton Vaughan, AC, Kt, FTSE, BCE. (1914 - 2009)
  5. Events, Conferences etc. of Possible Interest to Members
    • Royal Australian Corps of Signals Museum
    • King-Hall Naval History Conference 2009 – the Commonwealth Navies, 100 Years of Cooperation
    • Conservation Masterclass – Salt Attack and Rising Damp
    • The Pat Hannaberry Collection - For Sale by Tender
  6. Colin Crisp Award 2009 - call for entries
  7. Engineering Heritage Recognition Program
  8. Members of EHV
    • Mark Williams — An Engineer working abroad [No.3]
  9. Publications of Interest - In Print & On The Web
    • Two new Technical Leaflets from Heritage Victoria
    • Monash Bridges Book
    • Photographic Recording Guidelines
    • Thinking Rail – Lessons From the Past, the Way of the Future

Engineering Heritage Victoria Newsletter - September 2009

  1. Guest Speaker
    • The Electrification of Melbourne's Suburban Railway Network - Ian Cook
  2. Engineering Heritage Victoria - Annual General Meeting, 12th November 2009
  3. Fourth EHV Committee Meeting, 13th August 2009
  4. Help Wanted
  5. Reviews and Comments -- Past EHV Site Visits and Presentations
    • The 1860 Kirkstall Forge Steam Hammer and Billet Crane at Newport Railway Workshops
    • Gas Engines in Victorian Industry, presentation by Matthew Churchward
    • Russell Place Substation - beneath Melbourne
  6. Members of EHV
    • Emma Russell - Profile of the Committee Secretary
    • Mark Williams - An engineer working abroad [No.4]
  7. Vale Two Distinguished Heritage Engineers
    • Professor Ray Whitmore, AM (1920-2008)
    • Robin Black, (1940-2009)
  8. News From "Abroad"
    • Heritage Recognition for Rail Link to Brisbane
    • Restoring a Brisbane Landmark
    • Vale Harold Naunton Davies, MBE GCSJ ME HonFIEAust (1903-2009)
  9. Events, Conferences etc. of Possible Interest
    • 2009 SIA Fall Tour - Mid-Hudson River Valley, New York
    • Challenges of Military Engineering - Design, Materials & Construction in the Field
    • Another National Award for the Snowy Mountains Hydroelectric Scheme
    • Third Australasian Engineering Heritage Conference, 19th to 25th of November 2009
    • University of Canberra – Heritage Conservation Summer Schools
  10. Publications of Possible Interest - In Print & On the Web
    • Consultants Tracker - an initiative of the IStructE
    • IStructE Journal Paper: Researching drawings & records for existing buildings
    • Heritage and Sustainability - a new link on the Heritage Victoria website
    • An Illustrated Glossary of Australian Rural Fence Terms
    • Inherit e-news – Heritage Council of Victoria’s publication available online
    • Significance 2.0 - A Guide to Assessing the Significance of Collections
    • Small Museums Cataloguing Manual - A Guide to Cataloguing Object and Image Collections - 4th Edition
    • What House is That? -- from Heritage Victoria
    • English Heritage - Conservation Bulletin
    • Gleanings from the EA Books List

Engineering Heritage Victoria Newsletter - February 2010

  1. Guest Speaker
    • An Update on the National Trust Bridges Survey - Gary Vines
  2. Engineering Heritage Victoria - A.G.M., 12th November 2009
  3. Engineering Heritage Victoria - Annual Report for 2009
  4. Heritage Recognition Program - Sale Swing Bridge & the Port of Sale
  5. Third Australasian Engineering Heritage Conference, Dunedin, NZ, 2009.
  6. Wheeler’s Bridge, Lawrence, near Creswick & Clunes
  7. John Grainger’s Grave in Box Hill Cemetery
  8. Houdini - Celebrating 100 Years
  9. From the Editor — a dissertation on preparing for bushfires

