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[[Image:Im201403PH-Atlas1.jpg|thumb| 1882. Exhibit at [[Powerhouse Museum]]. ]]
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of Darling Harbour, Sydney


1879 Cast 130 seven-foot diameter iron cylinders for the piers of the [[Nowra Bridge (NSW)]] across the Shoalhaven River (about 170km south of Sydney).  This was said to be the heaviest casting work yet undertaken in the colonies. <ref>'Nowra Bridge' by Bill Phippen, Engineering  Heritage  Australia, Vol.3, No.4, January 2020</ref>
1888 Won an order for 25 passenger engines from the [[New South Wales Government Railways]]<ref>The Engineer 1888</ref>




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1882. Exhibit at Powerhouse Museum.
1882. Exhibit at Powerhouse Museum.

of Darling Harbour, Sydney

1879 Cast 130 seven-foot diameter iron cylinders for the piers of the Nowra Bridge (NSW) across the Shoalhaven River (about 170km south of Sydney). This was said to be the heaviest casting work yet undertaken in the colonies. [1]

1888 Won an order for 25 passenger engines from the New South Wales Government Railways[2]


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Sources of Information

  1. 'Nowra Bridge' by Bill Phippen, Engineering Heritage Australia, Vol.3, No.4, January 2020
  2. The Engineer 1888