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	Berry No 1 Gold Mining Co Mine & Machinery Site Daylesford-Clunes Road,, SMEATON VIC 3364 - Property No B6001	The mine worked a section of the Berry Lead north of Birch Creek. The machinery consisted of a 70/80 inch Cornish beam engine driving 22 inch pumps, a winding engine, poppet heads and puddling plant. The beam engine was the largest steam engine made in victoria up to that time. Its manufacture marks a high point in the development of mechanical engineering in Australia; signifying that in little more than 40 years after the first foundry had been started with the simplest of ... more	B6001	State

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Berry No 1 Gold Mining Co Mine & Machinery Site

Daylesford-Clunes Road,, SMEATON VIC 3364 - Property No B6001

The mine worked a section of the Berry Lead north of Birch Creek. The machinery consisted of a 70/80 inch Cornish beam engine driving 22 inch pumps, a winding engine, poppet heads and puddling plant. The beam engine was the largest steam engine made in victoria up to that time. Its manufacture marks a high point in the development of mechanical engineering in Australia; signifying that in little more than 40 years after the first foundry had been started with the simplest of ... more

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