Corporate Body

Thompson Engineering & Pipe Co. Ltd

From
Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
Functions
Maritime Industry and Engineering Industry
Location
Castlemaine, Victoria

Summary

Thompson Engineering & Pipe Co. Ltd. produced a 550 tonne bunkering barge in 1935. At the time it was the largest all-welded vessel in Australia and one of very few in the world.

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Archival resources

Royal Historical Society of Victoria Inc

  • Charles George Weickhardt : Notes on the history of engineering firms in Victoria, c. 1950 - 2000, MS 000036 (Box 017-1); Weickhardt, Charles George Talbot (George) (1906 - 2000); Royal Historical Society of Victoria Inc. Details

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See also

  • Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/index_t.html. Details
  • McCann, Joy; Churchward, Matthew, Victorian steampower : an illustrated social history (Melbourne, Vic.: Victoria Press, 1994), 179 pp. pp.75-76,79,107-119. Details

Ailie Smith

Created: 14 September 2001, Last modified: 3 February 2010

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