Cyclone Woven Wire Fence Co. factory, 63-67 Franklin Street, Melbourne
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RESEARCH ADDED BY GRAEME BUTLER 2021:DATE: 1906, 1913, 1925;ASSOCIATIONS: Chambers & Thompson (Cyclone Woven Wire Fence Co.);DESIGNER: Purnell, Arthur W (1925);BUILDERS: Moscop, C H; Cockram, F.GRAEME BUTLER & ASSOCIATES 2011, CENTRAL CITY (HODDLE GRID) HERITAGE REVIEWStatement of SignificanceWhat is significant?Constructed from 1906 by builder C H Moscop for Messrs. L T Chambers & W A Thompson, the Cyclone Fence Gate Company complex was shown in part on Edwardian-era Melbourne insurance plans as a vacant site at the Swanston Street corner (future site of Factory A, 1913), with hoarding, and a two storey factory at the Franklin and Stewart Street corner (Factory C). There was a one storey block south of this. The matching Swanston Street wing was added in 1913 (Factory A). The existing bracketed main cornice line marks the original two level stage, with the attic addition probably carried in the 1914 works by builder F Cockram.The 1920s Mahlstedt fire Insurance (plan 13A, as amended to 1947) shows a three-level block at Stewart and Franklin Streets (Factory C), with the sawtooth roof as existing. The structure was of steel columns and beams, with a concrete ground floor, but with no fire proof upper floors. A similar form and structure was shown in drawings prepared for further additions to the complex in 1925 for William Eastwood Thompson Esq. (then of Telosa, Cowes) to the design of AW Purnell (later Purnell & Stone). By then showroom and offices of `HW Gossard of Asia P/L' were in the three level wing, at the Swanston Street corner. The complex was described as having a 3 and 4 storey block at the Swanston and Franklin St corner, recently vacated by Cyclone fence and Gate Co., presumably in favour of Gossard. `The Argus' had noted in 1916 that Gossard was a front-lacing corset manufacturer citing Madame Cave as an expert fitter: Advertisements for the firm urged the public to `Try a Gossard this time'. A painted sign bearing the firm's name is on the west all of the complex..Cyclone Pty Ltd.The Cyclone company was described in 1903 as having purchased the Australian rights of the Cyclone woven wire fence In 1898 , which they introduced into Victoria. this was immediately before the vast expansion on this site.`These fences rapidly found favour throughout the States, and in order to meet the steadily increasing demand it has been necessary to add continually to the firm's already extensive business. Among the numerous lines taken up is the Wellman automatic elevating gate, which may be opened by persons on horseback or driving -without the slightest difficulty. Crimped pickets used in conjunction with the Cyclone wire fence are made on the premises by a powerful machine, through which the wire is passed to obtain the necessary crimp. … A branch business has lately been established in Pietermaritzburg on the same lines and dimensions as the Melbourne house, and the firm intend shortly to open in Johannesburg and at Port Elizabeth. Some thirty hands are constantly employed in the Melbourne establishment, and the firm is represented throughout the country districts by some hundred agents, who assist in the erection of the fences, … An enormous business is transacted yearly by the firm, … the firm enjoys an extensive connection throughout the Commonwealth and abroad.' The firm pronounced in 1907 that they provided `Fences for the Suburbs', a Cyclone woven fence kept dogs and cattle at bay and was artistic.Cyclone Pty Ltd was incorporated in c1914-15, just before World War I. Like many manufacturing businesses dealing with house and farm construction, Cyclone had difficulty with lower demand and the expense of acquiring supplies of raw materials during the war. The firm's name changed in c1927 to Cyclone Fence & Gate Co. and in c1948, to the Cyclone Company of Australia. The firm was an icon in farm and domestic fencing but eventually became associated with chain wire security fences.The red brick complex has been constructed in two main stages. The earlier two-storey section, facing Franklin Street, is distinguished by brick pilasters or piers rising through the full height of the building to