Engineering Heritage Victoria Newsletter - June 2010

  1. Guest Speaker
    • The History of High Voltage Direct Current Transmission - Owen Peake
  2. Engineering Heritage Victoria - Committee Meeting 13th May 2010
    • The Duigan Centenary of Powered Flight in Australia
    • Threatened Sites of Engineering Heritage Significance
      • The Murtoa Stick Shed
      • The Morwell Number 21 Dredger
      • Kirwan’s Bridge over the Goulburn River on the Longwood - Kirwan’s Bridge Road
    • Engineering Heritage Recognition Program
      • Goldfields Railways
      • Engineering Heritage Sites and Objects Needing Recognition & Nomination
      • Self-Guided Engineering Heritage Tours – the Need for Booklets and/or Brochures
  3. Engineering Heritage Australia – Projects & News
    • Collecting Electronic Nomination Documents
    • Next Candidate for ASCE International Historic Civil Engineering Landmark (IHCEL) marking
    • Dunedin Conference Papers
    • 100 Years Celebration – Engineering Heritage Australia Project
  4. The Murtoa Stick Shed – from Owen Peake
  5. The Two Victorian Goldfields Railways – from Owen Peake
  6. Events & Publications of Possible Interest
    • Museums & Galleries NSW Presents "Can You Handle It ?"
    • The National Archives of Australia publishes "Keeping Family Treasures"
  7. Priority List: Potential Engineering Heritage Nominations for Victoria
    • Road Bridges & Roadworks
    • Railway Bridges & Railway Works
    • Water Supply - Dams, Pumping Stations, etc.
    • Hydro-electric Works
    • Electric Power Supply
    • Sewerage Works
    • Maritime and Harbour Works
    • Mining, Oil & Gas, Ironworks
    • Mechanical Engineering Artefacts
    • Manufacturing Works
    • Defence Works
    • Buildings
    • Transport

Engineering Heritage Victoria Newsletter – September 2010

  1. Guest Speakers
    • Heritage Engineering - The Church St Bridge: History, Alterations, Rehabilitation & Maintenance - David Beauchamp; Richard Lipainin; Steve Di Cicco
    • Millewa “A” Pumping Station Steaming
    • Steamrail Victoria – Maldon Experience, with a Bendigo Day Option
    • Site Visit to Murtoa Stick Shed
  2. EHV – Call For 2011 Committee Nominations
  3. EHV - Some Notes from the Committee Meeting 12th August 2010
    • Threatened Sites of Engineering Heritage Significance:
      • The Pumphouse at the Duke & Orr Dry Dock
      • The Morwell Number 21 Dredger
      • The Murtoa Stick Shed
      • Kirwan’s Bridge over the Goulburn River on the Longwood - Kirwan’s Bridge Road
    • Engineering Heritage Recognition Program
      • Goldfields Railways
      • Self-Guided Engineering Heritage Tours – the Need for Booklets and/or Brochures
  4. Engineering Heritage Victoria Website - from Ken McInnes
  5. Engineering Heritage News from "Abroad"
    • The Somerset Dam near Brisbane
    • Two Pumps in Cobdogla in South Australia’s Riverland
    • The Umberumberka Waterworks near Broken Hill
    • Recycling a disused elevated railway line in New York
  6. Some Local (Victorian) Items That Might be of Interest
    • The Inner West Melbourne Branch of the National Trust
    • Welcome to the Substation – Hobson’s Bay Community Arts Centre
    • New York Harvester Restored
    • Plans on track for new rail services

Engineering Heritage Victoria Newsletter – February 2011

  1. Guest Speaker
    • The Yan Yean Water Supply Scheme - Paul Balassone
  2. EHV - Some Notes from the Committee Meeting 10th February 2011
    • Threatened Sites of Engineering Heritage Significance
      • The Pumphouse at the Duke & Orr Dry Dock
      • The Morwell Number 21 Dredger
      • The Murtoa Stick Shed
      • Kirwan’s Bridge over the Goulburn River on the Longwood - Kirwan’s Bridge Road
      • Former Rope Drive Crane ex Newport Railway Workshops
    • Engineering Heritage Recognition Program
      • The Goldfields Railways – Melbourne-Bendigo-Echuca:
      • The Goldfields Railways – Geelong to Ballarat:
      • 1860 "Kirkstall Forge" Steam Hammer & Billet Crane at Newport Workshops
      • Newport Railway Workshops
      • Janevale Bridge, Laanecoorie
  3. The Murtoa Stick Shed Revisited - from Miles Pierce
  4. Visiting Engineering Heritage Sites in New Zealand – from Miles Pierce
  5. Technical Initiative Fund - from Ken McInnes
  6. Proposal for a Victorian Engineering Heritage Database – from Miles Pierce
  7. Recently digitised Engineering Heritage papers on INFORMIT – from Ken McInnes
  8. 16th Engineering Heritage Conference, Hobart, Tasmania – 13th to 16th November 2011

