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Berry No. 1 Shaft Engine House
June 30, 2007(from VICTORIAN GOLDFIELDS PROJECT: HISTORIC GOLD MINING SITES IN THE
SOUTH WEST REGION OF VICTORIA, REPORT ON CULTURAL HERITAGE - Department Of Natural Resources
& Environment, August 1999)
In 1879... the Berry section of the lead was also being worked and its progressive mines were beginning to join the list of gold producers, including among the gold producers was the Madame Berry (Victoria's greatest deep lead mine).
Mining machinery... through necessity got more extensive and powerful as mining moved northwards and progressed through the 300 feet to beyond 400 foot. Thus the most spectacular machinery installed on the field was on the Berry lead. All the deep lead mines shared common features - steam engines for pumping, winding and puddling; steam boilers and brick chimney stacks; wooden poppet heads, and raised tramways and cast iron puddling machines. Some companies, such as Madame Berry, also had crushing batteries to treat cement obtained from the gutter. 162 Horizontal acting engines were the norm for the Creswick field, with only two companies - Berry No. 1 and Hepburn Leasehold Estate - erecting Cornish vertical beam engines.
In 1879... the Berry section of the lead was also being worked and its progressive mines were beginning to join the list of gold producers, including among the gold producers was the Madame Berry (Victoria's greatest deep lead mine).
Mining machinery... through necessity got more extensive and powerful as mining moved northwards and progressed through the 300 feet to beyond 400 foot. Thus the most spectacular machinery installed on the field was on the Berry lead. All the deep lead mines shared common features - steam engines for pumping, winding and puddling; steam boilers and brick chimney stacks; wooden poppet heads, and raised tramways and cast iron puddling machines. Some companies, such as Madame Berry, also had crushing batteries to treat cement obtained from the gutter. 162 Horizontal acting engines were the norm for the Creswick field, with only two companies - Berry No. 1 and Hepburn Leasehold Estate - erecting Cornish vertical beam engines.
I find it interesting to think that this is all that is left to show of all that industry and equipment...
Camera: Diana 151 with Fuji Pro 400H
6 Responses to “Berry No. 1 Shaft Engine House”
Ed Wenn
June 30, 2007 00:04
Lovely indeed. I like the isolation, the colours, the wide vista leading up to the building and the way the sheep look kind of 'bubbly' :-)
June 30, 2007 00:04
Lovely indeed. I like the isolation, the colours, the wide vista leading up to the building and the way the sheep look kind of 'bubbly' :-)
Cameron
June 30, 2007 12:20
Thank you Susumu, Otto and Ed. It is nice to see such greenery again after such a long period of drought. Ironically however, some areas of the country are now facing floods.
btw Ed, I love the 'bubbly sheep' reference!
:-)>
June 30, 2007 12:20
Thank you Susumu, Otto and Ed. It is nice to see such greenery again after such a long period of drought. Ironically however, some areas of the country are now facing floods.
btw Ed, I love the 'bubbly sheep' reference!
:-)>
[terrorkitten]
July 13, 2007 09:37
I really need to use my Diana more....when I see sweet shots like these I want to give her another go!
July 13, 2007 09:37
I really need to use my Diana more....when I see sweet shots like these I want to give her another go!
