ENGINEERS AND MANUFACTURERS I
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J. LAYCOCK AND SON
ENGINEERS AND MANUFACTURERS
1889 - 1985
(INTERIM REPORT)
J.W. Gibson 1985
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CONTENTS
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I 1. Introduction
2. Hi story 1
I 3. The Site 5
I 4. The Buildings 6
I 4.1 Moto r Gar ag e
I 4.2 Water Closet
4.3 Factory
I 5. The Acetylene Plant 12
I 6. The Recordi ng Te am 15
I 7. Recommendat ions 16
I 8. Acknowl ed gements 16
9. References 17
I 10. Appendices (A - P) 19
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1. INTRODUCTION
Joseph Laycock and Son was a small industrial enterprise situated at 108-110
Seymour Street, Bathurst (NSW). The enterprise 'comlTEnced as a Blacksmiths shop
owned by Mr. Henry Anderson in 1889. The shop was purchased in 1889 by Mr.
Thomas Laycock who had emigrated fran Durhan, England in 1884.
Thomas expanded the shop to introduce a machine shop driven by a central
lineshaft to cope with the repair of stean powered equi\l1lent, and successive
family owners of the shop progressively diversified its operations into founding
and we 1 di ng.
In 1919 they expanded into the manufacture of elevators and conveyors for bagged
comrrodities such as wheat, and flour. Production continued, with the addition
of Potato Grading and Threshing machines, until 1969 when the advent of bulk
grain handling techniques produced a drop in demand.
The Factory building was a timber post and beam construction, clad with hardw:lOd
slabs and roofed in galvanised iron. It initial.ly contained one brick hearth
forge. Laycocks extended the building when they purchased it in 1889, and again
in 1919. The shop was progressively powered by stean, gas, DC electricity and
town electricity.
Joseph William Laycock continued to use the facilities until 1983 when he
carried on his work of light general engineering in an adjacent building.
At the time the site was recorded in 1985 the building, machinery, and equipment
had not been upgraded. The shop represented a unique example of a small
integrated manufacturing concern of the late nineteenth century.
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2. History:
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The town of Bathurst was proclaimed by Governor Lachlan Macquarie on a site
in Wi lli an Street near the banks of the Macquarie river on 7 May 18151• It
was initi ally a base for further exploration to the West and f'brthwest.
Following the first discovery of alluvi al gold at what is nON Ophir in 1851
and subsequent intensive reef mining at Hill End, Bathurst became the centre
of the go 1 d rush and a boom town. Tr ansport to and from Bathurst was by
overland coach, until April 1876 when the railway link to Sydney was finally
completed. Despite the gold rush of the nineteenth century, Bathurst grB'l
as a city based on agricultural and pastoral income.
By 1875 Mr H Anderson (Blacksmith) occupied a large block of land in Seymour
Street, between Keppel and Piper Street2, before Lord Street had been estab
lished. On this block Mr Anderson established his trade as a Blacksmith and
Farrier and by 1886 he had built a 4 bedroom house on the block and was
actively trading as a General Blacksmith.
Thomas Laycock (1838-1900) a Gunsmith and Blacksmith emigrated from Durham
(England) in 1884 together with his wife Jane (nee Parker) and fanily of 3
girls (Mary, Elizabeth, Sarah) and 4 boys (Thomas, O1arles, Joseph and
John). Thomas joined the Railway Branch of the Department of Public Works
on 12 August 1884. He was stationed at Bathurst as a blacksmith on a pay of
10/. per day. His sons Thomas and Joseph also joined the Railway Branch.
Thomas joi ned as a carpenter in June 1884 and was stat ioned' at Bath urst from
February 1885 on 8/. per day.3 Joseph and John were both founding members
of the
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Bathurst District Band which had its first practice on 29 January
It had formed out of the Bathurst Railway Band which commenced in Joseph pl ayed trombone and John the cornet. In 1 ate 1889 Thomas
purchased Andersons 29 year old business, and having completely refitted the
old shop, began trading as Thomas Laycock and Son - Practical Engineers and
General Blacksmiths5 at 108 Seymour Street.
Do rma n H. S., n. d., P 5 Di rectory of the town of Bathurst, 1862, p18 Ra il way Branch, Ret urn of Employees 1887, p55 Bathurst District Band 1885 - 1935, plO,ll Bathurst Daily Times, 23/12/1889 and 4/11/1889
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Joseph Wi lli an (1865-1939) joined the Railway Branch after his father and
brother on 17 August 1884. He joi ned as a 1 abourer on 7/6 per day. In
Sept611ber 1884 he was transferred6 to Bathurst. He married Jane Fi tzsimrrons
in 1887 and they lived at Vale Road, Bathurst where his first daughter Elsie
was born in 1890. He was sent to Wellington (NSW) to install a Railway
Turntable and whilst there his son Joseph Cyril was born in 1892. He
returned to Bathurst to live at 108 Seymour Street where two daughters
(L ill i an in 1898 and Gl adys in 1900) were born 7.
When Thomas died in August 1900, Joseph William (35) and his brother Charles
(18) took over management of the business operating it under the nane
Laycock Bros. IIEngineers, Boilermakers and General Blacksmithsll. In Apri 1
1917 Charles retired from the partnership and in May 1917 Joseph brought his
son Joseph Cyril (25) into the business. At the same time the name of the
business was changed to Joseph Laycock and Son IIEngi neers ll8 • Joseph Wi lli an
is registered at this time as living at 108 Seymour Street, and Joseph Cyril
is regi stered as 1 i vi ng at 112 Seymour St reet.
By 1917 the Bl acksmiths shop h ad been extended, a foundry added, and a
machine shop installed. J. Laycock and Son comrrenced the manufacture of
grain elevators in- 1918; the first to be sold in 19199. Parts were cast in
their own Foundry until it becane too costly to freight the ra-J materi als
required and the Foundry ceased operation in 1926 or 192710. Other products
included conveyors and conveyor extensions up to 18.3 metres long.
Elevators and conveyors were produced specifically for handling grain, coal,
tomatoes, hay, wood, paper pulp, 'vIK)ol and bricks. The reliability of the
Laycock grain elevator is clearly indicated in a testimonial from F. Crago
and Sons, Fl our-mi llers, dated 2 March 1945 11 ••• the elevator purch ased from
you in 1919 is still giving every satisfaction ... 11. 11,12The firm also
Railway Branch, Return of Employees, 1887, p55 Laycock J. W., 1985, Appendix B, p22 Registrar of Companies, NSW, 1903-1917. Laycock Journal, Book 3, 1919, p496 Hill A., 1985, Appendix C, p28 Laycock·s - Elevators and Conveyors, n.d., appendix N Western Times, 1969
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designed, patented and manufactured a Wh itehead Thresher which was sold to
Flour Mi 11s to extract grai n from the head.1 3 The fi rm also carri ed out
general engineering functions such as repairs to Stean Traction Engines and
Rollers.1 4 Joseph Gyril used the forge to manufacture two large gates for
the Wi lli an Street entrance to the School of Arts. When this entrance was
replaced by shops, the gates were stored and subsequently erected on the
Keppel and George Street entrance to Machattie Park. 15
The Farriers shop by this time had become a general Blacksmiths shop for
welding, shaping and bending steel and also for the heat treabnent of tool
and spring steels. 16
In the early 1920's Laycock's operated one of the fi rst Motor Garages in
Bathurst in a shop in Keppel Street between Bentick and Willian Street. 17
Around about 1925 they built a Motor Garage in front of the residence at 108
Seymour Street18.
During the 1930's they purchased one of the first Aston Electric Arc
Welders, to repair a split in the Firebox of a Stean Traction Engine, saving
days of work. They also extended their business interests into the fledg
ling Radio and Electrical Industry by opening a Radio and Electrical shop at
53A Keppel Street in 1934. This shop was closed in 1944 when war broke
out19. With the closure of the Radio shop in Keppel Street the finn was
registered as carrying on the business as Engineers and Manufacturers.
During the war they carried out Defence contracts. 20
Joseph William died in July 1q39 aged 74, leaving Joseph Gyril (47) and his
son Joseph Wi lli an (19) to continue management of the finn. About 1945 the
house at 108 Seymour Street, (behind the 1925 Motor Garage) was demolished.
No further development was undertaken on this site. JJseph W. worked with
the firm until wartime when he took a short period for war service, after
which he returned to the finn where he has worked up to the present time.
13. Laycock J. W., 1985, appendix B, p23 14. Hill A., 1985, appendix G, p35 15. Laycock J. W., 1985, appendix B, p22 16. Laycock J. W., 1985, appendix B, p23 17. Laycock J. W., 1985, appendix B, p23 18. Hill A., 1985, appendix C, p35 19. Registrar General, 1936-1944. 20. Laycock J. W., 1985, appendix B, p23
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In 1952 the first Laycock Potato Grader and Sizer was added to the firms
products .21 This product was introduced to provide farrrers with a rreans of
grading potatoes so that they could fulfil 1 a requirement of the Potato
Board. 22
Joseph Cyri 1 di ed in November 1958. Joseph Wi 11 i am together with Elle n
Teresa, both resident at No. 112 Seymour Street, became partners and in 1962
the firm was trading as J. Laycock and Son "General M=chanical Engineers and
Manu facturers". 2 3
With increasing growth in bulk grain handling facilities the demand for
grain elevators declined and the firm ceased production in 1969.
The firm had only ever employed a few rren over and above the family, often
using casual labour where necessary (ie: a moulder in the foundry when it
was operating, and painters to paint the finished products)24. In the year"s
approaching 1969 only casual labour was used on the site. It is understood
that there was never any union representation in the works in the period
1917 to 1969 when production ceased.
Joseph Willi am continued to manage the works and the garage beheen 1969 and
1983 carrying out general maintenance and engineering functions as well as
motor vehicle repair and maintenance. The machinery used in the factory
during this period were the pedestal drill, h"ackscw and the power operated
shears. Subsidence caused the cet:ltral lineshaft to bend. An attempt was
made by Joseph Wi lli am to jack up one of the support posts but this was not
fully successful, causing him to abandon the factory in 1983 and continue
work in the adjacent motor garage until his retirement in 1985.
The factory was initially powered by a single steam engine25 outside the",
building at the rear, and later a gas engine located inside the building
northeast of the Office. With the advent of electrical power the firm
Laycocks Potato Graders and si zers, n .d., appendix 0 Laycock J. W., 1985, appendix B, p23-24 Registrar General, 1958-1966. Hill A., 1985, appendix C, p36 Laycock, J.W., 1985, appendix A, p19 and p21
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installed a D.C. generating plant to produce their own electricity, this was
followed by town supply electricity driving a central electric motor. They
also had a carbide generating plant to supply acetylene gas for the works.
3. THE SITE
Refer to Site Plan, appendix J.
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The fi rm occupies the equivalent of two suburban blocks of land in '(nos:
108-110) Seymour Street, Bathurst, just Northeast of its junction with Piper
Street. This is approximately 2 street blocks Southeast and 3 blocks South
west of the city's central business district, and 2 blocks Northwest of the
railway station. The surrounding area is predominantly residential, how
ever, a number of early industries in Bathurst were establi shed between the
business district and the railway line - notably that of Wm. Tremain,
Flourmillers, est. 1875. The adjacent residential homes are single storey
semidetached cottages and terraces of Victorian architectural style, and
Federation styl e cottages.
The site is reasonably flat (dropping approximately 1m from West to East and
approx level North to South) and almost square (30.5m x 37m), with three
buildings remaining - the Factory, the Motor Gara9,e and a Water Closet
(W.C.). Other features of the site include two concrete pads that were
associated with the (now demolished) cottage, a ship's rivetted water tank,
a coke pile and a scrap steel/iron pile along the Southeast boundary, a
number of motor car bodies and chassis. A coal pile lies on the Eastern
corner of the Factory and a variety of scrap rretal lies along its Northeast side.
Two fruit trees (pomegranate26) 1 i e to the Northwest of the W. C and behi n d
the garage. There are a number of other bushes on the site which is covered
with a variety of grasses up to 1m high, and a bamboo patch near the back
fence.
26. Hill, A., 1985, appendix C, p35
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4. THE BUILDINGS: Refer to Building Plan, appendix K.
Three buildings remain on the site, the oldest of which is the focus of this study. They are:
4.1 Motor Garage (approx. 1925): This building is located in the Northern __________ :.;.;,t....~~~....;. _____ _
corner of the site with its length facing Seymour Street and end
adjacent to the Northeast boundary. This building (16.5 x 9.3m) is
constructed in sawn hardwood, clad in corrugated galvanised iron, with a hip roof also in- corrugated galvanised iron. Eight skylights are let
into the hip roof, and the floor is concrete, there are windows in the Southeast and Southwest walls, and a door in the centre of the Southwest wall.
