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Bucyrus Steam Excavator Batesford Quarry

Location

Batesford Quarry, BATESFORD VIC 3221 - Property No 313350

Level

Included in Heritage Overlay

Statement of Significance

A Listed - State Significance

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE - GRC - HISTORIC PLACES DOCUMENTATION SHEET NO. 6

The Bucyrus Steam Shovel at the Batesford Quarry of the Australian Portland Cement Works commenced work at the Mount Morgan Mine in Queensland in September, 1903, having been imported from the manufacturer's plant in the U.S.A.

The 65 ton shovel was purchased by the Australian Portland Cement Work after 1923 and brought to Geelong.

The machinery is one of few surviving steam-powered shovels in Australia, and on great significance to the history of industrial archaeology in this country.

RECOMMENDATIONS: PROTECTIVE MEASURES

Geelong Regional Commission Registers.

REFERENCES

Information supplied by F Cunningham on the Mt. Morgan Mine and they Bycyrus Steam Shovel (worked for Mt. Morgan Lt. for 48 years).

Letter to Mr K. M. Niall, Mt Morgan Mining Co. Ltd., from Rockhampton Harbour Board 11.4.1910.

Notes of Bucyrus Steam Shovel working at the Harbour Board Quarries, Fitzroy River Works signed T. H. Baynes, Engineer-in-chief.

Group

Mining and Mineral Processing

Category

Mine Machinery & relics