The Pattern Maker’s Shop
The most authentic part of the pre-Fire Workshops was the Pattern Makers’ Shop. It looked almost as it did when…
Category: Yarloop Workshops
Richard Scott Brown (1877-1944)
By Ray Brown Introduction – Wellington Mills Primary School was the first of my postings as a teacher. The year…
Meet Clyde
You would think with a name like that he would have to come from Scotland but he’s Australian. He was…
The Saw Shop
Since writing the article on the pumps I have been told that the pumps we sent to Fremantle date from…
The Art of Pattern Making
By Don Jones. After the mining boom ended in Kalgoorlie in 1937 my parents moved to Yarloop. My father got…
New life for Old Pumps
Generally overlooked but next to each of our boilers are steam-driven water pumps. When one of the marine engineers came…
Old Boilers
Last month I mentioned our anvil family. This month it’s the boilers. We have at least 11 members of this…
Meet the Anvil Family
In this article I return to the objects on the site starting with an ‘A’ for Anvil. The Anvils The…
Meet the Davey Paxman
This month I’m introducing you to one of our stationary steam engines. The Davey Paxman This machine, built in Colchester,…
Meet the Loco
It has been my intention for some time to provide short stories of the objects in the museum that is…