a large rendered cornice. Timber-framed windows typical of the Edwardian-era are used in punched openings within the pilaster recesses, separated by brick spandrels. This façade is generally without decorative detail except for a rendered oxbow=shaped canopy to the ground floor entry. This and the exaggerated cornice provides the stylistic signature of Edwardian Baroque. The complex is reminiscent of factory design work by A & K Henderson in Collingwood and Clifton Hill.The third level addition has been completed in a visually related style and is distinguished by its dentilated cornice and monumental parapet wall, with ogee profile return down Stewart Street. A sawtooth roof line on the western wing is visible from the south.The Swanston Street wing is similar three-level scale with two cornice lines but the brickwork has been painted, obscuring the patina of the brickwork evident in the Franklin Street wing. The Franklin Street wing provides a visually related complement to the significant 1870s Currie & Richards building to the west.How is it significant?Cyclone Woven Wire Fence Co. factory is significant historically and aesthetically to the Melbourne Capital City Zone.Why is it significant?Cyclone Woven Wire Fence Co. factory is of aesthetic significance as a generally well-preserved example of an Edwardian factory complex design within Melbourne's Capital City Zone.Historically the building is closely linked with the rise and fall of the well known Cyclone Woven Wire Fence Co. in the first 20 years of the 20th century and the entrepreneur, William E Thompson..RAWORTH, B 2002. REVIEW OF HERITAGE OVERLAY LISTINGS IN THE CBDfor the City of MelbourneHistory and Description63-67 Franklin Street, was constructed c.1910 as a factory'. The designer and builder are not known although the Cyclone Gate & Fence Co are known to have occupied the property throughout the 1910s. The red brick building appears to have been constructed in two stages. The earlier, two storey section is distinguished by brick pilasters or piers rising through the full height of the building to a large rendered cornice. The facade is generally without decorative detail except for a renderedsurround incorporating a small oxbow canopy to the ground floor entry. The second storey addition is completed in a very sympathetic style and distinguished by its monumental parapet. The building is in excellent original condition.Statement of Significance63-67 Franklin Street is of aesthetic significance at a local level as a substantially intact example of an Edwardian factory design within Melbourne's CBD..See also 459-471 Swanston StGRAEME BUTLER & ASSOCIATES 2011, CENTRAL CITY (HODDLE GRID) HERITAGE REVIEWREFERENCES:Willingham, Alan 1976. A survey of Historic buildings in Area no. 3 of the Central Business District Melbourne (for the Historic Buildings Preservation council): Fig 2- assessed as `B' requiring further investigation (A-D scale) but the building was not assessed. Grantee as CB Peed for ₤201 in 1849 (CA38).City of Melbourne i-Heritage:Central Activities District Conservation Study - Graeme Butler, 1984 i-heritage database cited as 65-77 :corner site - has frontage to 459-463 Swanston St.Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works (MMBW)Detail plan, No. 1022, 2023, City of MelbournePublication 1895: VPRO index plan shows masonry Victorian Clothing Factory (65-71) at Stewart St corner with small buildings adjoining in Swanston (459-471) and Franklin (-63)- index plan shows added as masonry after plan drawn.MMBW field books 460, 454, and 1759/124 show as DP, plus Factory A additionMMBW PSP images: nothing earlier than 1980s..LEWIS, M- AUSTRALIAN ARCHITECTURE INDEXBurchett Index, MCC Building Permit Applications:6/1/1906, 9839: ₤3/10, builder/owner. in brackets (Cyclone Woven Wire Fence and Gate Co) `brick factory'. (noted Currie & Richards Franklin St brick store in 1914, 5119)No other likely entries in index for Franklin or Swanston ..CITY OF MELBOURNE BUILDING PERMIT APPLICATIONSApplication register 1912-1916: 30/6/1914 B= F Cockram, O=William C Thompson additions to Stewart/Franklin St ₤2/2/16/4/1925 7360 ₤1500 alterations to factory A, B19/9/1925 7869 ₤2000 alterations to factory: Factory C -already has the third level and