As with all artefacts, – some things wont last forever. Useful as an on-going back-up, and also as a volunteer education resource, the writer has made a commitment to record various hard copy information on the blog, and therefore, saved, backed up, and accessible to all. In today’s record the works’ chemist’s analysis record of [...]
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What’s Gas?
March 26, 2013
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Model Makers Magic
February 12, 2013
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At the Dunedin Gas Works Museum we are proud to display a scale model of the Biggar, Scotland gas works, circa 1920? The original works were closed with the arrival of North Sea natural gas, but the site has been preserved as a museum. The model was created in the lower North Island of NZ, [...]
Tools’ Table Tales
February 12, 2013
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While only loosely associated with gas production, but integral to Dunedin’s industrial heritage, the museum’s tools’ table is highly rated, especially by our younger visitors. We have a good selection of hand tools of varying vintage, and a photo can be found in this blog: (date=July 4, 2010, search “table”). Accompanying the tool selection is [...]
Ruston Steam Shovel – Open day
May 13, 2011
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Get up close and personal with the Ruston Steam Shovel this Sunday at the Gasworks Museum. Now in its new position out front, this shovel is one of the few remaining in the world. Brought to New Zealand to work on the Gisborne Port development in the early 1900′s, it then worked at Oamaru and [...]
GOLDEN YEARS OF GAS – FIRED UP GASWORKS SPECIAL !
March 21, 2011
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We’re 10
February 5, 2011
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We are 10 Year old Yes – 10 Years since the opening of the Museum in 2001 Come celebrate with us tomorrow Sunday 6th 12 – 4pm
Barry Brickell – Driving Creek Railway Pottery.
December 30, 2010
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I have had an interesting day today visiting Barry Brickell of the Driving Creek Railway in Coromandel. Bob Bradshaw told me that Barry was associated with the Dunedin Gasworks Museum. I received a warm reception from Barry who indeed told me he worked with Elizabeth Hynes and George Emmerson to establish a committee to preserve [...]
Mortlake Gasworks in Sydney
December 19, 2010
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John Byrnes in Australia has been in contact about some histories of gasworks in particular the former Mortlake gasworks in Sydney, demolished, now the Breakfast Point development. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5737284/breakfast-point.htm