Engineering Heritage Victoria Newsletter – June 2011

  1. Guest Speaker & Other Functions
    • Future Functions
      • Early Public Electricity Supply in Melbourne - Miles Pierce
    • Functions Past
      • The Geelong Engineering History & Heritage Landmarks Tour
      • History and Heritage of the Port of Melbourne - John Bennett
  2. EHV - Some Notes from the Committee Meeting 12th May 2011
    • The Committee
    • Engineering Heritage Recognition Program
      • The Goldfields Railways – Melbourne to Bendigo to Echuca
      • The Goldfields Railways – Geelong to Ballarat
      • Newport Railway Workshops & the 1860 "Kirkstall Forge" Steam Hammer & Billet Crane
      • Janevale Bridge, Laanecoorie
      • Yallourn Power Station
      • Chaffey Irrigation Works at Mildura
      • Spotswood Sewage Pumping Station
  3. Proposal for a Victorian Engineering Heritage Database
  4. EHA Meeting in Darwin, 27th May 2011 – from Owen Peake
  5. 16th Engineering Heritage Conference, Hobart, Tasmania – 13th to 16th November 2011
  6. Maritime Heritage Association of Victoria
  7. The Sir John Monash Suite at EA Victoria Division HQ
  8. From the Papers
  9. Papers from the ICE Proceedings: Engineering History and Heritage
  10. Potential Engineering Heritage Nominations for Victoria – Consolidated List
    • Road Bridges & Roadworks
    • Railway Bridges & Railway Works
    • Water Supply - Dams, Pumping Stations, etc.
    • Hydro-electric Works
    • Electric Power Supply
    • Sewerage Works
    • Maritime and Harbour Works
    • Mining, Oil & Gas, Ironworks
    • Mechanical Engineering Artefacts
    • Manufacturing Works
    • Lighthouses
    • Defence Works
    • Buildings
    • Transport
    • Aboriginal
    • Astronomy
    • Sporting and Entertainment
    • Computing & Electronics

Engineering Heritage Victoria Newsletter – September 2011

  1. Guest Speakers and Other Functions
    • Future Functions
      • Our Station – Flinders Street - Ms Jenny Davies
      • Budj Bim Aboriginal Hydraulic Works - Engineering Heritage National Landmark Dedication Ceremony
      • Yallourn Power Station - Engineering Heritage National Landmark Dedication Ceremony
      • EHV AGM
    • Functions Past
      • Early Public Electricity Supply in Melbourne - Miles Pierce
      • Two Bob in the Slot: The Story Behind the Foster-EPEX Coin-Operated Petrol Pump, a Forgotten Australian Invention - Matthew Churchward
      • Janevale Bridge, Laanecoorie - Engineering Heritage Marker Ceremony
  2. Engineering Heritage Victoria – Call For 2012 Committee Nominations
  3. Engineers Australia - National Congress, Division Committees & College Board Elections
  4. EHV - Some Notes from the Committee Meeting 11th August 2011
    • Engineering Heritage Recognition Program
    • Meeting Dates for Your Calendar in 2012
  5. 16th Engineering Heritage Conference, Hobart, Tasmania – 13th to 16th November 2011
  6. Other Events of Possible Interest
    • Watermarks, Water Heritage - National Trusts of Australia and Australia ICOMOS Conference
    • Engineers Australia, Victoria Division's Country Family Weekend (South West Victoria)
  7. From the Papers
    • Kirwan’s Bridge over the Goulburn River on the Longwood-Kirwan’s Bridge Road
  8. From the Web
    • A Melbourne Building Tour on your iphone – The Sound of Buildings
    • The European Route of Industrial Heritage – ERIH web site