sawtooth roof. O=William E ThompsonSwanston 459-465:1931 12955 alterations1956 30609 new windows etc 465.Electoral RollsBalaclava Electoral Roll 1909: William Eastwood Thompson, Wilson St, Brighton, manufacturer (and Lucy Kruger Thompson, HD; James Thompson, indepneent means)Flinders Electoral Roll 1914: William Eastwood Thompson, Cowes, manufacturer (and Lucy Kruger Thompson, HD, Cowes, also James Matthew Thompson labourer?)Flinders Electoral Roll 1924: William Eastwood Thompson, Cowes, manufacturer (and Lucy Kruger Thompson, HD, Cowes)Flinders Electoral Roll 1949: William Eastwood Thompson, Cowes, manufacturer (and Lucy Kruger Thompson, HD, Cowes).Mahlstedt fire insurance plan seriesMahlstedt Map plan 13A (MUA): c1910- (as amended to 1923) `Cyclone fence Gate Co' vacant Swanston st corner (with hoarding) with 2 storey factory to Stewart St and one storey south of that. existing cornice line marks original stage, attic addition and matching Swanston St wingMahlstedt Map plan 13A: 1924- (as amended to 1947) has 3 level block at Stewart St with sawtooth as existing - steel columns and beams, no fire proof upper floors, concrete ground floor, `HW Gossard of Asia P/L' Three level wing at Swanston St corner (`The Argus': 31/1/1916 Gossard was front-lacing corset manufacturer `Try a Gossard this time' Madame Cave as expert fitter).Raworth, B. MCC i-Heritage: Central Activities District Conservation Study 2000cites Sands & McDougall directories 1910-1915.SMITH, JAMES 1903. CYCLOPEDIA OF VICTORIA , V2: 144`The CYCLONE WOVEN WIRE FENCE COMPANY and BEEKEEPERS' SUPPLY COMPANY (Messrs. L. T. Chambers and W. A. Thompson, proprietors), 128 - 130 Franklin Street, Melbourne, with branches in Adelaide. This business was originally established in 1877 by Mr. L. T. Chambers, under the style of the Bee-keepers' Supply Company, and carried on by him for seven years. Commencing in a small way as manufacturers of bee-keepers' supplies, the business increased so rapidly that it soon became necessary for Mr. Chambers to secure assistance, and he accordingly took into partnership Mr. W. A. Thompson. Further additions were then made to the business, -and the manufacture of fruit and packing baskets was commenced, the demand for this line of manufacture becoming so great that special machinery was imported from America in order to facilitate the execution of the daily increasing orders. This includes a rotary veneer cutting machine, which on arrival was erected in the firm's workshop. A section of a log placed in this machine is held in position by two chucks, and the machinery is set in motion, cutting a veneer of any desired width or thickness. About one million of fruit baskets are sent out annually, and the firm also manufactures beehives and all other .accessories used in bee-farming, the work turned out rivalling in many details the imported article. A few years ago Mr. Chambers invented a machine for manufacturing dove-tailed beehives, which style was subsequently adopted by American manufacturers, who acknowledged it to be a decided improvement on the old style of mitre joints. A machine for making loop-twitches for fastening droppers to the wire of ordinary wire fences is another invention of Mr. Chambers. In 1898 the firm purchased the Australian rights of the Cyclone woven wire fence, which they introduced into Victoria. These fences rapidly found favour throughout the States, and in order to meet the steadily increasing demand it has been necessary to add continually to the firm's already extensive business. Among the numerous lines taken up is the Wellman automatic elevating gate, which may be opened by persons on horseback or driving -without the slightest difficulty. Crimped pickets used in conjunction with the Cyclone wire fence are made on the premises by a powerful machine, through which the wire is passed to obtain the necessary crimp. The Cyclone fence is a combination of two-wire cables, into which the crimp pickets are woven at regular intervals. This process is carried out by a light, handy machine used on the line of fence, which is easily operated by one man, and when properly erected forms a suitable web fence for allclasses of stock. Over 100 of these machines are in use at the present time throughout Australia. A