At Beaconsfield Mine & Heritage Centre
Beaconsfield Mine & Heritage Centre
Portable Steam Engine
At Beaconsfield Mine & Heritage Centre
From eHive entry:
Steam engine (portable), c.1900
"A single cylinder, wood fired portable steam engine. It would have been moved to the job by bullocks or horses."
Water Cart, Horse-drawn
This water cart has two points of interest on the back. On the left is an information panel and on the right is an opening that lets you look inside.
The panel says:
This water cart was used at the Tasmania Mine to spray the mine year to rest the dust. The driver could operate the release valves with a foot lever.
The draught horse pulling the cart must have been a powerful animal as the tank held amost a tonne (1000kg) of water!
Inside
School & shop, Beaconsfield
Opposite the Grubb Shaft Gold Museum (now Beaconsfield Mine & Heritage Centre) there's a small complex of recreated buildings with miner's cottage, school & shop. The school came from nearby Flowery Gully. I can't remember the origin of the others.
The shop is small front building in the above photo. The single-room school is at the back. The grey walkway is where the photos are taken from, through the window.
Schoolroom
Photos are from the left side of the room to the right (teacher's desk, fireplace, organ, door)
Shop
First photo is through large front window. Second photo is through small side window.
Miner’s Cottage, Beaconsfield
Opposite the Grubb Shaft Gold Museum (now Beaconsfield Mine & Heritage Centre) there's a small complex of recreated buildings with miner's cottage, school & shop. The school came from nearby Flower Gully. I can't remember the origin of the others.
The cottage consists of a single living room at the front (left to right when looking in the windows: fireplace & chair, table, bed) and a bathroom and dining/cooking room at the back. The latter visible through the door of the front room.
