INSTALLATION OF STEAM ENGINE DISPLAY IN CONNOR'S MILL

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1976

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Overview

Black and white print of Robert Graeme Jones with a spanner in right hand working installing a large engine in Toodyay's, Connor's Mill.
Engine bears plaque, was moved into mill from the Industrial Extracts factory.

Historical information

Robert Graeme Jones, a former employee of Industrial Extracts arranged for the donation for display of the 250hp Brotherhood steam engine to the Toodyay Tourist Centre which was being set up on the ground floor of Connors Mill in 1975.
Robert is shown here installing the engine in the mill.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-37-2000.60

Item type

Photographs

Material

Photo Paper

Width

19.8000 cm

Height or length

35 cm

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Social History

Contextual Information

In 2022 his grandson, Halden Boyd, advised that at the time of his passing he lived at 34 Clinton Street, Toodyay. He noted, "Pop, before coming to Toodyay to be the chief engineer at Eastern Extracts, was the engineer at the Kalgoorlie powerhouse during WW2, and after his retirement was heavily involved in preserving the Connor’s Mill."

Year

1976

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Historic significance

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-31.55034918075, 116.46541367124

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