Peter Alkemade

Coimadai Lime Kilns - Victoria - History|Quarries - Extractive Industries|Work Conditions - Wages and Salaries - 1920 - 1970|Alkemade Family

as in title/subject.|Contents:| 0 - 3 mins: Magnesium usage in lime production. Flinders Street viaduct built using Coimadai lime.|3 - 6 mins : Introduction of crushed lime. Alkemaide family 19th century history. Kiln construction.|6 - 9 mins : Gold panning in the creek surrounding Coimadai in late 19th century. Rail planning through the area in 1868.|9 - 12 mins : 1897 : Accidental death of Peter Alkemade. 4 sones continued unitl the depression of 1930. .Robert Alkemade Jnr & sons business of Dolemite (raw Limestone)crushing till 1968.|12 - 15 mins : Alkemade family lime kilns at Colac and Heywood. Spa water manufacturing. Paint production using ochre and mill stones.|15 - 18 mins : Quarrying rights. Bennett Brothers wood suppliers for the lime kilns. Wood usage = 1 tonne of wood for 2 tonne of limestone production. Charcoal production using green wood.|18 - 21 mins : Dairy farming post lime production. Selling of land to State River Department.|21 - 24 mins: Horse teams and dray transportation. Schooling in Coimadai and Melbourne.|24 - 27 mins : Gas engine crushing production using charcoal and water chemical reaction engine. Retort engine.|27 - 30 mins : Charcoal production utilising the old kiln. Lime burners licence.|30 - 33 mins : 'Pug machine' for use in making limestone bricks. Soft shell limestone and flint limestone quarrying.|33 - 36 mins : Ash residue following a limestone burn. Wood and limestone layering in the kilns.|36 - 39 mins : As above. 'Blinding the Kiln' to slow the burning process.|39 - 41 mins : As above.|41- 44 mins : Carbon Dioxide gas byproduct. Square kiln and round kiln production differences. All kilns are round internally.|44 - 47 mins : Dookie lime kilns. Overseas lime kiln design influences, particulary Dutch Alkemade family and Scottish Adam family influences.|47 - 50 mins : Coimadai valley primary production.

Sound Disc 2

sound disc (49 mins.) :digital, stereo ;4 3/4 in.

Jenny Mitchell, Rod Faulkner

Melbourne's Living Museum of the West Inc.

Maribyrnong, (Vic)

Sound Recording

130104574

VMLMW

1984