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- In 1928, the first cork-insulated storage room was built, cooled by an ammonia compressor.
- In the late 1950s the works changed from coal-fired to oil-fired boilers with Lightfoot ammonia compressors.
- A large, grooved 2-metre ( 6.5-foot ) flywheel was fitted to the crankshaft . By using continuous rope belts, the engine drove ammonia compressors and butter churns.
- The ammonia compressor was built for W . Tansley, and could produce 40 tons of ice in 26 hours which would then be used in the markets.
- Its death knell was sounded in 1876, when a German invented the ammonia compressor, which soon became the basis for ice-making machines and, eventually, the electric refrigerator.
- The refrigeration room has two early ammonia compressors manufactured by O'Connell and Kerr of Melbourne, one modern refrigeration compressor, and the footings for two other modern compressors since removed.
- The 1929 engine room and its remaining fittings ( ammonia compressor and piping ), and other extant elements of the factory's plant ( large brick chimney, boilers, sheds ) demonstrate the industrial requirements of the complex over time.