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AMMUNITION FACTORY
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SALTWATER RIVER POWDER MAGAZINE
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JACKS MAGAZINE
OFF LA SCALA AVENUE MARIBYRNONG, MARIBYRNONG CITY |
Jack's Magazine is a virtually intact complex of 19th century, bluestone, and gunpowder storage buildings with associated earth mound blast walls, tunnels, tramways, service buildings, loading dock and canal. The complex was designed by the Victorian Public Works Department under the supervision of William Wardell and built by contractor George Cornwell between 1876 and 1878. On Federation the complex passed to the Commonwealth which built several brick magazines ... more | ||
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47 Farnsworth Street, CASTLEMAINE VIC 3450 - Property No B1950 |
AHC Statement of Significance Old Powder Magazine, Farnsworth Street, Castlemaine, is a brick structure erected in 1856 to the designs of the Public Works Department of Victoria. Constructed on a stone plinth, the face brick structure has a gabled slate roof with large eaves overhang. Featues of the rectangular building are closely spaced buttresses along the long sides and a lean-to roofed section. Old Powder Magazine, Farnsworth Street, Castlemaine, forms part of the ... more | ||
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25 Griffith Street, PORT FAIRY VIC 3284 - Property No B3145 |
The Port Fairy Powder Magazine was constructed c.1860 to designs of the Public Works Department of Victoria. This Powder Magazine is typical of the simple utilitarian structures that were erected at this time and is the only example of this form. The walls are constructed of bluestone and the roof is clad in corrugated iron. The building has buttresses to two walls and there is a brick vaulted ceiling internally. This building has been acquired by the National Trust to ensure ... more |
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