The side facing Seymour Street has two large timber sliding doors which
c lose to a central jamb. The front panel between the door and the north east end of the building has signwriting:
IIMobiloil - make the chart your guide ll
while the panel between the door and the southwest end of the building has signwriting
IIShell - Motor Spiri tll.
This panel is shown in a photograph in one brochure w-ith the sign
writing IIChandler and Cleveland Carsll.27 In another brochure28 the
signwriting reads "Shell - well balanced spirit ll .
Above the two doors is the signwriting:
"J. Laycock and Son"
On the Northeast wall of this building there is signwriting
27. Laycock - Potato Graders and Sizers, n.d., appendix 0 28. Laycock - Elevators and Conveyors, n.d., appendix N
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"SHELL MOTOR SP IRIT AND OILS"
(black on a yellow background). Underneath this however, and very
faded, can be seen the word IGARffiE" in large (black?) letters with a
white shadow. All the signwriting has faded badly but still remains
barely vi sib le.
A small shed is attached to the rear of the Garage toward the north
east end. Machinery within the garage includes a lathe, drill press,
milling machine and the Aston welder.
4.2 Wate( Closet: This exists as an outhouse near the centre of the site.
In relation to the now demolished cottage this building would have been
behind and to the Southeast. The building is constructed of sawn hard
wood (100 x 50) clad with corrugated galvanised iron on three sides and
with a similarly clad skillion roof.
The door is made of vertical tongue and grooved boards of ledged
design. It is hu.ng on two T butt hinges with an external barrel bolt.
The pedestal is ceramic with a modern cistern mounted on the Northeast
wall. A basin with tap is mounted on the left (Northwest) wall.
Plumbing to the building is galvanised iron and within the building it
is copper pipe. Whilst this building now appears incongruous with the
site, it was obviously associated with the cottage, and remains now
because it is the only such faci 1 ity on the site.
4.3 Factory: This building (31.6m x 8.6m) is the oldest structure on the
site and as such is the focus of this study. It is located on the
Southwest boundary of the site with one end facing Seymour Street. It
is constructed of debarked hardwood posts and sawn timber beans and
rafters. Cladding varies around the building from vertical timber
slabs, to sheet corrugated galvanised iron and tongue and groove
boards. The roof is of hip design clad in corrugated galvanised iron
with a ski lli on on the Northeast side.
The hip has been modified in two places on the Southeast end to provide
for a tall piece of machinery or to mount a piece of machinery high in
the roof. A second, shorter, skillion is attached to the Southeast end
of the bu il di ng to provi de a roof for the office.
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The only internal wall is a dividing wall between the office and the
remainder of the structure. Several ledged (some braced) doors on T
butt hinges are provided for access. Shutters and timber franed
windows provide light and ventilation. A photograph in the company
brochures29,30 shows an elevated hoarding on the street face sign
written with the words "J. LAYCOCK AND SON". This sign was found
stored on the joists in the motor garage, but has been painted over.
This building contains four main functional areas:
(a) Blacksmiths Shop, (b) Foundry, (c) Machine shop and an (d) Office/
Storeroom.
Little evidence of the building's history is available, at this time,
however, it is most probable that the Bl ack smi ths shop was the origi nal
structure. This has probably been extended, firstly, to add a machine shop in what is now the foundry area, and secondly to move the machine
shop31 to its existing position and so allow for the foundry. The only
incongruous construction within the main part of the structure is a
slight realignment of the Southwest wall between the Blacksmiths, shop
and the foundry. In the blacksmiths shop the vertical timber slabs are
nailed on the outside of the top plate, whereas, in the foundry and
work shop they are nail ed on the ins ide of the top pl ate. The sl abs are
circular sawn timber approXimately 200 x 40. A single remaining post
from a post and rail fence lies in alignment with the Blacksmiths shop
wall along this side, suggesting a fence along the alignment when the
blacksmiths shop was extended. The skillion on the Northeast side has
probably had the wall covering added in at least two stages.3 2
a) Blacksmiths Shop: This area is approximately 9n x an in.the
Seymour Street end of the building. The southwest wall is of
vertical split slabs without windows or doors. The front, facing
Seymour Street, is clad with corrugated galvanised iron painted
green with the corrugations horizontal. This wall has a stable
door and two 4 light glazed timber franed windows, and is covered
Laycock's - Elevators and Conveyors, n.d., appendix N Laycock's - Potato Graders and Sizers, n.d., appendix 0 Laycock, J.W., 1985, appendix D, p43 Hill, A., 1985, appendix C, p32
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wi th a creepi ng vi ne. The wall ext ends to the Northeast to form a
fence between the Factory and the motor garage. Thi s fence has a
double gate incorporated in it and is covered with corrugated gal
vanised iron with the corrugations vertical.
The Northeast wall is clad in corrugated galvanised iron (corruga
tions vertical). It incorporates a double entrance door of
vertical sawn timber planks of ledged design. The two doors are
mounted on h and forged straps and pi ns. The floor is di rt.
The Blacksmiths shop contains one forge with a set of hand operated
bellows. These bellOHs are not connected to the forge, which is
now blown from an electric powered blower located in the motor
garage. Mr J. W. Laycock 33 indicated that there was at one time a
second forge to the southeast of the existing forge. Other equip
ment includes a set of hand operated sheet metal rollers, a port-
able forge, an anvil, two swage blocks, hammers, leg
sets, blacksmiths tongs and a variety of pick heads.
lies approx lm to the northeast of the forge.
vice, chisels,
A It/ater tap
b) ,Foundry.: This lies in the middle section of the building and is
approximately 9m x IOn. The Southwest wall is constructed the sane
as this wall on the blacksmiths shop, however, it is slightly out
of line with it, as already mentioned. The Northeast wall is clad
in galvanised iron (corrugations vertical), 'containing one door on
T butt hinges and five timber f.raned windOHs. Outside ground level
is slightly above internal floor level and a small ramp leads from
the door into the building.
There is evidence of bearing block mounts for a lineshaft (drilled
holes, packing blocks and grease) on three of the tie beans. This
suggests that some lineshaft driven machinery existed in this area
before it was used as a foundry, and may be consistant with the
pub 1 i c announcement in 1889 that IIthey intend carryi ng on the
business on a much larger scalell34•
33. Laycock, J.W., 1985, appendix D, p43 34. Bathurst Daily Times, November 1889
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The foundry cupola for producing molten iron stands outside the
bui 1 di ng adjacent to the Northeast wall approx. 2.5m Southeast of
the door. Coke for the cupo la is stacked on the Southeast boundry
of the property, as is scrap iron. A coke fired crucible furnace
(probably for bronze) lies under the Northeast skillion approx. 6m
Northwest of the door, and almost adjacent to the double entrance
door in the Blacksmiths part of the building.
The foundry floor is covered with black loam, with a low pile of
ash Southeast of the crucible furnace.
Timber Casting boxes (cope and drag) are stored on two crude racks
above the foundry floor. This area has been used to store steel
rod and bar in steel racks located on the Southwest side of the
foundry area. A small rack is also located under the skillion,
against the wall.
The acetylene gas line terminates on one of the posts (No.30) in
the middle of the foundry area suggesting that this area was used
for assembly of components after it ceased as a Foundry.
c) Machine Shop: This area is adjacent to the Foundry and is approxi
mately 9m square. The Southwest wall which is continuous with the
foundry wall, is of vertical slab construction with a large shutter
(wi th horizontal sl ats), two wi ndows and a door of ledged construc
tion. The windows have been boarded up.
The northeast wall is clad wi th tongue and grooved board s
(vert ical) with five timber franed wi ndows and a door. Port ion of
this cladding did not exist in 1925.35 The rear (Southeast) wall
is clad in 150nm vertical timber slabs with one s.ix light timber
framed window. This wall is only 3.ln long. An internal wall
divides the machine shop from the office/storeroom. This wall
(4.5m) contains two timber framed windows and a ledged door. The
floor is concrete (approx 5Onm) , covered with dirt, except under
the skillion where it is dirt. There are two skylights in the
roof.
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There is a sink in the Southern corner of the building, two benches
under the skillion and storage shelves on the Southeast and North
east walls. The floor plan shows the location of the machinery
which is detailed in the appendices (appendix K).
A large electric motor is mounted, above ground level, in the
Southern corner of the machine shop. This is linked by flat
leather belting to a 7m long central line shaft with 10 pulleys on
it. The line shaft is mounted with four plumber block bearings to
the cross tie beams.
The line shaft drives five other short shafts by 5 separate belts.
These shafts are then connected to the machines. Provision is made
on each machine, or on its own drive shaft, to transfer the drive
belt onto an idler pulley and so di sconnect the machine fran the
continuously driven line shaft (refer: appendix L).
The central line shaft used to be driven by a gas engine mounted at
floor level in the eastern corner of the machine shop.36 It is nON
driven by an electric motor located in the southern corner above
ground.
The hip roof at the Southeastern end of the shop has been modified
in two pl aces to provide for something tall to be mounted, however,
no evidence as to the purpose of this has been forthcoming.
The floor of the workshop is scattered with scrap iron/steel. A
number of old radio chassis are stacked against the office wall. A
wide range of drills, reamers, grinding wheels, milling cutters,
and lathe tools (carbon tool steel) are on the benches or on racks
behind, under or beside the machines. The turret lathe had a
number of examples of a type of lIax len beside it. It was assuned
that these and 75mm cast iron wheels were the last items to be
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The other lathes had many accessories (chucks, change gears, cutt
ing tools) beside them and also quite a number of raw castings of
various components. Notable amongst the lathe accessories was a
large timber structure, of truncated square pyramid shape, contain
ing change gears for the Pitt Bros. lathe.
The acetylene line terminates in two places in the Machine Shop
(posts 1 and 3).
d) Office: The office lies under a short skillion on the southeast
end of the workshop and is approximately 5m x~. It is divided in
half to provide a small storeroom. It is constructed of sawn t im
ber clad on the outside with galvanised iron (vertical corruga
tions) and tongue and grooved boards. The office has an internal
lining of fibro with no lining in the storeroan. There are two
timber framed glazed windows in the external wall of the office and
one in the storeroan (made up of two adjacent franes). There was
shelving along the Southwest wall of the storeroom, some made from
petrol can boxes, and a bench on the Southeast wall. The shel vi ng
contained many books and tools (chasing dies and holders,
mandrels). The bench was scattered wi th some hand woodtlorki ng tools. A shelf over the 'door to the workshop contained a very
large number of receipt books,38 etc. There were a few patterns (for castings) on the floor.
The office contained two desks, one in the west corner, and one on
the northeast wall under the wi ndON. The desks each had on than a
number of company record book s38. Photographs on the walls showed
the staff with examples of the works products.
5. THE ACETYLENE PLANT
The factory was suppl i ed with acetylene gas from an acetylene produci n g
plant located outs ide the bu i 1 di ng, northeast of the office, a pl ant
installed between 1912 and 1920.
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The gas was used in conjunct ion wi th bottl ed oxygen gas suppl i ed by Comox for low pressure oxy-acetylene welding torches, which were in use from the
middle 1920's.
The Acetylene was produced in two generators (steel cYlinders~170x 330).
Each cylinder was sealed at one end and had a close fitting ranovable cap at the other. The cylinders were on their side and had two galvanised steel
pipes fitted into the top of one side. One of these pipes fed water into
the cylinder via a gas cock, and the other fed acetylene ga? via another gas cock to the gas reservoir.
In operation the cylinder was loaded with calcium carbide through the end.
The cap was repl aced and the water cock opened.
The react i on:
produced acetyl ene gas and 1 ime. The gas was fed from the re 1 evan t generator to the base of the gas reservoir. The gas cock in the acetylene
lines allowed each generator to be isolated from the system to allow refilling with carbide. When recorded, one cylinder was missing and the other was below ground level. They may have been below ground in operation to reduce
dangerous gas leakage from the cylinder cap durlng operation.
The gas reservoir consists' of a galvanised iron (steel) cylinder (4)760 x 1300) closed at one end on a timber base and filled with water. A second cylinder (~700 x 1300) closed at one end and inverted into the water bath.
Acetyl ene fed from the generators into the bottom of the water tank \',Qul d bubble to the surface and collect under the second tank which would then float. A small gas cock in the top of the floating cylinder would allow air to be let out of the tank and allow it to sink during initial setting up.
The mass of the floating tank would place the acetylene under a small positive pressure. Guidebars were provided to keep the floating cylinder upright.
The gas output pipe passed through the base of the water tank and rises above the water level into the gas space. This gas line passed through the southeast hip of the factory roof and terminated on three posts (1, 3 and
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30) in gas cocks. A water trap and safety device was mounted on one of
these outlets (in foundry area) with rubber hoses (very perished) connected
to a blowtorch.
