Black Powder Mill
Parklea Avenue; Kororoit Creek, CAIRNLEA VIC 3023 - Property No 51
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Statement of Significance
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Black Powder Mill - Physical Description 1
Most of the World War Two black powder factory buildings have been demolished, although some associated structures survive as a result of their use by community groups. Two red brick buildings stand in the median strip of Station Road among the sugar gum plantation. The buildings are typical of World War Two Commonwealth standard architectural forms, featuring corrugated iron roof pavilions, fitted with steel windows and timber double entry doors. This site was once part of Albion defence land to the east; connected to the remains of the factory by concrete roads and 'clean ways'. The Black Powder Mill features a triangular form with massive concrete walls on two sides and the third side enclosed by a light timber framed wall, clad with tongue-and-groove boards on the inside only. The roof is a pitched timber framed skillion clad in bituminous paper. Beneath the main floor is a partial cellar, level with the intact electric motors and gearbox driving the main edge runner mill on the concrete floor above, via the direct vertical shaft. The edge-runner mill almost fills the main room, set slightly above ground level on the concrete floors which are covered with spark-suppressing 'malthoid'. The mill itself comprises a large cast-iron bowl, standing in a frame of cast and wrought iron. Two fabricated edge runner wheels are mounted in the frame, with the drive turning the frame and gearing to the wheels themselves.
Condition/Integrity
Although in a diapidated state, the black powder mill is generally intact, with its original lmachinery and fittings and is restorable. the loading buildins on Station Road are in poor condtion and have been altered in minor form to accommodate community functions.
Black Powder Mill - Physical Conditions
Although in a dilapidated state, the black powder mill is generally intact, with its original machinery and fittings and is restorable. The loading buildings on Station Road are in poor condition and have been altered in minor form to accommodate community functions.
Black Powder Mill - Intactness
Substantially intact.
Black Powder Mill - Historical Australian Themes
3 Developing local, regional and national economies
3.13 Developing an Australian manufacturing capacityHeritage Study and Grading
Brimbank - Brimbank City Council Post-contact Cultural Heritage Study
Author: G. Vines
Year: 2000
Grading: StateBrimbank - Albion Explosives Factory Heritage Study
Author: G. Vines & A. Ward
Year: 1988
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Black Powder MillBrimbank City H2029
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1) ST. ANDREWS HOTEL AND 2) CANARY ISLAND PALM TREENillumbik Shire
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