Engineering Heritage Victoria Newsletter – February 2012

  • Editorial
  1. Guest Speakers & Other Functions
    • Future Functions
      • Celebration of the 150th Anniversary of the Geelong to Ballarat Railway & Engineering Heritage Recognition of the first completed #oldfields Railway
      • Learning Through Examination: The Archaeology of Early Steam Locomotives - Dr Michael Bailey
      • The Great Melbourne Telescope - Richard Gillespie
      • Engineer to Marvellous Melbourne: The Life & Times of William Thwaites - Robert La Nauze
      • Barwon Heads Bridge: History or Heritage? - David Beauchamp
    • Functions Past
      • Our Station – Flinders Street Railway Station - Jenny Davies
      • Heritage Recognition Ceremony for the 6,600 years old Budj Bim Aboriginal Hydraulic Works
      • Engineering Heritage National Landmark Dedication Ceremony for the Yallourn Power Station
  2. Engineering Heritage Victoria, 2011 Annual Report – from Miles Pierce
  3. EHA - Some Notes from the EHA News Bulletin No.36 - from the New Chair
    • The New Chair, John Heathers
    • Sixteenth Engineering Heritage Australia Conference held in Hobart, Tasmania in November 2011
    • The Dublin Declaration of the International National Trusts Organisation (INTO)
  4. Events, Courses, Happenings, Ideas
    • John Harry Grainger: Architect and Civil Engineer - from David Beauchamp
    • Deakin University, Master of Cultural Heritage
    • Heritage Goes Mobile [Vic-Heritage iphone app]
    • English Heritage & the Conservation of Their Industrial Heritage
    • We Need an Oral History Program in EHV
    • IMechE Celebrating Heritage in Australia
    • Proposal for a Manchester Engineering Heritage Tour - by Owen Peake
  5. Stories From The Regions
    • The Barwon Heads Bridge - Geelong Region
    • The Eldorado Dredge - North East Region - by Margret Doring
  6. Stories from (or about) Abroad
    • Mill Meece Pumping Station, Staffordshire, UK – by Miles Pierce
    • Trisanna Brucke near Landeck in the Tyrol – by Margret Doring

Engineering Heritage Victoria Newsletter – July 2012

  • Editorial
  1. Guest Speakers & Other Functions
    • Future functions
      • Barwon Heads Bridge : History or Heritage? - David Beauchamp
      • Goldfields Railways Seminar
    • Functions Past
      • Learning Through Examination: The Archaeology of Early Steam Locomotives - Dr. Michael Bailey
      • The Great Melbourne Telescope - Richard Gillespie
      • Engineer to Marvellous Melbourne: The Life & Times of William Thwaites - Robert La Nauze
      • Heritage Recognition Ceremonies were held at Geelong and Ballarat, to celebrate the 150th Anniversary of the Geelong to Ballarat Railway
  2. Proposed Engineering Heritage Recognition Program – 2013
    • Great Ocean Road; the Newport Railway Workshops, together with the 1860 Kirkstall Forge Steam Hammer and associated Billet Crane within the Workshops; a collection of Monash Bridges in Bendigo; Wheeler's Bridge near Creswick and; the Melbourne Sewerage Scheme circa 1895
  3. EHA - Some Notes from the EHA News Bulletin No.40
    • WA Standard Gauge Railway Engineering Heritage Recognition Ceremony
    • Digital Delights: An Engineering Romp across the internet - from Ian Bowie
  4. We STILL Need an Oral History Program in EHV - from the Editor
  5. Proposal for a Manchester Engineering Heritage Tour in July 2013
  6. A Visit to the Tamworth Powerhouse Museum in NSW - from Miles Pierce
  7. A Story From The Regions - and an historical memoir
    • Kyneton Stiff-leg Derrick Crane - Highly Commended at the 2005 Colin Crisp Awards
  8. Engineer Receives Heritage Award - Roy Hardcastle presented with the Ray Tonkin Award
  9. Restoration of Some Cast-Iron Pieces of the Princes Bridge Balustrade
  10. The Restoration of Wallace's Hut on the Bogong High Plains