An oxygen regulator and gauges hanging on a bracket was also connected to
the sane blowtorch. Brackets were provided at the base of the pole to hold the oxygen cylinder.
The oxygen regulator was labelled:
COMMOX BRAND. THE ENDURANCE GAS REGULATOR.
The high pressure gauge was calibrated to 180 ATM and the low pressure gauge
to 280 p.s.i. The gauge was labelled Comox, C.O. and A. Ltd., makers
Sydney.
A number of oxy-acetylene blowtorches existed, the one connected to the
systen being labelled: UNIVERS,Lll CUTTER
COMOX BRAND
C .0. and A Limi ted
No. 2353
The Australian Oxygen Co. commenced the first oxygen production in Jlustrali a
in 1910, but in 1912 the Commonwealth Oxygen Co. Ltd with the backi ng of the
British Oxygen Co. set up an Oxygen production plant in Alexandria N.S.W.39
Their trade name being COMOX BRAND.
In 1920 this Company (C.O.C. Ltd) changed its name to Commonwealth Oxygen
and Accessories (C.O. & A. Ltd) when operation were transferred from
Alexandria to Balmain.
Dissolved Acetylene was available as an imported product as early as 1904
but it was very expensive. In 1908 a dissolved acetylene plant was estab-
lished by Gardner Waern but many industrial concerns installed their own
carbide generators to produce their own low pressure acetylene. The r(Jtl
product for this, Calcium Carbide, though available as an imported product,
39. Savage, P., 1974, p23
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was produced in Australia in 1916 by the Hydroelectric Power and Metallur-
gical Co. Ltd in Tasmani a. In 1919 this Company changed its name to Carbide
and Electro Products Ltd. Severe competition existed in the market place at·
the time with cheap imported carbide being dumped on the Australian market.
The company was rescued by the Tasmani an Government and the Federal Govern
ment placed an embargo on imported carbide. The State Government took over
the finn in 1923, with Henry Jones & Co. PjL (I.X.L.) as distributers. In
1927 the Government sold the Company to the Australian Commonwealth Carbide
Co. Ltd incorporated 1927.
Commonwealth Oxygen became part of a large amalgamation of related indus
tries in 1935 under the nane, Commonwealth Industrial Gases Ltd (C.I.G. )40.
11 6. THE RECORDING TEAM:
I Members of staff from the Hi story Department of Sydney Un ivers i ty and th e
Industrial Arts Department of Sydney College of Advanced Education together
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with students from the Industrial Arts Department of S.C.A.E. wer€
respons ib le for detail i ng and recordi ng the site in March-July 1985.
Members of the team were assigned the following main tasks:
i) Artifact Recording Mr A Spencer, Mr J Spencer, Mr P Hyland
ii) Company Records - Dr A Crenin (S.U.)
iii) Historical Record - Mr G Shearsby (SCAE), t~r J Gibson (SCAE) i v) Mach i ne Records - Mr D Coyl e
v) Photographic Record - Mr P du Crest, Mr R Pengelly, Mr A Spencer
vi) Theodolite Survey - Mr N Frougas, Mr J Gibson (SCAE), Mr G Hinson
vi i ) Tri angul at i on Survey - Mr P Chew, Mr K Ho 1 man, Mr J Spencer
The site plan, building plan and layout of the line-shafting were draughted
on an IBM loaned IBM-PC computer using the Comprador PjL supplied Autocad 2
computer aided draughting programme. Artifacts from the site were catal
ogued on an IBM-PC Portable Computer using the progranme dbase 11 provided
by Parity Computer Ltd to provide a record of each artifact, or group of
artifacts, their size, their location in the factory, and their location at
the storage site at Bathurst &::>ld Diggings M.lseum.
40. Savage, P., 1974, p77
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7. RECOMMENDATIONS:
1) That as much as possible of the building and its contents be preserved
on another suitable site, such as the Bathurst Gold Diggi ngs Museum.
2) That the Diaries, Debtors ledgers, and the large leather-bound ledger be
obtained from Mr J W Laycock and deposited in a suitable public-access
repository.
8. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:
Acknowledgements are made to the following people for their help and guid
ance in the completion of this project:
Mr N Barlow - Councillor, Bathurst City Council.
Mr A Hill - former employee
Mr J Hughes - Director, Bathurst Gold Diggings Museum
Mr J W Laycock - Manager, J Laycock and Son
J W Gi bson 26/6/85
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9. FOOTNOTE REFERENCES:
1. Dorman, H.S. (n.d.) A portrait of Bathurst. Robert Brown.
2. (1862). The directory of the town of Bathurst, NSW. Sydney: Wilton.
3. Railway Branch of Department of Public Works (1887). Return of
employees. The Branch, Sydney.
4. (n.d.). Fiftieth anniversary souvenir of Bathurst district band.
Pamphlet, no publisher.
5. Bathurst Dai ly Times (1889). Adverti sements. 23 D:=cember, 4 November.
6. Railway Branch. of Department of Public Works (1887). Return of
emRloyees, The Branch, Sydney.
I 7. Registrar of Companies NSW. Company records 1903-1917.
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9. Laycock, J.C. (1919). - Financial journal. P496.
12. Western Times (1969). Bathurst 1890-1930. Article 13 November.
19. Registrar of Companies NSW. Company records 1936-1944.
23. Registrar of Companies NSW. Company records 1958-1966.
34. Bathurst Daily Times. (1889). Advertisement. 23 D:=cember
39. Savage, P. (1974). With enthusiasm burning: Sydney: Commonwealth
Indu stri al Gases.
40. Savage, P. (1974). With enthusiasm burning. Sydney: Commonwealth
Indu stri al Gases.
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Appendices Page
A) Recollections of Interview with Mr J.W. Laycock on 28/3/1985 by Mr G. 19
Shearsby.
B) Letter from Mr J.W. Laycock - received 26/4/1985. 22
C) Record of Intervi ew with Mr A. Hill on 26/4/1985 by Mr J. Gi bson. 25
D) Synopsis of Interview with Mr J.W. Laycock on 31/5/1985.
E) Listing of Machinery and Equipment present in Factory on 28/3/1985.
F) List of Company Records in the Office and Adjoining Store
on 28/3/1985.
G) Data - Triangulation Survey of Internal Post s.
H) Data - Theodolite Surveys a) Site
b) Posts
c),machinery
I) Laycock Fami ly Tree.
J) Gibson J.W, Site Plan.
K) Gibson J.W., Plan of Farrier Shop, Foundry, Machine Shop and Office
Bu i 1 di ng.
L) Gibson J.W., Plan of Line Shafting.
M) Gibson, J.W., Plan of Acetylene Plant
N) Laycock IS Elevators and Conveyors - Company Brochure.
0) Laycockls Potato Graders and Sizers - Company Brochure.,
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APPENDIX A
J. LAYCOCK AND SON
Recollections of Interview with Mr J.W. Laycock on 28.3.85 by Mr G Shearsby (It
should be noted that Mr Laycock did not wish to have the interview recorded)
In 1880's his grandfather came from Durham (England) worked on railways as
boilermaker and his father was born in Wellington. The grandfather moved to
Bathurst and there was a Farriers shop run by a fellow called Anderson. It was
extended and machinery installed and Laycocks began work.
1918 making elevators (Brochure). C.l. plate was screwed to them.
Hi s father got gates off another buil di ng and renewed (remade) them for
gates to ("Machattie") Park, Bathurst.
Used to repair steam engines.
In 1900's made a Whitehead thresher. In the office of the works is a photo
showi ng first elevator made by Laycocks (L to R) (i) possibly a Mr Anderson
(ii) Mr Laycock (Sen.) and (iii) their moulder.
They were casting both Bronze and C.I. An opposition firm round the time
probably naned Fish ploughs.
Actual works were fired by steam, then oil and gas. Made own D.C. electricity
and own acetylene for oxy-acetylene.
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Oldest lathe was one in middle of the works.
Near entrance to office was some large machine which went up into the raised
roof section. It was bolted to some heavy ........... .
Another photo in office is Mr Laycock and his son fishing.
Mr Laycock has offered MIC and Foundry to Canon Byron for Karingal and wished
the fani1y nane to be recognised. To be moved by end of June if possible.
Foundation of oil engine and gas engine are concrete and are at back toward
office but on other side of the building.
Assoc. with the works was the grandfathers house which was located at the back
of the current works. House pulled down earlier. His father had lived in the
house nearer to or south of the actual old works.
There was no union representation in the works and he cannot remember how many
people were employed there in his father, grandfather's day. The boss was the
foreman (his father).
Aedeen mentioned that he had done war service but was injured before leaving
Austral i a.
He has done other things in the town: T.V. and radio shop which did not do too
we 11.
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Book s gi ven to us, but not personal or factory documents.
Key person seems to be Canon Byron and he is the one who he is doing this for
(i .e. donating mic etc).
The steam engine was out the back next to the office - pads should be able to be
located.
Gas and oil engines definitely inside.
Another photograph in the office showed stacks of grain or (sand bags) and these
also appear in the catalogue.
G. Shearsby
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APPENDIX B
J. LAYCOCK AND SON
LETTER FROM MR J W LAYCOCK (Received 26.4.85)
Thomas Laycock a Gunsmith Blacksmith came out from Durham England with hi s
f anily of 3 gi r1s and 4 boys in the 1880s and sett1 ed in Bathurst. An other
daughter was born here. He lived at 108 Seymour Street adjacent and behind a
Farriers Shop owned by a Mr Anderson. I am not sure but I believe he had a shop
in Keppe1 Street and later behind the Farriers. His sons names were Thomas,
Ch ar1es, Joseph and Jack, I mi ght add that all gun parts he made on the forge
tempering his own springs etc. He died in 1902 aged 62. As I have never
worried about tracing the background of the work I do not know what happened
until 1913. In a local paper of that year I was shown an advert La}Cock and Co.
Seymour Street. No doubt the Registration Act of 1902 caught up and I have the
Registration of firm IIrecent1y operating as La}Cock Brosll and one, IINow operat
i ng as J Laycock and Sonll dated August 1917. Both Joseph and John were origi na1
members of Bathurst District Ban9 which had its first practice January 1886.
Joseph Laycock came to Bathurst with his parents etc. in the 1880's and joined
the Railways as Blacksmith. He was born in 1865 and died in 1939. He married
in 1887 and lived at Vale Road, Bathurst where his first daughter was born in
1889. He was sent to Wellington to instal the Railway Turntable where his son
Joseph Cyril was born in 1891. He had two more daughters both born in Bathurst.
I am yet to find out when he left the Railway but he then lived at 108 Seymour
Street. With reference to the Main Big W.J. Gates on the Kepp1e, George Street
corners of the Park was made by him on the Forge sane being for the Wi 11i an St
Entrance to the School of Arts which was the back entrance to the City pictures.
This entrance was replaced by shops and the gates stored until placed in their
present position. They [Laycocks] were agents for International Harvester Farm
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Machinery and travelled by sulky to outlying towns selling and installing
machi nes.
I was informed by my father that they had one of the first Oxy ketylene Plants
west of the mountains. Same was Low Pressure which required an Oxy Cylinder and
their own Acetylene making plant [Gauge and Torches are at shop]. They designed
and patented a Whitehead Thresher which was used in Flour Mills to extract grain
from head. They operated, as I was told, the first outlets say one of the first
motor garages in Bathurst in Keppel Street between Bentick and William Streets
and in very early 1920's built a garage in front of residence at 108 Seymour
Street. They commenced manufacturing elevators in 1917 the first to be sold in
1918. Parts were cast in their own foundry up until it became too costly to
freight the raw materials required by rail and for the same reason the steel
mills (Lithgow) moved to Wollongong. They finally got these castings from Fairy
Meadow. Their own patterns were supplied. The Blacksmiths shop was not used as
a Farriers but as a General Blacksmith which was required in those days with a
workshop to weld, shape, and bend steel before machining also for the tempering
of parts. In the 1930's they bought one of, if not the first electric welder in
Bathurst. This was an Aston Welder with a big amperage gauge on top. They
bought same to weld a split in the Firebox of a Steam Traction Engine. This
saved days of work and labour as to do same before meant the removal of all
tubes and the patching by rivets of the .crack. This also meant the beginning of
the end of the Bl ack srni th. In the 1930' s they opened a Radi 0 and El ectrical
Goods shop at 53A Keppel Street. Their phone no. was 99 and their box no. was
99 so the motto "say 99 when your radio is sick". They also carried on
Electrical Contract work. They closed this shop when war broke out through lack
of suppl ies. During the war they carried out Defence contracts. After the war
they manufactured a Potato Grader and Sizer as the Potato Board required
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potatoes to be graded to size. When the potato board was abolished the graNers
went back to their old method of packing and the Potato Grader-Sizer was no
longer req ui red.
