Ernest+Brockman

In 1921 Ernest Brockman commenced business as a specialist in boiler repairs, blacksmithing, refrigeration, erecting of smoke stacks and other similar work. As a young boy John Brockman assisted his father on his many trips throughout western Victoria. On his discharge from the army in 1942, he joined his fathers business. After moving in 1944 to Mercer Street, the company gained an order from ford motor company to manufacture around 10,000 sets of radiators for the Ford ‘Major’ Tractor. This pushed the company to purchase a considerable amount of equipment items which paved the way for the manufacture and development of the ‘Yaba’ Spark arrester. Shortly after this, an acre of land was purchased in Fyans Street, South Geelong where a 200ft long boiler shop was erected. Later another bay was built in which the entire Australian Chassis requirements for the ‘Fairline’ and ‘Mainline’ was assembled for the Ford Motor Company. By 1972 the boiler shop at Fyans Street had become too small to accommodate efficiently the large items being manufactured there. Source: Geelong Advertiser, Geelong History Page, 1921. ||
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