Pipemakers Park

Pipemakers Park is an eight hectare reserve located on Van Ness Avenue in Maribyrnong, on the Maribyrnong River and comprises of: Burton Crescent Reserve located north along the Maribyrnong River. Frogs Hollow Wetlands located to the south. Thompson Reserve which is a four hectare reserve to the west along Gordon Street. Jack's Magazine Features Barbecue Bicycle path Drinking fountain Picnic table Rotunda Seating Walking path Pipemakers Park's heritage features relate to several separate innovative industries stretching over 140 years, and includes: The boiling down works which was one of the first of its type in Australia and the largest in Victoria. The Melbourne Meat Preserving Company that pioneered meat preserving with the use of a vacuum process. The Australian Frozen Meat Export Company which is credited with the first successful frozen meat export in the world. Hume Pipes an innovator in the field of concrete pipe manufacturing and the first Australian company to export a manufacturing technology as opposed to a raw material or product. This site encapsulates the history of industrial development in Melbourne and represents some of its major development phases. Architecturally, the buildings represent advanced construction techniques from the period. The industrial buildings from the mid-nineteenth century are exceptionally rare in Melbourne. Jack's Magazine Jack's Magazine opened in 1878, to provide safe storage for bonded gunpowder and explosives imported into the colony of Victoria. Jack's Magazine - Maribyrnong