J. W.. Laycock
277 Rocket Street
Box 99, Post Office
BATHURST
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potatoes to be graded to size. When the potato board was aboli shed the grOtJers
went back to their old method of packing and the Potato Grader-Sizer was no
longer req ui red.
J. W. Laycock
277 Rocket Street
Box 99, Post Office
BATHURST
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APPENDIX C J. LAYCOCK & SON
Transcript of interview with Mr A. Hill of Newport, Sydney. Mr Hill was
apprenticed to Laycocks in the 1920's (63 years ago). Taken while walking
through the factory on 26.4.85.
J.G. Yes, They've been taken up to Karingal Village, this roorning.
A.H. If we had a big job we used to undo this, put a block of \\Ood under here.
J.G. Pack up the headstock [Reference to Lathe No. 2J.
A.H. This was our winter ••••••••••.•
J.G. Winter Heating!
A.H. It used to stand just here, [Between Drill 1, Lathe 2J that been going
ever since.
J.G. Joe was saying that he only really finished up in here a couple of years
ago.
A.H. I didn't know when he finished up, to tell you the truth.
J.G. Thats in this building, what happened he tells us is that the line
shafting dropped and he had a go at jacking it up again but wasn't very
s'ucessful so he works now in next door with the 1 athe and mill and other
bits and pieces he's got in there.
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A.H. . ....•................. He'd be about 70.
J . G • Ye s , r i gh t.
A.H. He was about 8 years old in 1923, when I came here, I was about 16, about
8 years older than him, that's why I reckon he's around about 70.
J.G. And you used to work up on the forge mainly?
A.H. No, on the lathe, apprentice fitter until 1927, I spent five years here.
J.G. Was this the only lathe [No. 7J there when you were here?
A.H. No, a chappy, uh, a bloke that owned a pub, a fellow name of Stokes,
wanted his son to learn the lathe, so he bought a lathe, they put it in
there for nothing, over there in the corner. His son, a fellow by the
n ane of Stokes, Len Stokes, he came to work here. Si nce those days, 1923,
that lathe there [No. 7J and also this one's been added.
J.G. The Turret Lathe?
A.H. Wonder how long this Turret Lathe's been here?
J.G. Was it steam driven when you were here?
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A.H. No, No, We had an old gas engi ne, di rty old gas engi ne, I wondered if it
was st i 11 here. It used to stand in that corner. [Ins ide and N. of
office]
Start the gas engine up and she'd start the stuff up.
J.G. So she ran across to the main line?
A.H. That shaper, I don't know how old that shaper is.
J.G. Therels no dates on the machines as best we can find out.
A.H. No, went to a secondhand sale out near Ke lso one day. One of the pi ck s
[t hat] was here had Andersons name on it. An old ch ap by the n erne of
Anderson was the first fellow here. Then Laycock's came after him. I' m
sorry that I didn't get into that pick with Andersons' nane on it.
And are you going to dismantle it all, are you?
J.G. Welre just recording what is here, measuring up, finding the locations of
things, and measuring the positions of the posts and the locations of the
machines with a view to .............•.•..
A.H. I saw Joe about six years ago, I live down at Sydney now, but live come
up to see. I suppose you kn ow Di ck As hwo od and An ne As hwo od with the
Council?
J. G. That IS your daughter?
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A.H. Yes, I come up now and again to say Hello. She said they're pulling down
the old machinery. I said "What are they going to do with it?" She said
they gave it to some ... there's a chappy out there at St. Barnabas.
J.G. Canon Byron, we hope it is going to go up on to Mt. Panorama at the
museum. We1ve got students who are taking small bits and pieces up
today, some of the tools and stuff that might get lost if a contractor
comes in or the Council comes in.
A.H. I wonder whether it came from the railway. So you1ve got the job in
front of you?
J.G. Ah, Yes, plenty of work.
A.H. Talk about a moulding shop you know. We used to do our own moulding,
casting in cast iron. We had a moul der here.
J.G. There are still a lot of pattern boxes up the top here, and up there. I
don't think they've been touched for donkeys ages.
A.H. They gave up moulding before I left. They found it cheaper to get them
from L i thgow .
J.G. When did you leave.
A.H. I left in 1928, my time was finished then. They ....•. moulding ..•....
about 1926 or 27 down to Lithgow and then got the casting brought up.
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J.G. Th~y contracted it out to L ithgow in 1926 or 1927. How was the Iron
furnace blown?
A.H. They used to buy the Cast Iron around the place and 1 ight it up, they'd
put a charge of coke, then coke and metal, coke and metal and then tap
the thi ng.
J.G. It should have had a blower on it. Do you remember a blower?
A.H. No, No blower - we had no electricity in those days - we used to run a
generator down there at the end of the shop if we wanted it. Light up
early in the morning.
J.G. About how many tons of iron would you pour in a day or in one go?
A.H. Hard to tell. All this floor would be covered with mo~ds and there Id be
enough cast iron in there to run all the moul ds.
Most of them [the patterns] were wooden ones of course except one, one
woul d be of metal.
J .G. We haven It found a metal one.
A.H. It had four wheels, these elevators had little wheels on them. Well, one
of the boxes - the pattern itself has four wheels. It shoul d be there,
but I suppose that there are no patterns there, they'd send the patterns
down to get them done.
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J.G. There are a couple of patterns in the office.
A.H. I don't think Joe does much work now?
J.G. I don't know.
A.H. We used to do big welding there, 3 inch, 2 inch shafts.
J.G. All forge welded together, eh?
A.H. He was a marvellous tradesman old Joe ...•.......•
I remember him saying one day, can you give us the M=thodist hamrrer up
here - that two face [expletive deleted] thing down there, give us that.
J.G. No, that'd be right.
A. H. What part of it are you taki ng?
J. G. On ly the machi nery area, Joe wants thi s area for a son ....•..•••••.....
A.H. I'll tell you something too, this ground floor, this dirt floor, its a
lot easier for a man as a tradesman.
J.G. Rather than concrete? It's not as hard, its got a bit of give in it.
A.H. The taps gone, we used to have a tap here somewhere. [Adjacent to forge
on Southern side] and a big bowl of water here to cool things down.
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J.G. The bowl of water on here?
A.H. The acetylene thing, we used to make our own acetylene.
J.G. Its still there, lIve been out drawing it today, rreasuring it up.
A.H. It was one of my jobs to keep it up when we \\ere doing the oxy welding.
There wasn It any ...• at the time in Bathurst, talki ng between - bel ON 30
[1930J, the only oxy plant in Bathurst was here and on the railway.
J.G. And both of the same style?
A.H. I don It know what was down there, I never used to go down there.
J. G. No?
A.H. That would be the only two in Bathurst at the time.
J.G. The safety device is still on the post here and a set of gauges.
Joe said this morning that this was a safety. They had water in that di d
they?
A.H. I suppose the water came over instead of the gas ...... IT\Y job was always
to ...... if the pressure built up in the acetylene it used to bubble up
over the top, it was only one galvanised drum in another galvanised drum
full of water. Underneath you had a kind of little receiver that had a
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lid on it. You filled it up with Carbide, put the lid on then turned the
water on and up she'd go. Talking about that ........ ~rrelevant
discussion] I think his grandfather lived till he was seventy four
[JJe s].
I wondered if the old gas engine was here. Still - used to run on town
gas.
The place hasn't changed.
There was another old lathe like that down at the Purway ["Permanent Way"
railway workshops], Bathurst. Perhaps it's still there but not that many
of them around, like that one - finished.
J.G. What was it like working here in winter? - or shouldn't I ask?
A.H. When I first came here, that was never covered in - from the middle door
down was never covered in.
As I was saying to Dick when I came in; at home when big lightning storms
cane, mum used to make us put all the steelwork (cutl ery etc) under the
tablecloth. Then my first job was working the lathe, then when the
lightning used to shoot along I used to say, "well I'm going to have
trouble putting this under the tablecloth! ". No - that was all open.
J.G. Was it roofed? - a skillion roof?
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A.H. Yes, yes, just no wall on that side.
J.G. That would have made it a bit cold in winter?
A.H. You didn't seem to notice it in those days - until we got the fires
going.
We had to be tough then.
That old shaper and that lathe, - that old shaper must be old down there.
They had some real old machinery dOtln there in 'Purway' that should have
been worth looking after and keeping especially the wood working part of
it. They had one there that I used to work on when I worked down there -
it had 1856 on it - yes. I doubt if there'd be ever any of it down there
- it was a kind'of a planing machine.
J.G. That was another engineering place in Bathurst was it?
A.H. Down at Purway workshops.
J.G. At the railway?
A.H. Yes.
J.G. Was. that near the station?
A.H. It's in a big building down at the end of this street here - down
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straight here. Now of course the've got that colossal buil di ng over the
other side.
J.G. That would be roughly south of the Railway Station?
A.H. No, straight down the end of this street - Piper Street.
You ltIOuldn't see a machine like that in a hell of a long while.
J.G. What was this drill used for?
A.H. Lines, great big long stuff. Real long stuff. There's a part of
Bathurst here that's got clay - people used to buy the old railway lines
in the hope of stopping the house from cracking and lay the rails down
and that's what we used to drill. See the shaft - it works from a wheel
up on the drive shaft there, put the drill in here, wind it down, there
was no wall so you've got a big long length. Without the lining on the
outside of the building there, you could just bring the railway line
straight in.
By the time Joe got here - although Joe could remember it when he had no
sides on there. We used to have a little front (wall) dONn there in the
corner where the engines was - used to be a galvanised tank sitting out
there with hot water in it to have a wash with.
No such thing as showers in those days.
J.G. Did you know when they demolished the house?
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No I donlt - they just kept the 2 little pomegranate trees. I donlt know
when they demolished the house. I know when that was built - around
about 1925.
What Ilm calling the new building?
Yes. That IS a pomegranate tree there - out in the yard there.
Therels a photo of that new building in one of the brochures with the
house still there~ so the house I1l1st have been there after 1925?
Yes I think the house was there up until 1940.
You think of all those steam engines and traction engines kicking around
- they all used to come here for repairing~ - if they wanted tubes - and
those thi ngs that used to trundle around the streets~ the road-r'ollers ~
we used to put new plates on the wheels.
When you look around the place~ therels been some very heavy engineering
done here.
It was the only - when I talk about the lathe~ when the \\001 scour used
to have a coupl e of great big wooden rollers~ real big ones.
Was the office there when you were here?
In two bits just 1 i ke that.
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They used to have a generator alongside to generate electricity. The
only electric light in town in th0se days was the picture shows - and
here - in the early 19201 s •••••.••. swi tchboard .•.•.•..... were driven
by the shafts, off the main line shafts, drove the generators. There was
no such things as electric motors you know.
J.G. What voltage was the generator?
A.H. No I canlt remember.
J.G. How many people worked here while you were here?
A. H. Joe, Cyri 1, myself, - there was on ly the four of us and the moul der - he
didn 1t have a full time job either.
J.G. He was only in on a part-time basis?
A.H. Yes, We had to get a painter to paint the elevators.
J.G. They1d all be hand painted?
A.H. Yes. No such things as spray guns.
They used to make 2 machines here, they had the patent for 2 machines -
the Laycock El evator and the Laycock gri nder, for gri ndi ng up a ki nd of
wheat. Only a small machine - we used to sell a few.
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here's a brochure on a potato grader in the office.
hat must have come later.
hy does the building go up here at a peak - any reason?
don't think I looked up there too often.
Ihen you look at the structure of the building, the original ridge corteS
ilong to about there then comes dcwm and it looks to me as if this is a
later modification to handle something that was fairly big here
10 luck, with that one. He was a very versatile tradesman J:le Laycock -
)ld Joe. He'd go up there (Blacksmiths shop) weld a 2" or 3" shaft
:ogether and then come down to the lathe to work with the calipers. He
lelieved in calipers.
~nd get it to size what's more?
Oh yes! She leaks a bit.
Yes, it does leak a bi t.
It's a wonder its here! .......
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though, being galvanised, although its got a good fall too.
J.G. The skillion hasnlt a good fall.
A.H. Probably a lot newer than the rest of it.
J.G. Yes, the skillions may have been recovered.
A.H. • ••..•. the col d .•...•
J.G. So it was open right down here to the corner, wasnlt it?
You can just see part of the carbide generator out through the wi ndow
there.
A.H. There wouldnlt be much of that left.
J .G. It IS st ill standi ng up - that IS it over there, out through the wi ndow.
A.H. It used to be over here, just in the corner, just on the other side of
the building [he seaned to be talking about behind the office].
There was a galvanised tin here, that one you looking at there, would be
for the engine.
