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Phoenix Foundry

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The Phoenix Foundry was a company that built steam locomotives and other industrial machinery in the city of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. [1]

24 relations: Australia, Australian Railway History, Ballarat, Eight-hour day, George Threlfall (engineer), Liquidation, Newport Workshops, Royal Commission, Southern Hemisphere, Steam locomotive, Trade union, Victoria (Australia), Victorian Railways, Victorian Railways AA class, Victorian Railways B class, Victorian Railways Dd class, Victorian Railways E class, Victorian Railways F class, Victorian Railways M class, Victorian Railways Q class, Victorian Railways V class, Victorian Railways Y class, Victorian Railways Z class, William Shaw (engineer).

Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands.

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Australian Railway History

Australian Railway History is a monthly magazine covering railway history in Australia published by the New South Wales Division of the Australian Railway Historical Society on behalf of its seven state and territory Divisions.

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Ballarat

Ballarat is a city located on the Yarrowee River in the Central Highlands of Victoria, Australia.

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Eight-hour day

The eight-hour day movement or 40-hour week movement, also known as the short-time movement, was a social movement to regulate the length of a working day, preventing excesses and abuses.

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George Threlfall (engineer)

George Threlfall (18191897) was an English-born Australian engineer and entrepreneur who founded the mining company that later became the Phoenix Foundry.

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Liquidation

In United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland and United States law and business, liquidation is the process by which a company is brought to an end.

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Newport Workshops

The Newport Railway Workshops is a facility in the Melbourne suburb of Newport, Australia, that builds, maintains and refurbishes railway rollingstock.

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Royal Commission

A Royal Commission is a major ad-hoc formal public inquiry into a defined issue in some monarchies.

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Southern Hemisphere

The Southern Hemisphere is the half of Earth that is south of the Equator.

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Steam locomotive

A steam locomotive is a type of railway locomotive that produces its pulling power through a steam engine.

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Trade union

A trade union or trades union, also called a labour union (Canada) or labor union (US), is an organization of workers who have come together to achieve many common goals; such as protecting the integrity of its trade, improving safety standards, and attaining better wages, benefits (such as vacation, health care, and retirement), and working conditions through the increased bargaining power wielded by the creation of a monopoly of the workers.

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Victoria (Australia)

Victoria (abbreviated as Vic) is a state in south-eastern Australia.

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Victorian Railways

The Victorian Railways operated in the Australian state of Victoria from 1859 to 1983.

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Victorian Railways AA class

The AA class was an express passenger locomotive that ran on the Victorian Railways between 1900 and 1932.

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Victorian Railways B class

The mainline passenger locomotives later classified as B class ran on the Victorian Railways between 1862 and 1917.

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Victorian Railways Dd class

The DD class (later reclassified into D1, D2 and D3 subclasses) was a passenger and mixed traffic steam locomotive that ran on Victorian Railways from 1902 to 1974.

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Victorian Railways E class

The pattern suburban E class tank loco was built by Kitson & Co of Leeds, England, in 1888 and was a typical British tank engine of the 2-4-2 wheel arrangement.

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Victorian Railways F class

The Victorian Railways F class locomotives were built in 1874 (the pattern engine), 1876–77 and 1879–80 by Beyer Peacock and the Phoenix Foundry in Ballarat as 2-4-0 tender locomotives.

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Victorian Railways M class

The Victorian Railways M class were the first tank locomotives for suburban passenger service ordered by the Victorian Railways in Australia.

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Victorian Railways Q class

Victorian Railways' Q class was a class of steam locomotives.

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Victorian Railways V class

The Victorian Railways V Class is a steam locomotive, used on the Victorian Railways in the period 1900-1930.

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Victorian Railways Y class

The Victorian Railways Y class was a class of 0-6-0 steam locomotives.

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Victorian Railways Z class

The Victorian Railways Z class were three locomotives built in 1893 in Victoria, Australia.

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William Shaw (engineer)

William Henry Shaw (18301896) was an Irish-born Australian engineer and ironfounder who founded the company that later became the Phoenix Foundry.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_Foundry

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