Duke's and Orr's Amalgamated Dry Docks Ltd

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Agent TypeOrganisationActivities & OccupationsEngineers, marineHistoryThe firm of marine engineers was formed in 1910 by the amalgamation in 1910 of Duke's Dock and Engineering Co. Pty Ltd and Wright, Orr & Co., who had neighbouring dockyards at Yarra Bank, South Melbourne (now the site of the 'Polly Woodside' berth). The firm became known as Duke and Orr Slipway Pty Ltd and is located in West Melbourne, at the rear of 24 Victoria Dock.Search records of this agent

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Dock Reconstruction

Group of workers at river end of dock

River Yarra, Aerial view photograph, Jan 1925

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[1993.0028] Records of Duke's and Orr's Amalgamated Dry Docks Ltd

[1972.0042] Records of Duke's and Orr's Amalgamated Dry Docks Ltd

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Duke's and Orr's Amalgamated Dry Docks Ltd