Thompson Engineering & Pipe Co. Ltd

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Function: Maratime Industry and Engineering Industry

Location: Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia

Thompson Engineering & Pipe Co. Ltd. produced a 550 tonne bunkering barge in 1935. At the time it was the largest all-welded vessel in Australia and one of very few in the world.

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Location: Castlemaine, Victoria

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Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/scripts/tia-dynindex.php3?EID=A001497. [ Details ]

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