branch business has lately been established in Pietermaritzburg on the same lines and dimensions as the Melbourne house, and the firm intend shortly to open in Johannesburg and at Port Elizabeth. Some thirty hands are constantly employed in the Melbourne establishment, and the firm is represented throughout the country districts by some hundred agents, who assist in the erection of the fences, etc. In addition to those already mentioned, the firm, have the most complete and modern sawing and planning machinery for the making of beehives, etc., and a clipping machine for cutting into shape, etc., all of which are driven by a 11-h.p. gas engine. An enormous business is transacted yearly by the firm, and the turn-out in all lines manufactured is gradually increasing. A large stock of goods is kept on hand, including fruit and packing baskets, beehives, fencing wire, etc., etc., and the firm enjoys an extensive connection throughout the Commonwealth and abroad.'.Victorian Heritage Database (VHD):GATEWAY HOUSE459-469 SWANSTON STREET MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE CITYHeritage Inventory (HI) Number H7822-2077Heritage Inventory Description1866 map - building (s) on corner site.1880 Panorama - several single storey buildings on site.1905 - vacant area, part of Cyclone Fence & Gate Co..NLA: Trove:Cyclone Woven Wire Fence & Gate Co. The Cyclone Woven Wire Fence & Gate Co. was established in 1899. In 1915 its name was changed to Cyclone Pty. Ltd.; in ca. 1927, to Cyclone Fence & Gate Co. and in ca. 1948, to Cyclone Company of Australia. Works by these bodies are found under the name used at the time of publication..Boral web sitehttp://www.boral.com.au/history/Ch4_6.html`Cyclone's HistoryCyclone was formed in the early 1890s, when Leonard Chambers entered into a partnership with William Thompson to manufacture beekeepers' hives and accessories. They also imported and distributed queen bees, to improve the existing strain of Australian bees.In the mid 1890s, Chambers read a small advertisement in an issue of a US beekeepers' journal that proclaimed the merits of a manually operated machine able to weave wire fencing directly onto previously erected fence posts. Envisaging the scope for such a fence in Australia Chambers contacted the manufacturers, Lane Bros, who had established the Cyclone Fence Company in the United States. Negotiations to secure the Australian rights were successfully carried out by mail and Cyclone Woven Wire Fence Company was established in Melbourne in 1898. Initially all the wire and pickets had to be imported from the United States as the Australian steel industry was non-existent.By 1912 Cyclone was well established. However, Chambers was always on the lookout for new business opportunities and in 1913 embarked on a disastrous episode for the company…' The company was forced to withdraw the product and dump its stock at a substantial loss…Cyclone Pty Ltd was incorporated in 1914, just before World War I; soon afterwards the company, like many manufacturing businesses, experienced difficulties, particularly in acquiring supplies of raw materials. Deliveries of imported goods were extremely unreliable and the prices high - wire cost an exorbitant 7 pounds a ton.In 1925 the company changed its name to Cyclone Fence and Gate Company Pty Ltd, more accurately reflecting its principal business activities. It survived the 1930s Depression without trading at a loss and in 1937 secured the Australian agency for tubular scaffold fittings manufactured by London and Midland Steel Scaffolding Co.With World War II, Cyclone, with its expertise in the wire industry, was quickly requisitioned to provide supplies for military purposes. The wartime demands stretched the capabilities both of the company's plants and personnel to their limit. Consequently, by the time peace was declared in 1945, Cyclone's civilian trade had totally dropped off.In 1947, after obtaining advice from the stockbroking firm Ian Potter and Co., the directors formally registered Cyclone Company of Australia as a publicly listed company. The new capital in the company was offered to the existing thirty shareholders and to the general public on a two-thirds to one-third allocation. Shares were offered to the public at an