Port Adelaide - Factories and Mills
Miscellany
The Boiling Down Works are described in the South Australian,
21 March 1848, page 2b,
11 April 1848, page 2e.
Also See South Australia -
Industries - Rural, Primary and Secondary - Farming Boiling Down.
Information on the gasworks is in the Observer,
10 March 1866, page 1f (supp.),
Register,
1, 5 and 19 November 1866, page 2e, 3a and 2g,
Observer, 3,10 and 24 November 1866, pages 5c, 2g and 5c.
Also see Port Adelaide - Civic Affairs -
Lighting the Town.
J. Lavin's biscuit factory is described in the Register,
22 June 1868, page 3e,
Lindsay's Iron Works on
4 July 1868, page 3f.
A proposed whaling company is discussed in the Register,
9 December 1872, page 5c.
Also see SA - Industries -
Rural, Primary and Secondary - Fishing - Whaling.
The "Booyoolee Meat Works" at the Port is described in the Register,
4 August 1873, page 6f; also see
Express,
31 October 1892, page 2c.
The opening of a canned meat factory is reported in the Chronicle,
24 July 1909, page 42.
Also see SA - Industries - Rural,
Primary and Secondary - Meat.
Information on Harrold Brothers store is in the Register,
9 May 1877, page 5a and
14 July 1877, page 3g.
An obituary of E.E. Harrold is in the Observer,
23 February 1907, page 40d.
The Carron ironworks are described in the Register,
3 June 1880, page 5c;
a sketch is in Frearson's Weekly,
24 April 1880, page 121,
An obituary of R. Lindsay, proprietor of the Carron Ironworks, is in the Register,
17 April 1895, page 5d.
Messrs Stilling and Co's warehouses are descibed in the Register,
7 April 1883, page 6g.
D. & J. Fowler's new store is reported upon in the Register,
8 September 1881, page 6d.
Sketches are in the Pictorial Australian in
July 1883, page 104 and
photographs in the Observer,
23 May 1903, page 25.
Also see Adelaide - Shops.
A sketch of Harvey & King's timber yard is in the Pictorial Australian in
August 1885, page 144,
of Globe Timber Mill in
May 1888, page 76.
Biographical details of Simon Harvey are in the Observer,
13 November 1926, page 30b.
The destruction of R. Cleland & Sons mill by fire is reported in the Chronicle,
26 March 1887, page 12f.
Information on John Bennett's bolt and rivet factory is in the Register,
16 June 1887, page 7a.
"The Electric Light System in Flour Mill [W. Thomas & Co]" is in the Register,
26 March 1888, page 7c.
Information on the Port Adelaide Salt Works is in the Chronicle,
18 January 1890, page 8e,
Express,
19 October 1891, page 2f.
Information on the Colonial Sugar Refinery is in the Chronicle,
24 January 1891, page 8b,
Express,
28 October 1891, page 4d,
on "new corrugating works" on
1 March 1894, page 3f.
The opening of cool storage chambers is reported in the Weekly Herald,
19 April 1895, page 3d,
"The Freezing Works", including photographs, is in the Chronicle,
27 June 1908, page 38d,
12 September 1908, page 29.
The opening of a canned meat factory is reported in the Chronicle,
24 July 1909, page 42.
Information on Malcolm Reid's business is in the Register,
30 March 1893, page 7d.
Information on the Globe Salt Company is in the Register,
18 August 1897, page 6d.
Timber yards are discussed in the Express,
29 January 1891, page 3d.
Mr Honey's timber seasoning yard is discussed in the Chronicle,
20 February 1892, page 9b and
its destruction by fire on
26 February 1898, page 15c.
Richard Honey's obituary is in the Express,
24 November 1892, page 2f.
Photographs of Walter & Morris' timber yard and information on the Sarnia
Timber Mills are in the Observer,
18 July 1903, page 25.
A photograph of a fire at Crooks and Brooker's factory is in the Chronicle,
3 February 1906, page 30.
Information on the Massey, Harris implement factory is in the Register,
30 August 1904, page 8c.
"Superphosphate Works for Port Adelaide [Mt Lyell]" is in the Register,
2 August 1906, page 4f.
H.L. Vosz's paint factory is described in the Register,
6 March 1907, page 10b.
A proposed power station is discussed in the Register,
23 April 1909, page 6h.
"Demolishing Chimney Stacks" is in the Register,
19 June 1909, page 8g.
The opening of the government canning factory is in the Express,
16 July 1909, page 4h.
Information on and photographs of Ferguson's Pipe Works are in the Observer,
23 and 30 October 1909, pages 52e and 31-44a,
Register,
23 October 1909, page 6c.
"A Big New Industry - Cement and Refractory Goods" is in the Advertiser,
16 November 1912, page 8a.
An obituary of F.R. Pybus, iron founder, is in the Observer,
6 February 1915, page 41a.
The opening of the Farmers' Union Wool and Grain Store is reported in
the Register,
20 September 1919, page 11d.
Information on Meggitt's linseed oil factory is in the Observer,
20 December 1924, page 46.
Breaking ground for the General Motors Assembly Plant is reported in the Register,
4 June 1926, page 14d.
Smelting
Also see South Australia - Mining - Miscellany.
Information on a smelter is in the Observer,
9 November 1861, page 3e,
31 July 1886, page 31e.
An article entitled "Amongst the Copper Smelters" is in the Register,
6 February 1867, page 3d.
A silver smelter is described in the Register,
30 March 1888, page 7a; also see
Chronicle,
9 June 1888, page 7c.
Proposed smelting works are discussed in the Register,
21 May 1886, page 7g.
Silver ore smelting is described in the Register,
24 March 1887, page 5a,
Observer,
26 March 1887, page 38e,
Advertiser,
31 March 1887, page 6c.
"Restarting the Port Adelaide Smelting Works" is in the Register,
7 December 1887,
Observer,
10 December 1887, page 8c,
31 March 1888, page 19c.
Information on the English & Australian Smelter is in the Chronicle,
19 July 1890, page 7f,
29 January 1891, page 3e,
4 March 1891, page 7e.
Information on the Junction Smelters is in the Express,
17 January 1890, page 4a.
Observer,
22 July 1893, page 32,
31 March 1894, page 30c.
The new smelters are discussed in the Register,
10 and 11 July 1894, pages 6f and 6g.
Photographs are in the Pictorial Australian in
January 1893, pages 12-13.
"Wages at the Junction Smelters" is in the Register,
28 March 1894, page 5a.
New smelters are discussed in the Register,
10 and 11 July 1894, pages 6f and 6g.
"Strike at Smelters" is in the Register,
23, 24, 26 and 28 September 1898, pages 5g, 5d, 6b and 7a.
"Smelters Closed Down" is in the Express,
23 September 1898, page 3e; also see
10 October 1902, page 3e for closure of Block 14 smelter.
Register,
10 October 1902, page 4f,
Observer,
18 October 1902, page 34a.
"Robbery Under Arms - Block 14 Officers Held Up" is in the Register,
24 and 27 February 1902, pages 5c and 5a,
1, 3 and 5 March 1902, pages 7d, 5b and 4d.
