VPRS 9929 Specifications For Power Station Facilities at Richmond

Full description

This series comprises specifications for the modification or construction of electrical installations by the Melbourne Electric Supply Co. (MES Co.) from 1900 to 1923. MES Co. generated electricity from the power plant in Green Street, Richmond from 1900 to 1930. This plant was originally built in 1889 and operated by The New Australian Electric Company (VA 3968). The specifications are for the construction/modification of the chimney stacks, office and parts of the power plant. The specifications were drafted by the architecture and engineering firm C.A DEbro, MacKenzie and Meldrum for MES Co.

Each specification contains the following information:
Type of installation
Date of contract
Date of completion
General liquidated damages for non completion within time
Amount of contract

(The details of the above were completed by hand, although in some of the specifications not all the sections have been annotated.)

Copies of drawings
Workmanship and materials
Deposit

The contracts then set out the work to be carried out by individual tradespeople in order to complete the project. This section also includes any technical drawings or plans necessary for the information of the potential contractor.