issue price of 1 pound with a premium of 1 pound and were eagerly sought.In 1958, Cyclone decided to enter the aluminium window market, due to the increasing demand for this product. They also introduced a new range of hand and garden tools and expanded the scaffolding operations to Canberra to cater for the upsurge in building development in the federal capital. The Sydney Opera House during construction, featuring Cyclone scaffolding.Boral took over Cyclone in 1976. The window division was consolidated with the purchase of Dowell aluminium and timber windows in 1988. Dowell Australia Limited can be traced back to 1857. With well-established operations in all states, Dowell continues to trade under its own name.In 1993, the Boral board decided to concentrate on its core businesses. The company floated Azon Limited and sold many manufacturing subsidiaries including Cyclone Hardware and wire meshing, as well as other businesses acquired over the years that were no longer strategically important. Boral did, however, retain the scaffolding and window businesses it had gained through the original takeover.'ARC fences web site:`The Cyclone® Brand was introduced to Australia in 1898. Cyclone was an Australian Icon especially with the men of the bush in the early 1900's. The Cyclone branded fence was a revolution in the lives of the farmer, bushie and grazier because it made fencing easier with a promise of high quality and lasting performance in the protection of the land it surrounded and the stock it corralled.By 1902, just 4 years after launch, the product was already widely known.The Cyclone salesmen were relied upon to give an honest account of themselves and were highly regarded for their advice to farmers and graziers alike. The original Cyclone Zephyr (a newsletter published in 1902) proclaimed the products to be 'of the highest quality and best performance and their salesmen to be true to their word.'In 1905 Cyclone were the first company to introduce a pre-fabricated fence called Spring Coil based on a hinged joint construction and again were first to introduce an improved pre-fab construction called Ringlock.A key point in the history of the Cyclone Company was the decision to go public in 1947 and by 1948; the Cyclone brand had national coverage.In qualitative market research in 2001, farmers stated that Cyclone was an icon and indicated that a focus on improving the brand image would be an important step in growing sales in Australia. To many farmers, Cyclone is Fencing.In 1975, Boral purchased the Cyclone business and oversaw a period of expansion where the Australianness of the brand was personified by Slim Dusty becoming the voice of Cyclone in TV commercials of the early 1980's. '.NEWSPAPERS (TROVE)`The Argus':Friday 1 March 1907Accident at factory… letter to Argus from WE Thompson of Cyclone Woven Wire Fence Co., delays at Homeopathic Hospital.Monday 18 March 1907Advert `Fences for the Suburbs', Cyclone woven fences keep dogs and cattle at bay and is artistic… address cnr Franklin and SwanstonThe Argus 28/7/1913 CYCLONE GATES and FENCESCYCLONE GATES and FENCES Arc the best enclosures for suburban residences, gardens, und parks, whether they are regarded from the standpoint of effectiveness, durability, or beauty. If you have not our catalogue, get it, and let us quote on the job you are planning now. 'Phone 3228. CYCLONE FENCE & GATE CO., 450 Swanston St, CYCLONE FENCE & GATE CO.. Melbourne._.RBA ARCHITECTS 2013, CITY NORTH HERITAGE REVIEWhttps://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/SiteCollectionDocuments/city-north-heritage-review3.pdfWhat is Significant?The two adjoining, three storey red brick buildings, particularly the façades to the street frontages, including original windows.How is it Significant?The former Cyclone Fencing Company factories are of historic and aesthetic significance to the City of Melbourne.Why is it Significant?Built during the first decade or so of the 20th century, these former factories are historically significant for being representative of the scale of industrial development that occurred during the early 20th century in this northern part of central Melbourne, when many earlier buildings werre replaced with more substantial buildings. The site also has associations with the Cyclone Fencing Company, a well-known Australian manufacturer, who operated at the site for over 20 years.