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194-12372 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Colonial Mine, asbestos mining remains, view of the CEAG cap lamp charging racks.
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194-14369 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Colonial Mine, asbestos mining remains, view looking sort of south west past scrap steel, tailings pile, track used to go around corner to other mine adits.
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194-20368 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Colonial Mine, asbestos mining remains, battery module over a Mancha hauler, titled WITTENOOM_EXPRSS inside the workshops. This item was relocated to the Pilbara Railways Historical Society museum near 7 Mile Karratha in 2004.
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160101 2297368 viewsWittenoom Gorge, location of former power station, shows tree growing through old foundations in the middle background, looking north west from approx. engine hall location, geodata: -22.3222583 118.3340833 , iPhone 5S image.
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160101 2304366 viewsWittenoom Gorge Mine area, view inside drive No. 2 through the internal set of gates, geodata: -22.3246533 118.3282583 .
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194-11365 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Colonial Mine, asbestos mining remains, view of the battery charging room with the CEAG racks for the cap lamp battery packs to sit between use while charging.
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198-04365 viewsWittenoom, Colonial Mine, asbestos mining remains, view of driving position, throttle and battery box of battery locomotive GEMCO Hauler serial 12304-05/10/65, motor H.P. 2/11, volts 80, drawbar pull (lbs.) 1250 built by George Moss Pty Ltd Leederville, WA. The wheel is the handbrake.
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195-15356 viewsWittenoom, view from the Devil's Staircase of Colonial Mill and Mine with piles of tailings, the building and yard at the bottom of the frame is the warehouse or store and gated yard with the workshop being the larger of the two, the buildings at the top level are the locomotive and underground mining offices and workshops, with the crusher and milling and bagging plant using gravity to its advantage.
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160101 2300355 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Gorge Mine area, view inside drive No. 5, formally sealed, erosion has collapsed the sealing door, geodata: -22.3247417 118.3277889 , iPhone 5S image.
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160101 2302354 viewsWittenoom Gorge Mine area, view inside drive No. 5, bush cut timber poles to restrict access, geodata: -22.3247417 118.3277889 , iPhone 5S image.
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160101 2299353 viewsWittenoom Gorge, location of former power station, shows old concrete foundations with tress growing through them, looking south west, geodata: -22.3222056 118.3328944 , iPhone 5S image.
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160101 2296350 viewsWittenoom Gorge, location of former power station, showing old foundations, looking north from approx. engine hall location, geodata: -22.3222833 118.3340833 , iPhone 5S image.
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160101 2301344 viewsWittenoom Gorge Mine area, view inside drive No. 5, bush cut timber poles to restrict access, geodata: -22.3247417 118.3277889 , iPhone 5S image.
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206-05342 viewsOn the Woodie Woodie Road near the start, just in case you have trouble they have a few signs to help out.
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195-16334 viewsWittenoom, view from the Devil's Staircase of Colonial Mill and Mine with piles of tailings, milling site overview, looking south, railway workshops and underground offices are the higher buildings, then the primary crushing shed, holding silo, down to the mill and then the bag house and associated sheds, tailings line the gorge side.
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203-30333 viewsWittenoom, town power station, still under operation by Horizon Power, formally Western Power and SECWA.
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195-17332 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Australian Blue Asbestos or ABA Colonial Mill view of stores or warehouse building and fenced yard and the maintenance workshop shed.
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194-28331 viewsYandi campsite for Henry Walker operated iron ore mine owned and managed by BHP, view of camp are from man cage on Kato 50 tonne hydraulic crane.
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160101 9757331 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Joffre Creek, Fourth Crossing Pool on the west side of the gorge on Bolitho Road. Geodata: -22.2804483 118.3212850
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140517-4315328 viewsEginbah Siding area, of the Marble Bar railway, former locomotive watering stop alongside the Talga River (closed in 1951), view of the tanks and concrete stands, the line alignment can just be made out in the background. Location here.
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