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Projects Index: Tanks & Silos.

(For large reservoir projects and swimming pools see Wall Structures.)

 

Public Water Supply Tanks, Victoria.

Gisborne (demolished) 1905 Story.  
Bairnsdale 1905 Story. Photo.
Wunghnu 1905 Story. Photo.
Pyramid Hill 1907 Story. Photo.
Katamatite 1909 Story. Photo.
Saint James 1909 Story. Photo.
Tungamah 1909 Story. Photo.
Mildura 1911 Story. Photo.
Tatura 1911 Story. Photo1.
Photo2.
Charlton 1913 Story. Photo.
Mortlake 1913 Story. Photo.
Rochester (tank replaced) 1914 Story. Photo1.
Photo2.
Tongala (modified) 1914 Story. Photo.
Echuca 1914 Story. Photo.
Wahgunyah 1914 Story. Photo.
Murtoa (demolished) 1914 Story.  

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Industrial Tanks.

Railway water tank, Mildura. (Project.) 1902 Story. Drg.
British Australasian Tobacco Co Ltd, 2 Tanks 1908?, 1911? Story.  
Bell's Match Factory, Richmond 1907 Story.  
Post Office Cable Tanks, Lorimer St., Port Melbourne 1909    
Malt Tanks, Carlton Brewery 1905 Story.  
Railway Tank, Dudley St Carriage Shed (demolished) 1908 Story. Sketch.
North Geelong Tank 1914 Story. Photo.
Hackett's Tannery, Richmond 1908    

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Agricultural Tanks & Silos.

Farm water tank, Caldermeade Estate 1903 Story. Photo.
Farm Silos, Sparrowvale, Geelong (demolished) 1908 Story.  
Farm Silo, Mont Park 1912   Photo.
Wheat Silos, Rupanyup 1908? Story. Photo.
Wise Bros Wheat Silos, Tocumwal 1912 Story. Photo.

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Institutional Tanks

Austin Hospital (in ground) 1909    
Lara Inebriates AsylumTank (in ground) 1910    
Mont Park Asylum (above ground) 1912 Story. Photo.

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Tanks and Silos of the
South Australian Reinforced Concrete Company.

(Table and data in course of development.)

Magill by 1909    
Pewsey Vale (Lyndoch) by 1909    
Strathalbyn by 1909    
"Corporation Tar Reservoir"(?) by 1909    
Mile End (designed by Works Dept.) 1911   Photo.
Abattoirs, Dry Creek, Adelaide (2 tanks) 1912    
Mannum 1912    
Tailem Bend 1912    
Gladstone 1913    
Murray Bridge 1913    
Taplan 1914    
Noarlunga 1914    
Reynella 1914?    
Renmark 1914?    
Islington 1915?    

A number of on-ground tanks were built by SARC, including two for the Wallaroo and Moonta Mining and Smelting Co Ltd which consisted of r.c. walls and clay floors. (The record for these tanks ceases with winning of the contract in 1914).

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