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Conference Paper

Author
Milner, P.
Title
The Engineering of the Port of Melbourne
In
Sixth National Conference on Engineering Heritage, 1992, Hobart 5-7 October 1992: Preprints of Papers
Imprint
Institution of Engineers, Australia, Tasmania Division, Hobart, Tasmania, 1992, pp. 29-34
ISBN/ISSN
0858255677
Url
https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.423862237394699
Abstract

The development of the port of Melbourne is described from its initial establishment along the River Yarra, and at Port Melbourne and Williamstown; together with an analysis of the conflict between Coode and Brady with respect to the location and method of construction of Victoria Dock, its subsequent operation and adaptation in response to changes both in the volume of general cargo handled and in transport technology, and the causes of its demise. A study of comparable port facilities in other parts of the world suggests that Victoria Dock is now the largest extant nineteenth century tidal basin in the world, which also still retains several 'crucial elements in the development of the traditional (non-containerized) port: linear wharfage and multi-berth cargo handling facilities; and illustrates both a significant stage in the technology of cargo handling and a dockland culture which, with the introduction of containerization, has all but disappeared.

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