Gold Rush

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    Rapid opening of goldfields

  • 13 steam engines used to pump out water from goldmines in Ballarat.

  • Scott Clow and Prebble opened the first cast-iron foundry in Melbourne

  • 135 steam engines used to pump out water from the goldmines in Ballarat

  • Enoch Hughes opened a rolling mill in Melbourne

  • 342 steam engines used to pump out water from the goldmines in Ballarat