This item is licenced for use under a Creative Commons Non Commercial, No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International) copyright license. It allows users to copy and share the item in any medium or format for non-commercial purposes, provided the item is not changed in any way, it is attributed to the City of Sydney and the author/creator (where known), and a copyright notice is included. Full licence terms are available from Creative Commons. No warranties or other rights are provided by the licence.

Tools

Full size thumbnail Fit to screen Fit to width Fit to height Rotate 90 degrees Zoom to 100%

Show Text / Transcription Show keyword hits Highlight keywords Download Add to My Collection Contact us about this Suggest an edit to this item Citation for this item

Report on lighting a portion of the city temporarily with oil where gas cannot be supplied, 1848

Description

Unique IDA-00434493SeriesCommittee Reports (Various committees), 1842-1899DateBetween 9th August 1848 and 21st December 1848Date qualifierexactFormatVolume - Leather BoundDescriptionReport of the Lighting Committee on lighting a portion of the city temporarily with oil in areas where gas could not be supplied immediately. Tenders were received and the Committee recommended renting lamps and pillars from the Australian Gas Light Company, accepting the tender of William Pearson for lighting the lamps and the tender of Joseph Baldock for supplying burners. Appended: tender by W. Pearson of Dixon's Gardens Surry Hills; tender by Joseph Baldock of 259 George Street (sureties James Powell of George Street & James Cunningham of King Street); tender of G. F. Knight of Market Street (sureties Edward Benningham publican & Robert Young painter); tender of John Struth of Sussex Street (sureties William Aitken of Pitt Street & James Stewart of George Street South); tender for burners of Frederick Roper Robinson of 407 George Street; tender for lamps of Frederick Roper Robinson (with signed sketch) (sureties John Morris auctioneer George Street & William Modeley landholder of Camperdown); specification by City Surveyor, Sheilds.LanguageEnglish (eng)Digitised recordYesBorn digital itemNo

Access

Public access statusRestricted original (digital copy available)

Identification

Source system ID21/6/409 [1001]

Data Quality

Authenticity & integrityThese are the original Committee Reports created by Council. The record has been held in the Council’s custody and has a high level of authenticity. Users should be aware that this is an historical record and the language used within the record was the language of the time it was captured, and may not reflect current community values or expectations.

Relationships

OrganisationSydney City Council

OCR Text Transcription Edit Edit +-Close

Save Cancel + Row + Column

Start typing here to find a location	Latitude	Longitude	Zoom	Actions

loading google map....

Save Cancel

Menu

Report on lighting a portion of the city temporarily with oil where gas cannot be supplied, 1848