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McCall's Tannery

Other Names E. Turner & Co. ,  Deardon & Bennett ,  McCall ,  McCall & Bennett ,  McCall & Sons ,  K & A Laird Location 125 Francis Street, YARRAVILLE VIC 3013 - Property No 4034022600 File Number 8768 Level Included in Heritage Overlay

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Statement of Significance

McCall's tannery is historically significant to the city as the last surviving structure related to an industry which was synonymous with Footscray from the 1850s to the 1970s, as exemplified by the vast Michaelis Hallenstein tannery. (Criterion A3) McCall's Tannery, while converted to other uses, displays the characteristic form and materials of an early tannery in the timber framed and clad building which would once have housed drawing, trimming and drying functions, while the tan pits would have been located in the common fashion beside the creek. (Criterion B2) The site is also one of the few traditional bark tannery sites to have escaped total destruction either for new chrome tanning processes or for reclamation of what was seen as an undesirable industry from the middle of the nineteenth century. (Criterion A4)