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Excelsior Manufacturing Works, later W O'Donnell Pty Ltd, part 33-47 Batman Street, Melbourne

Butler, Graeme1985

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Title:

Creator:

Butler, Graeme (Name details)

Date of work:

1985

Reference number:

BIF-CITY 573826

Level of description:

Item from Collection: Heritage Collection (HC)

Type of materials:

Graphic materialsTextual material

Part of:

Series: Central City (BIF-CITY)

Access restrictions:

UnrestrictedOpen access.

Use restrictions:

UnrestrictedPlease contact City of Melbourne Libraries about obtaining permission to reproduce images.

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RESEARCH ADDED BY GRAEME BUTLER 2024:__________________________________________________DATE: 1920-1925;ASSOCIATIONS: Ernest Meissner?;Period: Inter-War___________________________GRAEME BUTLER 1985 MELBOURNE CENTRAL ACTIVITIES DISTRICT CONSERVATION STUDYBUILDING IDENTIFICATION FORM___________________________Heritage Places Inventory July 201533-47 B- (refers to 33-43 Batman Street?)___________________________Hermes, 201549-53 Batman StHeritage Inventory`Comments: one- and two-storey warehouse 1905 - single storey buildings, part of tannery complex (Grann Brothers).'___________________________Sands & McDougall Directory of VictoriaFormer number 327-329 Batman Street.___________________________NEWSPAPERS (TROVE):`News' (Adelaide, SA : 1923 - 1954) Wednesday 8 April 1942`Fined For Closing FactoryMELBOURNE.-Imposing a fine of £22, with £1/11/6 costs, on a can manufacturer, who was charged at the North Melbourne Court today with having closed his factory on December 31, Mr. Hill. P.M., said that men of this type should not think they could do as they liked when the Government made regulations to direct the nation's war effort.Defendant was Ernest Meissner, trading as Excelsior Manufacturing Works at West Melbourne.In evidence. Meissner said that he had given instructions for the factory to be open at 7.45 a.m. each day during the holiday period and his employees had not come to work.Leslie Stewart said that because of tinplate shortages, no work, except cleaning, could have been done if the men had attended.'___________________________i-heritage 2015Included in 33-47 Batman Street -no individual listing..i-Heritage database search results.W. O'Donnell Engineer works,33 TO 47 BATMAN STREET WEST MELBOURNE 3003Heritage GradingsBuilding Grading Streetscape Level Laneway LevelB 2Central Activities District Conservation Study - Graeme Butler, 1984 AdoptedArchitectural Style ModerneIntegrity GoodCondition GoodOriginal Building Type FactoryDescription/Notable FeaturesNotable features include unpainted decorative brickwork. Glass bricks / tiles.Statement of SignificanceRecommended AlterationsNew entry glass screen ( inappropriate - reinstate sympathetic alternative or reinstate original design.___________________________Sands & McDougall Directory of Victoria1942BATMANS SIDE319-325 O'Donnell, W., engineer327-29 Excelsior Can Works, canister mkrs1935315 Atchison, Bernard319-323 Gordon, D., mtr body bldr327-329 Excelsior Manfg Wks, canister mfrs1930S SIDEOff 415 King st301 Longland, Arth. G.303 Wrout, Herbt305 Phillips, Ernest307 Dew, Oliver E.309 Kennedy, Thomas311 Farmer, John313 Smalinsky, Will315 Bonfield, Stanley A.319-323 Gordon, D., chbldr & mtr body bid:327-329 Excelsior Manfg Wks, canister mfr;335 Moore, Leslie339 Keep Bros. & Wood Pt y Ltd, hrdwr me:chsSpencer st1925327-9 Excelsior Manufg Wks, canister mfrs1920319 Stevenson, John321 Benson, James331 Gronn Bros. tanners335 Gronn. Claus H. M.

Names:

City of Melbourne

Topics:

Central Activities District Conservation Study 1985Conservation studiesInterwar periodFactoriesEngineersBrick

Places:

Melbourne (Vic.)

Form/Genre:

Building Identification Forms (BIFs)

Record types:

Research and reports

Record number:

1267526