Engineering Heritage Victoria Newsletter – December 2012

  • Editorial
  1. EHV Annual Report – 2012
    • Committee
    • Guest Speaker Program
    • EHV Web pages
    • Heritage Recognition Program
    • Site Visits and Field Trips
    • EHV Newsletter
    • Threatened sites of engineering heritage significance
    • Central Melbourne Engineering Heritage Brochure
    • Victorian Engineering Heritage Database/Register
    • Technical Initiative Fund
    • Mailing List
    • Other Activities
  2. Guest Speakers & Other Functions
    • Future Functions
      • Guest Speaker Program
      • Heritage Recognition Program and Other Possibilities
    • Functions Past
      • Melbourne Walking Tours - Discover Engineering Heritage
      • Barwon Heads Bridge : History or Heritage? - David Beauchamp
      • Heritage Recognition Ceremony - Fyansford Monier Arch Bridge [Peter Alsop]
      • The Goldfields Railways [Seminar] - Brian Harper, Ken McInnes, Matthew Churchward
      • Goldfields Railway Heritage Recognition Ceremony at Malmsbury
  3. EHV AGM - Some Notes from the Minutes of 8th November 2012
  4. EHV - Themes & Planning for 2013
    • Great Ocean Road
    • Monash Bridges : Bendigo, Creswick
    • Melbourne Sewerage System
    • Engineering Heritage in the Melbourne CBD
  5. The Former Newport Substation : Successfully Recycled - from Miles Pierce
  6. Some More News About John Grainger – from David Beauchamp
    • John Grainger Honoured [Sale Swing Bridge]
    • John Grainger’s Headstone
  7. Some Details About the Great Ocean Road Nomination - from David Beauchamp
  8. Advanced Short Training Courses in Structural Analysis of Existing Buildings, Monuments & Historical Constructions - from the Editor
  9. Guilfoyle’s Volcano in the Melbourne Royal Botanic Gardens - from the Editor

Engineering Heritage Victoria Newsletter – March 2013

  1. Guest Speakers & Other Functions
    • Future Functions
      • The Engineering of Budj Bim & the evolution of a societal structure in Aboriginal Australia - Bill Jordan
      • Heritage Recognition Ceremony, Wheeler’s Bridge, Creswick
      • Electricity Transmission in Victoria - Martin Mahood
    • Functions Past
      • Heritage and Sustainability: A Tour of the No.2 Goods Shed Docklands - William Gielewski and Michael Li
      • Calculating Machines and other Mechanical Antiquities - John Wolff
  2. Dr Ronald Fitch – EA honours longest serving member of 80 years
  3. Visiting the Eldorado Dredge, near Wangaratta, Victoria - from Owen Peake
  4. Breamlea Wind Turbine still running after 25 years - from Nicholas Wardrop & Owen Peake
  5. Events & Publications of Possible Interest
    • Celebrating the Life of Our City’s Famous Ship - Exhibition by the Royal Historical Society of Victoria
    • National Trust Heritage Festival
      • Melbourne’s Heritage Water Infrastructure Tour
      • Lower Stony Creek – Walk to Australia’s first mass concrete dam wall
      • South Gippsland Railway Heritage
    • The 24 International Congress for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine [Manchester, UK]
    • Australia by Rail – an App
    • Publications of Interest
      • Industrial Heritage Re-tooled: The TICCIH Guide to Industrial Heritage Conservation
      • Golden Age of Canals [Video series]
      • How a Bicycle Was Made in 1945 [British Council film]
      • Industrial Images of the 1840s – 1870s
      • Photographs of the Tower Bridge Being Constructed are Found in a Skip
  6. Places to Visit and Things to See
  7. Nostalgia Trips On the North-East Line - from Margret Doring

Engineering Heritage Victoria Newsletter – October 2013

  1. Guest Speakers & Other Functions
    • Future Functions
      • Phoenix Foundry Engineering Heritage Recognition Ceremony at Ballarat
    • Functions Past
      • National Steam Centre Heritage Recognition Ceremony
      • Wheelers Bridge Heritage Recognition Ceremony
      • The Victorian Electricity Transmission Network from its Inception - Martin Mahood
      • A Ceremony to Mark the Placing of a Headstone on the Grave of John Harry Grainger
      • The Great Ocean Road Engineering Heritage Recognition Ceremony
  2. Large Ruston Hornsby Suction Gas Engine at Chewton
  3. The Story of Wheelers Bridge over the Birch Creek at Lawrence, Victoria - Owen Peake
  4. The Power of Myths – Reflections on Engineering Design and the Persistence of Misinformation - David Beauchamp
  5. Events & Publications of Possible Interest
    • Melbourne Water’s Western Treatment Plant Open Day, Werribee
    • The Phoenix Foundry : Locomotive Builders of Ballarat, The history of a Ballarat engineering company [Book: Robert Butrims and David Macartney, ARHSV]
    • VicRoads Centenary 1913 - 2013 Celebrations - 'Connecting Victorians for 100 years'
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