Help Needed to Identify Antique Padlock

[historicalvillage]

The Caboolture Historical Society has this padlock. We noticed that some of your members have an expertise in this area.

Is anyone able to identify this padlock for us.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Kind regards
Di Spencer
Admin
Caboolture Historical Society

 

[richo966]

cant read the words can you list them for us to read

 

[Goldpick]

Bottom one says Melbourne, can't read the top wording??

 

[thesmithy]

Looks like a 4 lever jackson......used on wings or Ranges at pentridge goal....?
look up Jackson on google.
what throws me is usually old Jacksons had Jackson on them somewhere.
just looked at history of jacksons on there web page.
have a look at there display board on the top row I feel this is your lock.
cheers.

 

[HeadsUp]

zooming in to that with my bionic superman loupe it looks like WUCSA12 or WUCSAL2

lol stuffed if i know . google gives me nuthin

 

[Nugget]

Looks like a 4 lever jackson......used on wings or Ranges at pentridge goal....?
look up Jackson on google.
what throws me is usually old Jacksons had Jackson on them somewhere.
just looked at history of jacksons on there web page.
have a look at there display board on the top row I feel this is your lock.
cheers.

Well spotted mate.

To save a little time searching, here's the direct link http://www.jacksonssecurity.com.au/history.html

Top row, second from the right looks to be the one.

 

[HeadsUp]

but jackson locks were made in tassie not melbourne ?

 

[Nugget]

but jackson locks were made in tassie not melbourne ?

After further researching online I now have my doubts about it being a Jackson lock.

Jackson

??

 

[Beagleboy]

Looks pretty similar. Maybe it is a chinesse knock off? :lol:

 

[thesmithy]

Thats what threw me Nugget no name......?

now to throw a cat amongst the pigeons.

The jackson locks that were in use 28 years ago at Long Bay correctional centre....some had jackson on them...a fair few newer ones had NSWCS plus no. eg 851 stamped on them. The real early ones had NSW PRISONS stamped on them.

They were still manufactured by Jacksons Tasmania.

Chubb also made a jacksons style lock.

there is the possibility that due to being a large government order all that was required was the dept name
being stamped on them instead of Jacksons.
As pentridge was also called Melbourne gaol in the early days it may solve the problem.

 

[historicalvillage]

Thank you all for your replies - I only work part time and it was with great appreciation that I logged on this morning to find so many answers to our query. Thank you one and all for your time. Kind regards, Di at Caboolture Historical Village

 

[HeadsUp]

Thank you all for your replies - I only work part time and it was with great appreciation that I logged on this morning to find so many answers to our query. Thank you one and all for your time. Kind regards, Di at Caboolture Historical Village

you're welcome Di

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let us know if you can advise the lettering on the front of the lock

best wishes

 

[G0lddigg@]

a quick google for padlocks melbourne A 50 returns a few queries for Jackon abus style 65/50 ? the mystery continues

 

[historicalvillage]

Hi, with regard to the spelling on the lock, the guesses are as follows:

Nurefare
Nuefaro (Faro is in Portugal)
Nuofaro
Nuebale
Huebale
Huebalz

It is very hard to read.

Cheers Di
Caboolture Historical Village