Comments on: Grain by train to the Kensington flour mill

By: Photos from ten years ago: December 2014 - Waking up in Geelong

Photos from ten years ago: December 2014 - Waking up in Geelong — Tue, 31 Dec 2024 00:30:12 +0000

[…] decade ago Pacific National still had the contract to transport grain by rail to the flour mill at Kensington. Southern Shorthaul Railroad won the contract in November […]

By: Peter O'Nial

Peter O'Nial — Sun, 25 Aug 2024 08:59:15 +0000

In reply to steve hanlon.

Yes, Steve that’s correct, I first arrived at the site on April 22, 1986, and the old mills were demolished, the only building that had to be removed then was the old workshop, which was carried out by Raffety Demolition. I would think I still have the movies I took for four years during some demolition and all of the refit of the silos both wooden and concrete silo conveyors etc. Also construction of the Flour mill and bulk building. I was on this site till about Feb / Mar 1990

Cheers
Peter

By: Raymond Johns

Raymond Johns — Fri, 05 Jul 2024 05:39:27 +0000

In reply to Michael. I left Minifies in 1969 after 17 years in the latter years with the JM Stockfeeds prior to the Amalgamation.

By: Marcus Wong

Marcus Wong — Fri, 30 Jun 2023 06:23:38 +0000

In reply to Michael. Thanks for sharing Michael!

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 29 Jun 2023 22:11:21 +0000

Great article. It brought back my memory of working in the Minifie’s lab, circa 1969, in Kensington, as it was in the process of amalgamating with another firm up the road.
The trucks arrived beside the lab & you stepped through the door to take samples.
The mill also made stock feed such as pig pellets & dog biscuits, etc..

By: Marcus Wong

Marcus Wong — Sat, 21 May 2022 03:32:58 +0000

In reply to steve hanlon. Thanks for the correction Steve!

By: steve hanlon

steve hanlon — Thu, 19 May 2022 10:27:44 +0000

just reading about the kimpton mills where i worked ,and at the start it says number 2 mill was demolished in 1982 , THATS NOT CORRECT it was demolished in approx 1986 , as the new mill that replaced it no 4 only became operational in 1990 no 2 mill was not operating in 1982 but it was not demolished in 1982 , cheers steve

By: steve hanlon

steve hanlon — Mon, 09 Aug 2021 04:11:28 +0000

worked at kimptons flour mills for 15 yrs , 6 yrs at barastoc over the rd from the mill and when that was bought by arnotts and moved to ballarat i moved to the flour mill in maintance till 1990 when the new mill started , i worked in no1, no2, and no3 mills , only some sections of no1 and no2 were still operating , no3 was fully operational , they were all roller mills , no2 and no1 mills when production stopped and they were stripped of machinary the roller mills had to be destroyed expecially 1st 2nd and 3rd brake roller mills , so that no one could buy them and start up a mill , they are the 3 critical roller k mills 1st, 2nd, and 3rd brake , the company was a family bussiness back in kimptons days and fathers and sons worked there all their lives , after kimptons this all changed and was no longer a close family bussiness , when i started there in 1974 kimptons basicially owned the whole block down to the the creek and most of elizabeth st i have many pics of no 3 mill running and of the construction of the new mill from 1988-1990 , have pics of the roller mill flour , top flour elevators , silos, basement etc , all the mills were line shaft driven where as the new mill had no line shafts , was a great place to work

By: Site Seeing – More on Grain at Kensington | Andrew's Trains

Site Seeing – More on Grain at Kensington | Andrew's Trains — Fri, 14 Aug 2020 08:28:54 +0000

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By: Photos from ten years ago: February 2010 - Waking up in Geelong

Photos from ten years ago: February 2010 - Waking up in Geelong — Mon, 03 Feb 2020 22:48:16 +0000

[…] And a grain train headed to Kensington. […]