Blowlamp

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Type: Blowtorches
Date: 1954
Place: Eucumbene Dam, Jindabyne, New South Wales, Australia; Lake Eucumbene, New South Wales, Australia; Eucumbene River, New South Wales, Australia
Materials: Metal - non specific
Collection: Snowy Scheme - Stan Goodhew collection
Accession number: 2006.0071.0001

Description

Kerosene blowlamp that has a cylindrical brass fuel reservoir with a steel burner and handle attached to it. "KWPR" is scratched in the base, which has a small dent in the rim near the front. "DARLTON" is impressed in the side of the lid for the fuel reservoir.

About the collection

The Snowy Scheme - Stan Goodhew Collection consists of a blowlamp as used by Stan when working as an electrical fitter on the Scheme in 1954. The Snowy Scheme is Australia's largest engineering work and one of the great engineering feats of the world. Designed to produce irrigation water and electricity, the Scheme took 25 years to construct, 1949-74. Including 7 power stations, 16 dams and 225 kilometres of aqueducts and tunnels, the Scheme was built by a workforce of 100,000 people, two-thirds of whom came from overseas. The scheme played a major part in making Australia multi-cultural, and also in developing Australia's manufacturing, technical and engineering capacities. This collection helps to remind us of the role of individual men and women in such a massive undertaking. The blowlamp illustrates the work of tradesmen on the Scheme and it was used at Eucumbene Portal, part of the massive Eucumbene Dam project.

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