(AHC Criterion A4)The former Cyclone Fencing Company factories are of aesthetic significance for being a relatively ornate pair of Federation period factories, designed with Free style influences ('blood and bandage' exterior with pilasters and prominent entablatures). The design is more distinctive than many examples of the building type and it is noteworthy that most of the original windows have been retained. (AHC Criterion E1)HistoryThe site is part of two quarter acre Crown Allotments (no 11 and 12, section 38) which were purchased in 1849 by C. B. Peed.110 The land was subsequently subdivided and by 1864 the extant parcel of land, which relates to both buildings (lots 1 and 2, LP5070), had come into being. The owner at this stage was James Rollestone.111By 1870 several buildings had been constructed on the land, all of which were built to the front boundary – single storey shops at the corner of Swanston Street and a two storey factory, or the like, to the western half (extending to Stewart Street). They all had slate roofs and simple expression typical of the early Victorian period. 112 There was probably limited change for the next quarter century as the aforementioned circumstance corresponds with that depicted on the mid-1890s MMBW plans. 113 The larger building to Franklin Street was identified as the Victorian Clothing Factory at this stage (they had been occupying it from the late 1870s) and all the buildings were constructed from masonry (brick and/or stone).It is likely that the Swanston Street building was constructed during 1906-1907 for the Cyclone Fencing Company. 114 A smaller brick factory was unoccupied when rated in 1906 and a much larger building existed in 1907 (the NAV increased about three-fold from £80 to £250).115 A date about this time is partly corroborated by a 1910 auction notice for a nearby site on Swanston Street in which the Cyclone Company site was identified as one of 'the handsome modern buildings' in the vicinity.116The Cyclone Fencing Company had been established in 1899 in a small factory in Franklin Street by L. T. Chambers. 117 William Eastwood Thompson, who owned the site, however was also reportedly one of the founders of the company.118 Although W. E. Thompson, is listed as the owner in the rate books from 1906, his name does not appear on the title until May 1912.119The Cyclone Fencing Company was listed in the directories at 459-461 Swanston Street beginning in 1907, although they were not the only occupants of the building, as the Beekeepers' Supply Co was listed until at least 1920, and other occupants included St John Ambulance Association and Chambers & Bennetts P/L during the second decade of the 20th century. 120 As the Cyclone Fencing Company is the only occupier of the site listed in the rate books, presumably the other enterprises sub-leased from them.It is probable that the Franklin Street building was constructed during 1911-12 as the rates are combined for both buildings at this stage, and increase considerably. 1211 In 1916 a substation was installed in the Franklin Street building. 122In 1925 the architect Arthur Purnell was engaged to make some changes to the building, at a cost of £1500. The work was completed three months later. 123 Later in that year Purnell & Stone, architects and engineers, designed further alterations involving modifications to the stairwells, which werre undertaken by H. H. Eilenberg, and completed in March 1926.124In 1930 the Cyclone Fencing Company moved to a new building in Hardware Street. 