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J.G. No, itls a carbide generator, definitely. Joe took me around there this
morning and pointed it out.
A.H. They must have shifted it. That IS where it used to stand, just at the
back here.
J.G. Just at the back of the office?
Joe said this morning that there had been two of them. So maybe an
earlier one and a later one.
Do you recognise any of these castings?
A.H. That there would be part of the elevator.
J.G. All these chain cogs.
A.H. • .•••.•.•. got to be bored out for a brass bush.
J.G. What was the shaper used for?
A.H. Slotting out the keyways in the cogs. The Keyways in the shafts we used
to cut in the lathe. We had an attachment on the spindle, and in the
spindle weld put these little milling cutters. And then put the shafts,
bolt the shafts in the [tool holder on] crosslide under those four bolts,
and have them [axle] exactly just right, and run the thing up and down
[across the bed].
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J.G. You'll see the cutters here.
A.H. That's them, different sizes. We'd pull the chuck off and put the head
on. That's how we used to cut they keyways.
J.G. What were these used for?
A.H. Yes, expanders for tubes in boilers. If they blew a tube, they used to
knock the tubes out and clean the boiler out, then they had to put the
tube back. To expand the tube, you'd sit in the smokebox and put this
over the tube then put this taper in to expand the tube. A boiler
maker's job. To expand the tubes in a boiler.
J.G. Turning this in pushes the rollers out.
A.H. The roller has a smooth roller [surface] on it, and of course you mustn't
make it too tight or too loose.
J.G. Here's another, bigger, head [tube expander] without the centre in it.
A.H. We used to look after the flour mills' boilers too. There was only two
in town. One at Crago's mill and one da.-.rn ....... [at Tranains?] •..•..
It's hard to imagine the town you know. We had two flour mills going
flat out - none now. Tranains was quite a colossal show.
J.G. I think they have packed it in now.
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A.H. Yes, they tell me that the machinery wasnlt bought, they only bought the
Name for Tremai nes flour.
J.G. I see.
, You don It know what that big rack was used for? It IS got cl arrps on th e
side there, obviously somethings been, itls a jig for jigging something
up.
This stuff here (about 3/4 square steel) used to be for the axles of the
elevators •••.•.•• for the wheels, itls a wonder there are not some aroond
3" or 4" diameter .•••.....• · This is a refinerrent, herels a face plate
off a 1 athe.
J.G. The sink, you think is a refinement [next to office door on southern
wall].
A.H. We didnlt have one of them.
J.G. Herels a boiler feed pump.
A.H. Yes, we used to have one for putting pressure on the boilers first -
after we tubed them.
J.G. For testing?
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J .G.
A.H.
J.G.
A. H.
J. G.
A. H.
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Ye s ••••••••..•.
I was amazed when I had a look 6 or 7 years ago, I couldnlt believe it
••.••.••. hasnlt changed.
There IS a number of -years of shavings there.
castings of the .........
A nice little hacksaw.
Gee it IS done some work.
It must have cut a lot of stock in itls day?
Oh, yes.
J.W. GIBSON
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APPENDIX D
SYNOPSIS OF INTERVIEW WITH MR J LAYCOCK ON 31-5-85
(It should be noted that Mr Laycock did not wish to have the interview
recorded) •
i) A second Blacksmiths Forge used to stand to the East of the existing forge
with the water tap between them.
ii) Three joists over the Foundry area show evidence of having a line shaft
mounted across them: ie: drilled holes, grease, and (on the eastmost of
the three) the original packing blocks.
iii) The apprentice Mr Stokes' father owned a pub at teorges plains. A lathe
was installed for him to learn on and taken when he left. Another lathe
was installed to replace it.
iv) The apprentice whom we met and spoke with earlier was Mr A (Archie) Hill.
v) The Homemade drilling mic was made from a modified agricultural
horsewo rk s.
J. Gi bson
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J. LAYCOCK AND SON
APPENDIX E
LISTING OF MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT
PRESENT IN FACTORY ON 28/3/85
1. Drill i ng Machi ne Homemade
2. Lathe: 3n bed, 200nm centre hei ght.
Pitt Bros. Livers • •• , England
3. Sh aper:
4. Drilling machine - small, mounted on pipe stand.
5. Turret Lathe:
Pratt and Whitney and Co
Mirtford, Conn, USA
Serial No: 1039 Patented: July 30 1895
May 8 1892
Dec 2 1902
Jan 27 1903
Jan 28 1904
Joe indicated on 21.2.1986 that the Turret lathe came from the closure of the
Small Arts Factory on Blayney Road.
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6. Drilling machine: large pedestal
Buff a1 0 Forge Co.,
B u f fa 1 0, New York, US A
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7. Lathe. 1.4m Bed, 150nm centre height
The Triumph, 2433 (inside guard)
8. Drilling machine: large Pedestal
Sib1ey and Ward
South Bend I NB Patented
9. Grinder: 0 200 mm wheel.' Specification plate missing
10. Power hacksaw:
11. Shears:
Inc. Acme Machine Tool Co.,
51 to 65 Bathurst Street,
Sydney
12. Electric motor:
The British Thomson - Houston Co Ltd
Rugby England. Induction motor type K4818 H.P. 5. 3PH 50 cycles 725 rpm
Vo 1t s 400-440
Amps. 7.6
No. SW14296A
Sole Agents Australian General Electric Co.
Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Newcastle
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13. Forge:
14. Ro 11 er s :
15. San d T ro 11 ey :
W .J. F1 emmi ng
40 Princes Highway
St. Peters
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Use only Shell motor oil S.A.E. and Shell comp'd grease No. 5.
16. Cupola:
17. Crucible Furnace:
MACHINERY IN 1925 GARAGE
Lathe
Macson
Bed length
Ta i1 stock above bed
Mill (Homz) (Pratt & Whitney)
Hartford Conn
Tab 1 e Length
240cm
22cm
75cm
Power hacks aw
Peerless
Length of stroke 6 inch
Slotter (Vert)
Pr att & Wh itney Co.
Hartford Conn USA
Table Length 14 3/4 inch.
Note: Numbers above correspond to numbers placed on machines to identify them
during photographing and recording.
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APPENDIX F
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List of Company Records in the Office and adjoining Store, March 1985.
1. Debtors' Ledgers, with details of transactions, for 1903
1911
1931 (i n Store)
1932
1938
2. Large leather-bound ledger, with accounts 1936-41 and 1949-52 (i n Office).
3. Debtor's Ledger., 1959, without details of transactions, but with reference
to numbered invoices (in Office).
4. Mi scell aneous Invoice books, Order books, Cheque book stubs (i n Office).
5. Cash payment book, 1935.
6. Payments books, 1937.
7. Miscellaneous invoice carbons, order books, 1937 and 1938.
8. Two undated Debtor's Ledgers
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9. Invoice books 1939-44, 1954.
10. Letter books, 1940's (reused school copybook and reused 1934 cashbook).
1945
1946-47
11. Diaries 1918,1919,1924.
12. Order book for Australian General Electric.
N.B: Items 5-12 are in the Store.
Assessment: All of the records are of interest, but the task of assembling them
(they are in considerable disorder), cataloguing and analysing then is probably
too t ime-consumi ng to warrant the expense of preservi ng them al L I shoul d
recamrend, however, that the Di aries, Debtors Ledgers, and the large leather
bound 'ledger (items 1-3, 8,11) be obtained from Mr Laycock and deposited in a
suitable public-access repository, e.g. Mitchell Library, Bathurst City Library,
Sydney CAE or Mitchell CAE Library.
L) Parti al list of catalogues, etc .. donated by Mr Laycock to Sydney Institute
of Educ at ion.
Catalogues:
Dangar-Gedye no. 53
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M.P. Gregory no. 2, 1922
EMF Arc Welding electrodes 1937
Pamphlets, Herbert Morris, Loughborough (conveyor belts)
Minnesota Manufacturer's Association (conveyor belts)
Geo. Salter, West Bromwich 1923 (spring balance weighing machines)
Danks, Melbourne & Sydney (2) (components); Danks no. 1, 1941
L. Starrett Co. Athol, Mass. U.S.A. (measuring devices)
Australian General Electric 1938
Goodall's tools and engineering supplies, no. 4
Machinery, Annual Buyer's Guide (U.K.), 21st edition
Noyes Bros (Sydney) Ltd, Engineers & Merchants
William Adams & Co, 1924 (40 years since foundation in 1884) and 1930 ' s?
Scrutton's, The Engineer's Depot Sydney (1910's?)
Jones Burton & Co., L i verpoo 1, 10th ed
Australasian Hardware and Machinery, Oct. 1. 1918-Jan. 1. 1918
Directories:
Austral i an Manufacturers' Yearbook, 1954
Australi an Manufacturers Directory, 1937
Motor Tr ade Di rectory, 1927
Di rectory of Agricultur al Mach i nery and Eq ui pTle nt, Manufacturers and
Di stri butors (Department of Primary Industry, Canberr a) 1958
Exhibition catalogue:
International Machine Tools Exhibition (London) 1952
Or A Cremi n
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APPENDIX G
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TRIANGULATION SURVEY OF INTERNAL POSTS
Note: i) All measurements centre to centre unless otherwise stated.
ii) Numbers 1-35 were painted on tops of posts in March 1985.
