PHILLIPSON'S "ALBION" SAWMILL

PHILLIPSON TRACK GLENLOGIE, ARARAT RURAL CITY

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PHILLIPSON'S "ALBION" SAWMILL

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    PHILLIPSON'S "ALBION" SAWMILL - History

    THOMAS PHILIPSON ESTABLISHED HIS "ALBION" SAWMILL IN APRIL 1871.  HE SUPPLIED TIMBER TO ELMHURST, MOUNT COLE (WARRAK), ARARAT AND LANDSBOROUGH.  THE MILL PROBABLY OPERATED UNTIL ABOUT 1880

    Interpretation of Site

    PHILLIPSON'S "ALBION" SAWMILL - Interpretation of Site

    Stone boiler setting would have supported a boiler up to 40 metres long and about 1.45 metres in diameter. The earthworks of the mill indicate a vertical breaking-down saw and a rip bench were installed, with the sawdust descent to the creek along a trench 17 metres long and 1.5 metres wide.

    Heritage Inventory Description

    PHILLIPSON'S "ALBION" SAWMILL - Heritage Inventory Description

    Substantial stone boiler setting, pit for vertical breaking-down saw and sawdust trench.

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