Farm tank, Caldermeade, South Gippsland, Victoria

Description

Accession[1964.0012] Records and photographs of the Reinforced Concrete and Monier Pipe Construction Co. Pty LtdIdentifierUMA-ITE-1964001200214Extentnot specifiedScope and ContentThis photograph shows a farm tank with a windmill and supply pipe. The farm belonged to the MacMillan brothers and was constructed in 1903. A herd of cows is also shown. John Monash ran a successful engineering business from 1894 to 1914, while pursuing a parallel career in the Citizen Military Forces. Initially in partnership with J.T.N. Anderson until 1904, the Reinforced Concrete and Monier Pipe Construction Co. Ltd was founded by Monash in Melbourne in 1905 and pioneered reinforced concrete construction in Victoria. The company produced many buildings, bridges, water-tanks and silos using this type of construction in Victoria and South Australia.
Inscription: Written in pencil on verso: "10,000 gallon Monier Water Tank at Caldermeade Estate with automatically fed exterior troughing. Erected Dec. 1903".Access StatusOpen for public accessRequest TypeRequest unitUnitBWP Album 0144Copyright StatusPublic domainConditions of Use and ReproductionThis item is out of copyright. Please acknowledge the University of Melbourne Archives as the source of this material. For information about ordering a copy of this image contact the University of Melbourne Archives: archives@archives.unimelb.edu.auMenuBrowse digitised items | Available online | Items in the public domain

Provenance

CreatorReinforced Concrete and Monier Pipe Construction Co. Pty LtdRoleProvenance

Dates

Date12/1903

Description Control

Previous System ID1964.0012.00214Format NumberBWP/23827UMAIC IDUMA/I/6186

Characteristics

Genre/FormPhotographic printsDimensions14.3 x 20.6 cm.

Subjects

SubjectCaldermeade, South Gippsland, VictoriaMMillan Bros.Reinforced Concrete & Monier Pipe Construction Co. Ltd

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Farm tank, Caldermeade, South Gippsland, Victoria

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