125 W. E. Thompson however retained ownership of the subject site until his death in late 11952.126The H. W. Gossard of Asia Company occupied the siite by 1941 and remained there at least until 1962.127 In a 1946 article, the factory workrooms were described as spacious and well lit, and ample amenities for staff were said to be provided, including social and welfare committees .128 H. W. Gossard was an American company that specialised in women’s underwear, initially corsets, when the company began during the early part of the 20th century.110 Township Plan, Melbourne North M314(10)111 Certificate of Title, vol. 82/folio 321112 Two images by Charles Nettleton, Swanston Street held by the State Library of Victoria (cc000773 and cc000780)113 MMBW plan 25 (1894) and detail plan no. 1022, 11023 (1895)114 The name of the company changed over time and is listed in several variations however for the purposes of this citation, the Cyclone Fencing Company is used. Other names include the Cyclone Woven Wire Fence and Gate Co.115 Melbourne Rate Books, (VPRS 5708), Gipps Ward: 1906, entry no 1373 and 1907, entry no 1326.116 The Argus, 15 June 1910, p2117 Richard Peterson, Fences and Gates c.1840-1925 (National Trust of Australia [Victoria], Technical Bulletin 8. 1), p30. In 1904, they advertised at 125 Franklin Street, The Argus, 17 December 1904, p10118 The Argus, 7 May 1953, p18. His involvement in the company is mentioned in an article relating to large bequests that he left to several charities.119 Certificate of Title, vol. 3604/folio 637.DIRECTORIES OF VICTORIA, MELBOURNE-SANDS AND KENNY, SANDS & MCDOUGALL1893:Swanston st:Seid & May, carpenters and joiners (yard?)59 VacantVacant63 Lane, Charles, bootmaker65 Barthold, G. J., & Co, clothing manufacturers77 Vacant(Stewart )Franklin St:461 Deslandes& Harvey, wood carvers &,c463 Vacant471 Seid & May, carpenters d joiners1904: Franklin St(Swanston st59 Vacant61 Vacant63 Vacant65-77 Barthold, G. J., & Co, clothing mnfctrsSwanston St:461 Desluudes, Mrs H. C. W., fretworker andwood carver463-471 VacantReceiving box (P.O.)(Franklin st)1905 65-77 Barthold, GJ & Co clothing manufactrs1910 67-77 Cyclone Fence & Gate Co workshop/ Stewart St/1915, D1920 67-77 Cyclone Fence & Gate Co/ Stewart St/ also in 459 Swanston St1924 67-77 Franklin St (to Stewart) and 459-463 Swanston Cyclone Co Pty Ltd also Chambers & Bennetts cnster makers;1930 67-77 Franklin St Carr, W J printers, 459 Swanston St Nathan, Jos & Co merchants, Forward Printing, Robinson's Motors P/L1935-39 67-77 Gossard, HW & Co P/L corset maufact.;1935-39 459 -461 Forward Printing, 463 Mobile Auto finance1939 Ogilvy, EJ P/L cycle access wsale; Watkins Motors P/L used cars..MCC Valuers Books Gipps Ward (VB)VB1904,1211 65-67 Franklin st: Barthwold & Co occ., owner Commercial Bank brick warehouse 115x70' ₤100; at rear is Fred Albrecht brick store owned by Commercial Bank 30x103' NAV ₤44;1378 Swanston St: Charles Deslandes occupies brick factory NAV ₤30, owned by Commercial BankVB1905,1206 65-67 Franklin st: Barthold, Commercial Bank x out to WE Thompson warehouse 115x70' ₤100, rear is Fred Albrecht brick store owned by Commercial Bank (x out to WE Thompson) 30x103' NAV ₤44;1376 461 Swanston St: Charles Deslandes occupies brick factory NAV ₤30 x out to become WE Thompson;VB19061204 Franklin st: old sheds 70x60' (x out) ₤75;1205 57-63 Franklin st Barthold & Co, owner WE Thompson warehouse 115x70' ₤100,373 461 Swanston St: no occupier, owner WE Thompson (written in:) 2 floors brick 85x185' (82x80' x out) NAV ₤250VB1907 ,51-63 Franklin St Barthold & Co, owner WE Thompson warehouse 115x70' ₤100,1326 461 Swanston St: Cyclone Gate Co brick factory 2 floors, 85x185' ₤250VB1908,1162 51-63 Franklin St -Barthold & Co (x out), owner WE Thompson warehouse 115x70' ₤1001328 461 Swanston St: Cyclone Gate Co brick factory 2 floors, 85x185' ₤250VB1909,1159 51-63 Franklin st owner WE Thompson warehouse 115x70' ₤1001323 461 461 Swanston St: Cyclone Gate Co brick factory 2 floors, 85x185' ₤250VB19101146 Franklin St: Cyclone Gate Co, owned by WE Thompson, warehouse 115x70' ₤1001299 461 Swanston St: Cyclone Gate Co brick factory 2 floors, 85x185' ₤250VB1911,1140 Franklin St: Cyclone Gate Co, owned by WE Thompson (x out),1294 461 Swanston St: Cyclone Fence and Gate Co, owned by WE Thompson brick factory 2 floors 82x182' ₤250 x out to ₤550VB1912, 1291 461 Swanston St: Cyclone Fence and Gate Co, owned by WE Thompson brick factory 2 floors 82x182' ₤550 (no Franklin St entry- now combined)VB1913, 1257 (459-461 see above ) brick factory 2 floors 82x182 ₤550 x-out to ₤750VB1914, 1237 (see above ) brick factory 82x182' ₤750 x-out to ₤850VB1915, 1236 (see above, no description) ₤850VB1916, 1218 (see above ) factory 3 floors ₤850VB1917, 1057 see above but as Cyclone P/L brick factory 3 floors…VB1920,1201 see above
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