Phoenix Foundry - Engineering Herritage Marker Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
By
Team MavEtJu on 21-Oct-15. Waypoint GA7673
Cache Details
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| Type: | Virtual |
| Container: | Virtual |
| Coordinates: | S37° 33.804' E143° 51.353' (WGS 84) |
| 54H 752245E 5838790N (UTM) | |
| Elevation: | 439 m |
| Local Government Area: | Ballarat |
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Description
Phoenix Foundry - Engineering Herritage Marker
The Phoenix Foundry was a very significant manufacturing business during its 50 years of operation. It was one of reputedly 40 foundries in Ballarat during the heyday of manufacturing in Victoria in the 1880s. It was a larger business although there were other large foundries in the city including the nearly Union Foundry which is known to have produced a number of very large Cornish pumping engines including a Cornish Bill engine supplied to a New Zealand mine.
The unfortunate reality of recognition of the Phoenix Foundry is that nothing remains of the foundry itself. This circumstance faces nominators with the task of finding some alternative “link” between the subject site and remaining relics, or other reminders, of the subject site.
In this case the existence of the railway turntable pivot foundation, adjacent to the foundry site but within a public street, provides the opportunity for a link between the Phoenix Foundry and a remaining relic associated with it.
When logging this virtual, please add a photo of yourself or your GPSr at the plaque.
For more information, please see the nomination PDF at the Heritage Register at the Engineers Australia website: https://www.engineersaustralia.org.au/portal/heritage/phoenix-foundry-1856-1906.
Logs
The information on this one was right up Mr Beetle's alley and he spent time reading it all.
Thanks.
Great to be back out and about this area. Stopped by to take the obligatory photo after the prerequisite coffee.
Thanks for the Cache Team MavEtJu
A quick find on a day around the Ballarat area. Photo attached to log.
Took nothing, left nothing.
Thanks for this geocache hide here today.
*Overall Experience: 3*
GAFF 1
Caching in the area and snapped this Engineering Heritage Marker - required pic has been added to the gallery.
Many thanks Team MavEtJu for publishing this cache and adding to our geocaching experience.
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Gold - Griffin, 
Green - Phoenix, 
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TFTVC
I enjoyed finding this marker. It is the first one that I have found.
I also noticed a plaque in Stuart street about the foundry so I've included a photo of it too.Thanks Team MavEtJu for the virtual cache.
This is the first of this series that I've found and it 500km away in Ballarat! I found the plaque late in the day after all the shoppers had gone home. See attached photos of the plaque (well it is more of a sign really). My GPS said it was at S37 33.804 E143 51.353 so the listed coords are pretty close. And some interesting history I never knew about! And a FTF to?
TFTC