POST TO POST DISTANCE POST TO POST DISTANCE
9 56 8730 (post missing)
1 9 6030' 9 14 3170
1 8 6240 9 15 5100
1 7 7100 9 16 7160
1 14 3475 15 4 3600
1 15 4550 15 16 2160
1 16 6150 15 3 4250
1 2 3690 15 22 6150
1 20 4970 15 58 5140
1 21 5830 15 25 5120
1 28 2420 15 57 5560
2 15 2520 15 21 5280
2 3 3660 15 20 5090
2 23 6120 28 29 5990
2 49 6500 28 36 17420
2 48 5840 28 30 2640
2 22 4500 28 31 5900
2 4 4670 28 32 8780
2 25 6650 28 33 12610
2 58 5980 28 47 2250
2 24 5690 28 46 3760
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POST TO POST
2 23
2 57
2 5
2 6
2 7
2 8
2 9
2 28
9 8
9 7
9 6
28 22
28 48
28 3
28 50
28 15
28 16
28 4
28 58
28 25
28 57
29 5
29 8
29 14
29 43
DISTANCE
6130
7100
6350
7030
5970
6210
7040
6130
1710
3770
7300
10320
12440
9850
12280
6760
8510
10220
11720
12340
12530
10160
4450
5100
13266
51
POST TO POST DISTANCE
28 45 6450
28 44 9180
28 54 7020
28 53 7930
28 19 3460
28 13 2700
28 12 3130
28 11 3410
28 10 5560
28 20 7260
28 21 8140
23 49 2600
24 48 4840
24 58 625
25 58 835
25 57 670
56 57 1400
3 2 3700
3 1· 7400
3 28 9800
3 30 12450
3 31 15700
3 32 18600
3 33 22400
3 39 26100
3 4 2620
I I I
I I
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POST TO POST
29 6
29 7
29 30
29 9
29 51
29 52
29 35
29 34
29 36
.36 4
36 5
36 39
36 40
36 41
36 42
36 43
36 6
36 34
36 35
36 52
36 51
36 29
36 9
36 8
36 7
36 6
DISTANCE
10100
6550
6600
2800
2730
5570
8620
12340
16020
26530
26000
5880
8610
8920
9360
10250
26100
3700
7400
10400
13300
16000
18700
20400
22500
26000
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POST TO POST
21 , 20
21 19
21 47
21 46
21 45
21 44
21 43
21 42
21 41
21 40
9 10
1 11
1 14
DISTANCE
1300
5600
9520
10450
13700
16600
18200
20300
21550
24100
1070
2340
3500
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STATION
1
TO
Height of Instrument
Left entrance post
Right entrance post
Post
Post
Post
Left door post
Right door post
Post
Post
Post
Door Post
Door Post
Post
Post
Post
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THEODOLITE SURVEY LOG
BEARI NG RANGE DEGREES
42 20 16 1 1428 1377
43 2j) 311 1420 1380
44 450 31 1 1315 1275
32 600 141 1430 1417
45 780 08 1 1421 1379
46 9]0 45 1 1455 1375
47 1000 33 1 1484 1396
31 1080 001 1461 1425
28 1200 10 1 1685 1592
1 1210 551 1775 1649
13 1260 381 1889 1670
12 1310 361 1748 1629
11 1330 37 1 1747 1629
16 1300 221 1802 1626
15 1320 55 1 1769 1611
HEIGHT DISTANCE COMP UTER mm m PLOT
1455
1402 5.1 1270 011
1400 4.0 1050 431
1295 4.0 830 43 1
1423 1.3 6gO 031
1385 4.6 510 16 1
1415 8.0 310 321
1440 8.8 280 441
1444 3.6 210 171
1639 9.3 90 07 1
1716 12.0 70 221
1730 21.9 20 39 1
1689 11.9 3570 401
1688 11.8 3550 40 I
1715 17.6 35sO 551
1690 15.8 3560 221
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I -STATION TO BEARING RANGE HEIGHT DISTANCE COtvPUTER
I DEGREES mm m PLOT
1 Post 14 1360 10' 1740 1672 13.5 353D 07' 1605
I Post 10 1450 47' 1705 1645 12.3 3430 30' 1582
I Post 9 1500 071 1666 1604 12.5 3390 10' 1541
I Post 35 2150 00' 1445 1424 4.2 2740 17' 1403
I Post 34 2570 00' 1355 1328 5.4 2320 17' 1301
I Corner post 36 2770 54' 1220 1180 8.0 2110 23'
1140
Left door post 37 2800 33' 1322 1284 7.7 2080 441
I 1245
Right door post 38 2870 54 1 1370 1332 7.5 2010 23 1
I 1295
Post 33 3340 19 1 1459 1442 3.4 1540 58'
I 1425
Corner post 40 3400 35' 1480 42'
I Station 2 (corrected) 1290 53' 1789 1714 15.0 3590 071
1639 (Refer-
I ence)
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I STATION TO BEARING RANGE HEIGHT DISTANCE COf'IPUTER
I DEGR EES mm m PLOT
2 Height of Instrument 1460
I Stat ion 1 (corrected) 3090 53' 1262 1189 15.0 1790 08' 1112
I Post 19 3530 03' 1425 1397 5.5 1280 31'
1370
Right door post 21 570 23' 1412 1389 4.6 640 12'
I 1366
Post 22 760 24' 450 10'
I Post 48 850 31' 1571 1537 7.1 360 03'
I 1500
Corner post 49 890 00' 320 34'
I Post 3 1000 27' 1495 1473 4.2 210 08' 1453
I Post 50 1070 40' 1459 ·1426 6.5 130 54' 1394
I Corner post 23 1110 46' 1416 1385 6.1 90 49' 1355
I Post 16 1230 07' . 1472 1459 2.6 3580 28' 1446
I Post 4 1350 20' 1484 1462 4.3 3460 15'
1441
Left office door post 25 1400 38' 3400 55'
I Post 15 1740 15' 1433 1429 0.8 3070 19'
I 1425
Left door post 7 1860 55' 1447 1424 4.6 2940 40'
I 1401
Right door post 59 19aO 27' 1419 1398 4.3 2830 08' 1376
I Post 8 2030 57' 1423 1402 4.2 2770 37' 1381
I Post 9 2480 41' 1352 1327 5.0 2320 53' 1302
I Post 14 2630 21' 1457 1446.5 2.1 2180 13' 1436
I
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I -STATION TO BEARING RANGE HEIGHT DISTANCE COMPUTER
I DEGREES mm m PLOT
2 Post 29 2660 28' 1347 1311 7.2 2150 07' 1275
I Post 51 2760 10' 1265 1218 9.5 2050 25' 1170
I End of lineshaft, post 11 2900 00' 1445 1430 3.0 1910 34' 1415
I Post 33 3070 08' 1268 1176 18.3 1740 27' 1085
I Post 32 3080 10' 1141 1068 14.5 1730 25' 996
I Post 31 3090 36' 1237 1180 11.5 1710 58'
1122
Post 30 3130 31' 1320 1280 8.2 1680 04'
I 1238
Post 1 3300 36' 1494 1477 3.4 1500 58'
I 1460
Pitt Bros. Lathe - 3240 53' 1470 1455 3.0 1560 42'
I Headstock 1440
Pi tt Bras Lath e - 750 26' 1461 1452.5 1.7 460 08' tailstock 1444
I Shaping machine 960 35' 1445 1442 1.2 240 59' 1433
I Shapi ng machi ne 1110 55' 1495 1475 3.8 90 40' 1457
I Pedestal Drill - No. 4 1470 16' 3.3 3340 19'
I Turret Lathe· - headstock 1630 18' 1477 1460 3.5 3180 17' 1442
I Turret lathe - tailstock 1500 16' 1476 1452 4.9 3310 19'
1427
Buffalo Forge Drill 1670 43' 1390 1382 1.7 3130 51'
I 1373
Triumph Lathe - heads tack 2020 08' 2790 27' 1459 1441 3.5
I 1424
Tri umph Lathe - tai lstock 2360 00' 1408 1389 3.9· 2450 45' 1369
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, I .- -I STATION TO BEARING RANGE HEIGHT o ISTANCE COMPUTER I
I OEGR EES mm m PLOT
2 2220 08' ~.--
2590 27' Sibley and Ward Orill 1436 1429 1.4 1422
I Gri nder 2440 04' 1430 1413 3.4 237031 ' 1396
I Acme Shears - Flywheel 2560 45' 1426 1408 3.6 2240 49' 1390
I Acme Shears - jaws 2670 08' 1369 1346 4.6 2140 27' 1323
I Power Hacksaw - vice 2730 14' 1445 1431 2.8 2080 21' 1417
I Power Hacksaw - drive pulley 2910 51' 1462 1450 2.5 1890 43'
1437
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STATION TO BEARING RANGE HEIGHT DISTANCE COrvPUTER DEGREES mm m PLOT
3 Toilet - Back corner 620 401 1488 1458 6.0 660 201
1428
Toilet - Front corner 750 00 1 1414 1394 4.1 540 00 1
1373
Toilet - Front corner 860 351 1450 1426 4.9 4~ 25 1
1401
Yard - Back corner 930 06 1 2010 1920 18.0 350 34' 1830
Yard - Back corner 1820 301 1692 1570 24.4 3060 301
1448
Office - corner 1920 56 1 1445 1365 16.0 2960 04 1
1285
Left Door Post 21 2210 031 1426 1372 10.8 2670 571
1318
Workshop - Front corner 2850 15 1 1120 985 27.0 2030 45 1
850
Work shop - Front corner 2890 001 1265 1182 16.5 2000 001
1100
Garage - corner 3290 16 1 1422 1340 16.2 1590 73 1
1260
Garage - corner storeroom 3330 50' 1432 1365 13.4 1550 101
1298
Garage - Back corner 3460 10' 1500 1344
1427 15.6 1420 50'
Note: i) All theodolite bearings have been corrected to accommodate variations caused by local metallic objects.
i i ) Beari ngs are from magnet i c Nort h •
iii) Computer Plots are with reference to the mathematical plus X axis.
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t~ARY THOMAS b: 1860 b: 1862
ELSIE b: 1890
NORMA b: 1917
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APPENDIX
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LAYCOCK FAMILY TREE
JOHN LAYCOCK (Gentleman) b: 1802 m: 1825, MARY MARTIN,
Bolton, Cumberland.
THOMAS b: 1838, Bolton, Cumberland d: 1900, Bathurst m: 1859, JANE PARKER,
Cookermouth, Cumberland.
WILLIAM ? ? ?
JOSEPH WILLIAM JOHN ELIZABETH b: 1865, Durham b: 1872 b: 1875
SARAH CHARLES b: 1878 b: 1882
d: 1939, Bathurst I m: 1887, JANE FITZSIMMONS,L----- CLARICE
Bathurst. b: 1895
JOSEPH CYRIL LILLIAN b: 1892, Wellington b: 1898 d: 1958, Bathurst m: 1915, ELLEN T. PILLEY,
Bathurst.
JOSEPH WILLIAM JEAN b: 1920, Bathurst b: 1923 d: 1986, Bathurst m: 1950, WHANEETA E. HOWARD,
Bathurst.
GLADYS b: 1900
DOROTHY b: 1928
t·10IRA b: 1930
I CORA b: 1884
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16550 GARAGE 7700
2800 39030
~ 4900 , .... 7300
rOTREE r i
CON RETE
° TREE 9100 SLA t-S_-f
L,,------,
5300
11000 ------.I
BAMBOO
-..J t....- 4700
CONCRETE
1-
~UPOLA
F'ACTORY
OGASOMETER
DrANK
1
'---~30500
SCRAP IRON
1 OFFICE 5490
r------~-----LL--------.l t--_________ -=281q_O ________ -=-_--..1
All DIMENSIONS IN mm DO NOT SCALE
J.LA YCOCK Se SON SITE PLAN 108 SEYMOUR ST SCALE 11100 7/85
BATHURST DRAVNI JV
---------------------41 42 430 44 45 46 47 19 2 2 48, 9
BENCH I FURNACE 30 28 1
02
03 50
0 0 °31 0 0'1 MC1 10
0 33 32 13- I MC2 I 23 HDULDING BOXES ~ FORGE ABOVE 120 24 OFFICE 15 016 .17 11 a 0 104
. f:rn Effi MC.() a4 »0
38 -54
53. HDULDING BOXES
34 035 52 51 ABCVE 29
TOP VIEW
/ I
28100
SOUTHWEST SIDE VIEW
J. LA YCOCK & SON
EBEB FRONT VIEW
~ 010
~ I HE r-ffij
SECTION
'1:J '1:J tIJ Z 0 H :x: ~
ffiJEEEEEB REAR VIEW
J LAYCOCK & SON FACTORY PLAN
108 SEYMOUR ST SCALE 1175
BATHURST
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I 740 'I
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J. LAYCOCK AND SON.
ACETYLENE PLANT.
ACE:TYLENE 10 --"""I' Gfte HOLDER
WAT'liR. \N -~
~ CLOSE I=ITTING,R.Ef\40VABLE CAP FOR. RLl..-ING.
ACElY~N(; GAS HOLDER.
GUIDE FRAME 25X6
~rt--- q> 700 GALVANISED IRON lANK-
4>760 P'E'-- aAUlANISED
I~IANK,... CALCIUM
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APPENDIX N.
LAYCOCK'S ELEV ATORS & CONVEYORS
Straight Gantry, type suitable for low stacking.
LOW. COSTS \. -~ ,
Manufactured by·:·.
loseph-Laycock& Son SEYMOUR STREET, BATHURST
N.S.W. AUSTRALIA
T elephane; Bathurst 3509
R A P I D
H A N D L I N G
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INTRODUCTION
THE LA YCOCK ELEVATOR is being manufactured by Joseph Laycock & Son.
Bathurst, N.S.\v., Australia, 2nd is being used with 3atisfaction in all parts of the Commonwealth.
The de:ails have been developed and designed by practical men accustomed during
their lifetime to the mechanical handling of goods on a large scale. With the assistance
of the knowledge of their clients. this m=.chin::: !ca3 a.dvanced in design to be equal to the world's best.
This machine is fitted to the specifications of the Scaffolds & Lifts Act: which
includes the Laycock Weston type brake for the easy lowering of the Main Gantry.
The Elevator is entirely constructed of steel and iron, no woodwork being used in
its manufacture. After long periods of use the Laycock Elevator has proved itself super
ior to the best imported machine used for similar purposes.
This brochure gives illustrations of different types of this Elevator; however, if the
machine for your particular job is not listed, then Joseph Laycock & Son will have pleasure
in designing for your own individual requirements.
Whatever your handling problems
-however "different" or difficult
-put them to us. It involves no
obligation!
LAYCOCK ELEVATORS cut hand-
ling costs to the minimum.
, . t,.A Y~QGK. EU;VAI0RS $a.VEl
from 50 to 70 per cent. on manual
handling methods. Elevator fitted with Conveyor'Extensions
USE LAYCOCK ELEV A'rqRS and, :,CONVEYORS
PRICES ON APPLICATION STATING:-
TYPE AND SIZE OF GOODS TO STACK
TYPE OF FLOOR
~AX. HEJGHT TO STACK
ANY SPECiAL REQUIREMENTS
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LAYCOCK STRAIGHT GANTRY TYPE ELEVATOR.
THE LAYCOCK STRAIGHT GANTRY TYPE ELEVATORisasingle gantry machine which is manufac·
tured to load any type of goods from ground level. The top end will rise from shoulder height to
specified height i.e. a 16ft elevator will rise to 16ft. This machine can be supplied with front wheels
7" x 3" cast or solid rubber and castors or with fixed axle and 450 x 8 pneumatic tyred for towing.
Back wheels are small castors under rr.achine.
SAFETY
ELEVATOR USERS are compelled by law to have fitt-ed the requirements of the Department of Labour
and Industry.
LAYCOCK ELEVATORS come to you with every safeguard and fitted with all the repuir,;!ments of
the Scaffolds & Lifts Act., i.e. Weston type Brake~ Bac.!>stop, Guards etc.
FIXED ELEVATORS. If required loading or movement of goods is at one position only then perhaps
a fixed type elevator would be more suitable for your requirements.
