04-14-2011, 02:20 PM
Hi Jonte
I see that you are using Google Map so I am going to assume that you have checked out the map pages as well as the street view.
Russ has covered a lot of the potential tennants of the facility and depending upon the era being modelled the facility can have changed tennants and uses more than once.
As an example, I did my 16 week Pre Apprenticeship Carpentry [Pilot Course late 1983] training at Holmesglen TAFE here in Melbourne.
The main building were we did our training started life as a newly built Tank Factory constructed during WW2.
Post War the building, given its size and crane facilities was turned into the Dept. of Housing Pre-Cast Concrete Facility which produced precast concrete panels for the construction of "Housing Commision" houses for returned servicemen.
Then in or around the late 70's early 80's the facility was truned into the TAFE college and has undergone numerous building renovatios and constructions to turn it into a world class education facility.
I would bet most current students and staff would be amazed to learn that it all started as a WW2 Tank Plant which never actually produced a tank apparently.
Mark
I see that you are using Google Map so I am going to assume that you have checked out the map pages as well as the street view.
Russ has covered a lot of the potential tennants of the facility and depending upon the era being modelled the facility can have changed tennants and uses more than once.
As an example, I did my 16 week Pre Apprenticeship Carpentry [Pilot Course late 1983] training at Holmesglen TAFE here in Melbourne.
The main building were we did our training started life as a newly built Tank Factory constructed during WW2.
Post War the building, given its size and crane facilities was turned into the Dept. of Housing Pre-Cast Concrete Facility which produced precast concrete panels for the construction of "Housing Commision" houses for returned servicemen.
Then in or around the late 70's early 80's the facility was truned into the TAFE college and has undergone numerous building renovatios and constructions to turn it into a world class education facility.
I would bet most current students and staff would be amazed to learn that it all started as a WW2 Tank Plant which never actually produced a tank apparently.
Mark
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