Piece of wood forming part of a pump tube, ca. 1860-1901
Piece of wood forming part of a pump tube, ca. 1860-1901
About this item
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Date
ca. 1860-1901
Call Numbers
DR 170
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Physical Description
Contents
1 pump - 23 x 11.8 cm - wood
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Collection
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Octagonal shaped. Smooth surface on top and base. Circular hole in centre contains a typewritten note giving history of the wood: '.... Found in a well which had been dug on the line of the old Tank Stream' describes how wood was found during demolition in 1901 in an old Tannery, built in the 1860's and owned by a Mr. Alderson. Note further states...
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Full title
Piece of wood forming part of a pump tube, ca. 1860-1901
Notes
General note
Note written in Sir William Dixon's hand: 'Block of wood with round hole in it. This is part of a pump tube - most of which was given to the technological Museum, Sydney. About 1899 it became necessary for Dixson & Sons, Ltd. Tobacco Factory at the corner of Park and Elizabeth Streets to be enlarged so the company purchased a piece of land on the s...
Description source
Information transferred from pictures card catalogue as part of the eRecords Project, 2009-2010
Contextual Information
Source
Bequeathed by Sir William Dixson, 1952
Spencer List number: 98c
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
DR 170
Record Identifier
Y0KDpza1
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/Y0KDpza1
Other Identifiers
Reference code
891389
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