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LAYCOCK STANDARD TYPE ELEVATOR.
THE LA YCOCK STANDARD TYPE ELEVATOR is a two gantry machine and the gap in these gantries is dosed by means of a rack to enable it to load or unload any size gools. Bottom gantry is at floor level while top gantry has
a minimum height of shoulder height and a maximum as specified. This machine is supplied with 7" x 3" cast or
solid rubber wheels and castors or with a fixe:! axle and 16" pneumatic tyred wheels at front and castors at back.
LA YCOCK ELEVATORS are made 80 that conveyor sections can be connected. You can convey and pile in one
continuous movement, thus avoiding trucking and handling between the loading end of conyeyor and delivery end
of elevator. -
STANDARD ELEVATOR FITTED WITH ENGINE {FAIRYMEAD SUGAR CO. Q'LAND]
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We shall not
RECOMMEND A CONVEYOR
Unless it be
A SOUND INVESTMENT
Note. Conveyors can be driv~n by elevato'rs
60ft ConveY,or- Extensions.
as well as framed conveyors.
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Conveyor with Frame fitted for Motor or Engine.
Let US study your case.
Our counsel will cost
NOTHING
cOnveyor (fig 2) End Elevation.
If your requirements are not here,. WHAT ARE THEY?
We can serve you, too.
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LAYCOCK SPECIAL BALANCED TYPE ELEVATOR
THE LAYCOCK SPECIAL B.ALANCED TYPE ELEVATOR is a two gantry machine
and is manufactured in two .types. TYPE A. This type has. a fixed gap and is used for carrying bags of wheat bag size, boxes of
banana case size and bales. '
TYPE B. This type isfitt~i\v'itbtack and will handle any. size goods.
These Machi~es are niriunt~d -6n~8 in. x 3 in. cast, Of 16 in. pneumatic:.~ed wheels with front
axle fixed and back axle on turntable. They are also fitted with an extra jib at back to raise
hottom gantry from floor level to a maximum of over truck height. &ont gantry will rise
from a mioimum of shoulder height to a maximum as specified.
NOTHING BETTER THAN A LAYCOCK
To Wheat Agents, Flourmillers and others interested in bulk handling of any description this
will serve to bring under notice an appliance to take care of your stacking and storage problems
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FIFTEEN reasons whl) l)OU cannot be without" The Lal)cock Elevator PRICE is right Less than similar machines. PURCHASE encourages local industry made in Australia. ELEV A TORS are built by experts ELEVATORS can be portable and easily moved to job in hand ELEVATORS can be raised or lowered whilst in motion NO LIFTING goods can be tipped direct from barrows BOTTOM GANTRY can be adjusted to required position ELEVATORS are steel casting of grey cast iron no wood MINIMUM power required to drive CAN BE USED for loading or unloading CAPACITY is .goods in 50 ft. per minute ELEV A TORS give full lift to the height claimed ELEV ATORS can be supplied to suit any product ELEV ATORS will reduce labor costs of handling THEY have stood the test of time and experience
I Unloading and Stacking Wheat at McLeod's Flour Mills, Dubbo, N.S.W. with a No. 22
SPECIAL BALANCED LAYCOCK ELEVATOR.
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LAYCOCK SPECIAL
BALANCED TYPE
ELEVATORS
working at
Australian
Wheat Board
Depot,
Spring Hill.
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LA YCOCK SPECIAL BALANCED TYPE STACKING BALED LUCERNE HAY AT MESSRS. WEIR BROS. HOLMWOOD.
ANOTHER LA YCOCK ELEVATOR FOR SHIPMENT
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Coal Loader (F [g. 2) End Elevation
I More Output
Means~Cheaper I I Output, and
Cheaper
I Output Means
I Easier
Sales
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Coat Loader or lJnloader~ Muniipal Gasworks, Orange
(Fig. O. Side Elevation.
If you have to move
Coal or Wood, even if
the distance be only a
few yards, it will pro-
bably pay you to have
the work done mech-
anicaUy instead of
manually,
Wood Fuel Elevator
For More
output
Install a
Laycock
Elevator or
Conveyor
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Tomato Elevator and Washer
Tomato Washer and PickIer
TUIU" YOL1R WALKER~
INTO WORKERS,
LET YOUR GOODS
TRAVEL ALONE
FEET CAME FlHST,
THEN WHEELS,
THEN THE
LAYCOCK
ELEVATORS AND
CONVEYORS
!1-:/'':~.l.-:/,~~~-::n.-:/'.l:'Y"'::'Y"':~~~:-./'.l:·J~:J~.l:J~r.J!"-':"!f
~ ~ ~ S c ~ ~ Elevators made in ,,'arions sizes according ft ~ to the height to be piled, weight, size and ~. ~ ~ ~ character of commodity to be handled. 8 § Made from smallest si:cs t.J any maximum ~ ~ ~ § height. f ~ ~ ~ ~ S B S ELEVATORS BEGI!' HANDLING :~ v 8 8 WHERE THE WORK BEGINS 8 8 8 S TO BE LABORIOL:S R G B ~ ~ ~~:-.;c~'tY'.l."Y-...::-.r~7.N:'Y"'::-:Y~:"::--:':-./'x./'x./'.l:-./''::Y.:r./'x./'x./'.::-... -:.::-/.::".: ;2
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SPECIAL ELEVATOR
Designed and Built for the
AUSTRALIAN PAPER MILLS BOTANY, N.S.W.
FOR HANDLING PAPER PULP
WASTE PAPER BUNDLES
PILING 30 FEET HIGH.
STACKING AND DE-STAKING
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Except for fine Wines, nothing can be added to the value of goods
by Time.
To - Save Time is there ... fore . Pure Saving and
LAYCOCK
ELE VATORS
AND
CONVEYORS
Save a lot of Time.
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Elevator delivery section lowered for manoeuvre in confined spaces
Elevator in position for loading
Laycock midget low loader
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Special Elevator for handling Bricks
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i You probably require a LAYCOCK ~8 ~ ELEVATOR in your business. If ,;
i~ you do, state the following detail!: ~
~ (1) Height to which you require tj \~ to elevate. Z~ ~~ (2) Commodities to be handled. ~~ ~ g ~. (3) Dimensions of goods. ,~
8 (4) \Veight of packages or units. 8 Q ~ 8 (5) Number of packages or units 8
I~~ (6;0 :::::~~e:ed:~I:~. '11
NOTE:- The elevators are reversible. Goods can be lowered just as easily as they are taken up.
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SPECIAL LA YCOCK ELEVATOR at the Harbour Board, Bundaberg Queensland.
I 8~ ~ I NOTE i I 8 ~hen ordering, mention type of Elevator~ C § and required vertical height to which bags
l e are to be elevated 8 ~ Other Elevators and Conveyors to handle all I ~ classes of materials quoted for on
S application
~ d ' § 1.: When or ering parts state: Serial Number 1.: ~ S ~ Part of machine it is attached and if ~ q on Left or Right. S C ~ 8 Standing at Bottom Gantry and looking up ':.:
~ machine, left and right is similar ~; ~ ~ <I to your own 1; ~ ~ (i~~l';~~~.'~.ll·JO::lr.<:.::'"~"Xlr.t:l;-".;.!
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ECONOMY
YOUR BEST ECONOMY MOVE - INSTAL A LA YCOCK ELEVATOR OR CONVEYOR
Following is a list of SATISFIED USERS of LAYCOCK ELEVATOR:-
Dalgety & Company Great Southern Flour Mills Queensland Machinery Company Stratton & Sons Ltd. (Cootamundra) Y ~)Ung Roller Flour Mills Colonial Sugar Refining Co. F airym~d Sugar Co. (Queensland) J. Ireland (Newcastle) Meggitts Ltd. (Parr~matta) Millaquin Sugar Company C. S. McIntyre Ltd. (Newcastle) Packer Bros. and Begrie Ltd. F. Crago & Sons Ltd. (Sydney & Moree) T remain Bros. Flour Mills Bathurst Municipal Council Parkes Municipal Council Condobolin Municipal Council Orange Municipal' Council Southern Cross Flour ,Mills (Newtown) Mulgrave Central Mills (Queensland) Gibson & Howes (Queensland) Bolden & Co. (Kogarah) Lawson Bros. Caq:ying Co" (CamperdoVfIl.) W. & T. Hayes (Millthorpe) , ' A. H .. Gavena,gh (Garema) F a~'~t'<~,s."'Flour Milling Co. (Wellington) Dp.~ton 'Bp)s. (Orange) Marian O~iJ.tral Mill Co. (Mackay, Qld.)
, Harris & Co. (Forbes) McLeods Flour Mills (Wellington) Nal;'randera Mun~cipal Council R. MacArthur Onslci:w (Orange) , R. 'S. Lamb & Co. Pty. Ltd. (Alexandria) Nowra Co~Op. Dairy Co. (Bomaderry) Arthur Stockman Pty. Ltd., Strathfield Eugowra Produce Milling Co. We,;:;tern Stores &;' Edgleys '(Bathurst) Western St<;>res &: Edg~eys (Ox:ange) Loves Flour -Mills (Enfield) " Namoi FJ~ur Mills (Gunnedah) Norco Co~Oi). Ltd. (Byron Bay, Kyogle) Aust. Estates Pty. Ltd.:' (NJng~n) , Memsie Pastoral Co. (Cowra) ,
J. A. Hemphill & Sons Ltd. West Wyalong power House Warren power House Bacaldine Shire Council (Queensland) Mungo Scott Ltd. T. Cameron (Talbraga) Western Flour Milling Co. Victorian State Railways McLeod Flour Mills (Dubbo & Gilgandra) Queensland Wheat Board T ancred Bros. Ltd. (T enterfield, Bourke) Waters Ltd. (Bond Store) Bellingen Shire Co:uncil Brunton Flour Milling Co. Bathurst Co~op. Pulping Co. Bames Flour Milling Co. (Queensland) Mackenzie & Sons Pty. Ltd. (Manilla) Australian Wheat Board (Homebush) Bundaberg Harbor Board, Bundaberg (Q.) Toohey's Ltd. (Sydney) Murrami Rice Mills Co. (Leeton) Parker & Wright (Peak Hill) Aust. Glass Manufactures Co. Pty. Ltd.
(Waterloo) , ' Lindly W?lker'Wheat'Co~;'Ltd."{Sydney)' ::, ' Tresilliori~ & Dunn Pty. Ltd, .(Crepfttll) . '," ~
Aust. W~ndow Glass Pty. ,Ltd., ~Alexandria) Sydney Milling Co. Pty. Ltd. (Glebe) McGee &' Co:.Ltcl. (Parkes)" :::;' ,'~,: 'Clarence 130nded & Free Stores (P-yrmont) ,Martin Bros. (Orange) ,
" Direc. of Agriculture (Suva, Fiji) Corp Flo1,1r Mills' (Cowra) 'p-, '" '
Edwin Davey & 'So~s , (Pyrmont) , Tancred Bros. PtY. Ltd. (Beaudesert. Qld.) W. Angliss & Co. (Daroobalgie) Wright Heaton & Co. (Park~s) N.S.W. Producers Co. (Cowra) N.S.W. Pastoral Co. (Forbes) R. A. Williams Pty. Ltd. (Fairfield) Aust. Cakes Pty. Ltd. (Leichhardt) Cardingi:on Pty: .Ltd:' (Molong)
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Testiln011ials
Bathurst, 24th Septcmber. 1919.
:Messrs. J. Laycock & Son, Bathurst. Dear Sirs,
The Eleyator you made for us has gi~'en entire satisfaction. For stacking wheat and loadmg t~ucks it would be yery hard to beat. \Ve are so satisfied with this machine that we have pleasure in ordering another tor our Boggabri Mill.
Yours faithfully, TREMAIN BROS.
Bathurst, 23rd October, 1931. Messrs. J. Laycock & Son, Bathurst.
Dear Sirs, In regard to your Bag Conveyor, which was in
stalled by us in 1918. We would advise that this Machine has been in
constant use since the above date, during which time the cost of repairs has been practically nil, and the Machine is still in perfect working order.
We consider that this Machine is the most suitable for expeditious handling of bags of any kind, and the saving in handling charges would pay the initial cost in a very short time.
Yours faithfully. TREMAIK BROS. LTD.
Bathurst, 2nd March, 1945. Messrs. J. Laycock & Son, Bathurst.
Dear Sirs, Vole are pleased to advise that your Bag Con
yeyor installed in 1918, and used daily since that time, is still in perfect working .order. The machinc has handled many million bags, yet the cost of up. keep since the installation has been infinitesimal which speaks volumes for our workmanship. '
The two Conveyors purchased trom you in 1939 and 1944 have been working without hitch, and the resultant economy in handling costs of bagged pro-
·ducts has been considerable. . . We recommend your machines as being the most
satIsfactory type for the expeditious and economical handling of bags.
