P.N. Russell & Co., pictorial and textual material, ca 1870-1875; 1985 / compiled by Ian Bowie

PXE 1622

fonds

ca 1870-1875; 1985

Graphic Materials, Textual Records, Photographs

966929

0.05 metres of textual and pictorial material (1 folder)

P.N. Russell & Co became one of the largest engineering works in Australia, manufacturing engines, boilers, tanks, wool-washing machinery, hay presses, quartz-crushing machinery, ships, railway rolling stock and ‘every other description of machinery’. It erected gas and waterworks, road and railway bridges and was one of the first engineering works in Australia to introduce standardised engine design and manufacturing. The company continued to produce cast iron columns and ornamental architectural ironwork and was a major importer of machinery, maintaining several warehouses.
(Source: http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/learn/history/people-and-places/pn-russell-and-co)

1. The River Gunboat "Rangiriri" (Sister ship, "Koheroa").

2. P.N. Russell & Co., Main works. Taken from N.W. corner, looking east towards Barker Street Gate. Foundry building on left ca 1870. (copy)

3. P.N. Russell & Co., Main works. Company wharf on Darling Harbour, facing south. Gold stamper battery waiting to be shipped ca 1870. (copy)

4. P.N. Russell & Co., Main works. Boilers and possibly a pressure vessel in production. Boiler shed on left backs on to Barker Street ca 1870. (copy)

5. Copy of City of Sydney map, section 10, showing where the Main Works for P.N. Russell was situated on Barker Street, Darling Harbour.

6. Photocopy of image from the Illustrated Sydney News of 17 March 1870, the opening of Messrs P.N. Russell and Co's, New Railway Carriage Factory, p.357.

7. Colour photograph of the P.N. Russell & Co's, Railway Carriage Factory, 1985. Taken before its demolition in 1985 to make way for the Darling Harbour Project.

8. Brief typescript of the history of the P.N. Russell & Co's, Railway Carriage Factory by Ian Bowie.

Copyright status:: Out of copyright - images before 1955<br>In copyright - images after 1955
Copyright restrictions may apply: to textual material
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and courtesy Ian Bowie