We now await delivery of the Loader Machin~ ·ordered.
Yours faithfully. TREMAIN BROS. PT~ .. LTD.
October 15th, 1931,
Messrs. J. Laycock & Son, Bathurst.
Dear Sirs, 'l'l1e Bag Elevator that we purcl1ased troUl you
about twelve years ago is still going splendidly. There has been practically no cost of upkeep. We believe it will be in good order for the next twenty years.
We use it for both the loading and unloading at trucks with all sacks .and calico bags, etc. It can be used to great advantage for many purposes in Mills and Bag Stores. It has proved a great moneysa yer for handling all bags, etc.
Yours faithfully, F. CRAGO & SONS LTD.
Bathurst, 2nd March, 1945.
.:Ifessrs. J. Laycock & Son, Bathurst. Dear Sirs,
in reference to your letter at March 1st, we have pleasure to inform you that the elevator purchased from you in 1919 is still giving every satisfaction and the upkeep of this machine is practically nil.
Yours faithfully, F. CRAGO & SONS PTY. LTD.
MuniCipality of Orange, Gasworks Department, Orange, 28th October, 1931.
!vIessrs. J. Laycock & Son, Engineers, Bathurst. Dear 'Sirs,
r have much pleasure in stating that the Coal Conveyor supplied by you is working perfectly, after being in continuous use during the past eighteen months. ruring that time we have unloaded OYer 5,600 tons of coal, ranging from fines to extra large.
The installation of this Conveyor has eliminaten. the necessity of double handling, and reduced our costs by at least 9d. per ton. The largest amount of coal handled in one day was 75 tons, and this 'with three men, working one halt hour over ordinary time. 'When one considers that the delivery end of the Conveyor is 21 teet trom the truck, then the benefits are apparent.
Not one penny has been spent on repairs during the period, and no sign of unusual wear and tear.
Bathurst, 29th September, 1919.
Yours faithfully, J. B. SCOTT,
Engineer and Manager.
Having purchased from Laycock and Son a PortniJ:e Eleyator for elevating wheat, floU!. etc., and loading trucks, we find it a boon in handlin?, all sacks. We consider the machine will pay for Itself the first tweh'e months. There is at least 100 per cent. saving in handling all sacks. It gives absolutely no trouble and lasts a lifetime, and we can thoroughly recommend it to be a great money-saver.
F. CRAGO & SONS LTD.
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Duplicate Parts
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
I.-Delivery Take Up Plate (right)
2.-Delivery Take Up Plate (left)
3.-Receiving Take Up Plate (right)
4.-· Receiving Take Up Plate (left)
5.-Chain Tightener
6.-T ension Stud Screw, 6 x ! 7.-.-Swing Plate Bearing (right)
Swing Plate Bearing (left) not shown
'.-.," No. 1 5.-Chain Tightener Sprocket. 1/1 Bore
No. 16.-Driving Chain Pin
No. 1 7.-Driving Chain Link
No. 18.-· No. 62 Plain Chain
No. 20.-Swing Plate Loose Collar
No. 21.-Heavy Bushed Angle Bearing, 1 i" No. 22.-Swing Plate Bearing Holder and Cap
No. 23.-Small Angle Bearing. 1 i" No. 8.-Heavy Bushed Swing Plate Bearing 24.-Worm
(right). I i" shaft No. 25.-Ratchet Winch Drum (right and
left) Heavy Bushed Swing Plate Bearing No. (left) not marked. 1 i" shaft
No. 9.-Loose Collar. li". li" Bore
No. 10.-Quadrant Rack and Cap
No. 1 \.-W orm Handle
No. 1 2.-Worm Bracket Bearing
No. 13.-Jib Bracket
No. 14.-Small Winch Gear, 1 i" Bore. t i" Keyway
No. 26.-Large Winch Gear. H" Bore. 37 teeth
No. 27.-Jib Stay Bracket
No. 28.-Pawl Stud
No. 29.-Winch and Worm Wheel Bearing
No.
No.
No.
30.-No. 1 and 2 Tension Plate Nut
31.-Worm Wbeel
n.-Pawl
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Duplicate Parts
No. 33.-Driving Chain
No. 34.-Main Driving Sprocket. 23 teeth
No. 35.-Clutch Sprocket. 9 teeth
No. 36.-. Carrier Sprocket, 7 teeth
No. 37 .-Delivery End Roller Sprocket. 12
teeth
No. 38.-Connecting Sprocket. t 5 teeth
No. 39.-Clutch Shaft
No. 40.-Main Drive Shaft. 4 keyways
No. 4 I.-Drive Shaft, 3 keyways
No. 42.-Receiving End Shaft. 2 keyways
No. 43.-Winch Drum Shaft. 2· long keyways
No. 44.-5econdary Winch Shaft. 1 keyway.
I!" dia
No. 45.-Worm Wheel Shaft. I" dia.
No. 46.-Carrier Axle with Kt attach.
No. 47.-Extension Connecting Link and Cap
No. 48.-Jib Wheel
No. 49.-Transport Wheel
No. 50.-Take Up Bearing (receiving)
No. 5 1.-. Clutch Handle
No. 52.-Clutch Dog
No. 53.-Take Up Bearing (delivery)
No. 54.-Under~arriage Plate {- -.
No. 55.-' Carrier Wheel
No. 56.-Rope Wheel
No: 57 .-Quadrant Rack Sprocket
No,~8.-.. Underc<;l.rr.i~ge .fQ.rk
SPARE PARTS' NOT iLLUSTRATED.
No. 62.-Double Easy Winch Bloc~s
No. 70.-T ransport Wheels, 18" x 3"
No. 73 .-Drive Sprocket. 18 teeth
No. 77 .-T ran sport Wheels. 3"
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No. 79:-W~~t~~ Type Brake
No. '80.-Backstop·
No. 8l.-I;nd Guard Delivery
No. 82.-End Guard Receiving
No. 83.-Pneumatic Wheels. 450 x 8 No. 78.-Pneumatic Wheel Hub Also Pneumatic Tyres, Tube,. Rims. Engines. Motors, Pulleys and Belts availab!e.
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83.
LAYCOCI('S ELEVATORS & CONVEYORS
How do you unload
and load your trucks
when trucking?
Have You Wasted Height in Your Shed .?
Elevator at Trernain Bros.' Mill, Bathurst.
Stack your goods to the
ceiling and load your
trucks the easy ,way with .. the: cheapest, strong est
~nit in'the world to-day
Another FAMOUSL'AYCOCK PRODUCT
Laycock Potato Grader with Sizer
Manufactured b:y ;-
Joseph Laycock & Son
Distributors
SEYMOUR STREET, BA THURST t\1 N.s.W. AUSTRALIA t.G~~1.€ -
Telephone: BathuTSt 350<) t~S' O~'CO
Set up and Prinw! /ry Western Paper S .. pply Pry. Led., BathuTSt, NoS. W.
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APPENDIX O.
LAYCOCK'S Potato Graders and Sizers
A C C U R A T E
S I Z E S
Laycock Grader with Sizer
LOW COSTS
MANUFACTURED BY-
Joseph-Laycock &1 Son Seymour Street, Bathurst, N .S.W., Australia
TELEPHONE 3509 BATHURST
R A p I o 6 R A o I N 6
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Sturdy Construction
THE LA YCOCK POTATO GRADER AND SIZER IS being manufactured by ~.!Ies5rS. Joseph Laycock and Son,
Bathurst, N.S.W., Australia.
The details have been developed and designed by practical men wiTh the assistance of the knowledge of the
large potato growers.
The first machine was manufactured at the request of Mr. Tom Moad. Spring H:1I, N.S.W., his testimonial reads
VIZ.:
Testimonial MESSRS. JOSEPH LAYCOCK & SON,
BATHURST, N.s.W.
Dear Sirs,
14th April, 1955.
I purchased the firsT "LAYCOCK" Potato Grade rand Sizer Three years ago and during that time have
graded approx. 8,000 bags. I am sure it has paid for itse:f three times over and I would not be without it.
Being all steel, it is very strong and has a great acvantage in the fact that it can be unbolted and in thre~ pieces in a matter of minutes. Two men can dismantle and load on to a two ton truck for shifting in less than half
an hour.
The running costs and upkeep are almost nil and I can strongly recommend this machine due to working experi
ence.
DOUBLE
Yours faithfully,
OUTPUT
TOM MOAD,
Spring Hill.
Not only are sizes more uniform and accurate with LA YCOCK POTATO GRADER AND SIZERS but working
with a 3 men team then twice the output is enjoyed.
NOTE.-The machine illustrat"ed when operated by three men has an approx. output of 20 bags per hour. Larger
machines with greater outp~t ~re available: Advise your individual requirements and we will furnish particulars
by return.
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Laycock Graders
LA YCOCK POTATO GRADERS AND SIZERS with
hOG. Rollers are of tallow :athe turned an::: ::: de6:J While
thus the for ef potatoes
the operator more time to concentrate en actual
End view with shute lowered
BAGGERS are supplied as part of grader to enable
is not required.
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REMOVABLE BAG HOLDERS are fixed to both
s;des el the grader at correct height for the opera-
the required p:-:;7ce~<
STOP START SWITCH also p:a::eo in easy reach of
the operator.
GEAR CHANGE also within easy reach gives
eperator choice of five speeos.
POWER TRANSMISSION is a V belt drive from
meto', through gear and roller chain drive to roller
drive.
to be bagged without passing through sizer if same
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Instal a Laycock
OPERATION OF GRADERS. can be when iCl lowered or lifted on to shute when
same IS HI Polatoes pass over dirt to thus clean
potaloes. Space between rollers is one inch and less theln that drop out. While moving up the grader
they roll over and over and enables a thorough inspection without handling the good potatoes. On passing over
grader they bagger into two
BAG SHUT OFF enables operator to shut off supply to full bag while fresh empty bag is replaced.
Grader with Bagger Attached
TIME SAVER of bagger attachment is noted by taking grader into field for the bagging of the dug potatoes.
Sizing can then be carried out in the shed when weather demands an indoor iob.
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Laycock
lAYCOCK POTATO SIZERS of all steel construction with
ing at end. Six holders are attached on to enable
of in operation. Bagger is removed from
Screen is reVOlved by belt drive from grader.
OPERATION. Potatoes pass over grader into
screen of SIZER. Smallest potatoes pass out first mesh into bags. next size pass out next mesh into
bags and remainder pass out end· of screen into bags.
SCREENS are divided into two SIZe meshes giVing three sizes with end outlet. Should you require more
sizes then soare screens can be carried and changed
;n a matter of minutes. You can have your choice
of the two sizes on your screen from I ~in.. I ~in .. 2in., 2*in., 2±in. With larger graders an extra mesh can be fitted to screen.
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Advalttages ACCURATE UNIFORM SIZES
UNIFORM WEIGHTS
SEED EASILY SORTED
Sizers
screen which has two size mesh and open
down of shut offs are fitted for
SIZER attached by undoing four wing nuts.
End view of Sizer
LAYCOCK SIZERS ARE NOT ONLY FASTER BUT MORE ACCURATE
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89.
LAYCOCK'S Elevators and Conveyors
Straight Gantry, type suitable for low stacking
Have You Wasted Height in Your Shed?
How do ~'OH unload and load your trucks whell trueking potatoes?
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H A N D L I N G
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USE LAYCOCK ELEVATORS and CONVEYORS PRICES ON APPLICATION ST,A,m~G:-
TYPE AND SIZE OF GOODS TO STACK
TYPE OF FLOOR
MAX. HEIGHT TO STACK
ANY SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS
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90.
a Laycock Elevator
Whatever your handling problems -however "different" or difficult
-put them to us. It involves no obligation!
LA YCOCK ELEVATORS cut handling costs to the minimum.
LA YCOCK ELEVATORS save
from 50 to 70 per cent. on manual handling methods.
Elevator fitted with Conveyor Extensions
Your best econonlY l110ve - Instal a Laycock Elevator or Conveyor
Elevators made in various sizes according to the height to be piled, weight, size and character of commodity to
be handled. Made from smallest sizes to a maximum height of 37 feet.
The standard type elevator begins to pile at approximately 6 feet from the floor, lower tiers being placed by
manual effort as a general rule .. The ELEVATOR BEGINS HANDLING WHERE THE WORK BEGINS TO BE
LABORIOUS.
LAYCOCK ELEVATORS are made so that conveyor sections can be connected. You can convey and pile in one
continuous movement, thus avoiding trucking and handling between the loading end of conveyor and delivery end
d elevator.
Standard Elevator fitted with Engine (Fairymead Sugar CO,, Q')and),
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