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198-24354 viewsPort Hedland Port, overview of the hard stand area, salt conveyor at very bottom of image. New bulk loader under construction, tug pen and BHP Transport admin building visible at top right. Circa 2001.
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160102 DJI 0024353 viewsWittenoom Gorge, western wall of gorge view, looking west, Third Crossing. Geodata.
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140517-4400352 viewsMarble Bar, Prospector Creek, tin mine, near Fishers Cairn the area was a Tailings Lease #10 (87H) - FISHERS CAIRN held by Moolyella Tin Pty. Ltd in the 1960s, then a machinery lease in the 1970s. Remains of a dry tin concentrate plant. Location Here.
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160102 9820352 viewsWittenoom Gorge, pool in Joffre Creek just across the road from Colonial Mine, Magazine Pool. Geodata.
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237-29352 viewsTambrey Station, grave of T. D. Cusack, past manager. Geodata . More information can be found here .
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204-26350 viewsWittenoom Gorge Mine area, pool located near mine site.
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205-25350 viewsDrillers Ridge, Wittenoom, the DME (Distance Measuring Equipment) tower (located at 957 metres) was a navigation aid for the Department of Civil Aviation for the Wittenoom airport, the site was also used by Telecom for providing 'radio links' for phones into Wittenoom prior to the current tower located at the eastern edge of town which links back to Auski Roadhouse.
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206-33347 viewsAn empty train on the Yarrie (former Goldsworthy) line with a string of Golynx ore waggons, built by Goninan WA to a Lynx Engineering design, and then the two types of the waggons from the Phelps Dodge Copper Mine, the ribbed units are built by Portec USA and the smooth ones built by Gunderson USA and finally the Tomlinson Steel WA built hopper waggons. All of these are belly dump waggons as opposed to the BHP fleet of rotary dump bodies.
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237-32346 viewsAt the 89 km grade crossing on the Hamersley Iron mainline near Galah Siding, General Electric Dash 9-44CW units 7086 serial 47765 leads 7089 serial 47768 as they struggle up the grade with empty train.
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254-30346 viewsNunyerry weather station, located beside an abandoned landing strip. Chrysotile or white asbestos was originally mined in this area by Hanwright in the 1950s. GeoData location here. September 2001.
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254-03345 viewsWodgina mine site, bull buggy from a cut down 60 series Toyota Landcruiser from Wallareenya Station.
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198-29344 viewsPort Hedland Port, view of Cargill Salt loader on No. 3 Berth, BHP under-harbour tunnel portal and overland conveyor for HBI plant visible along with Finucane Island, 2001.
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254-04344 viewsWodgina mine site, bull buggy from a cut down 60 series Toyota Landcruiser from Wallareenya Station.
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206-27343 viewsAn empty train on the Yarrie (former Goldsworthy) line behind BHP 5633 'Hephaestus' built new in 1988 by Goninan as a GE CM39-8 model, serial 5831-12 / 88-082. The four CM39-8 units were upgraded to CM40-8 units following overhauls and finally scrapped in January 2016.
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198-23342 viewsPort Hedland Port, view of the hard stand and overview of the PHPA, manganese is stockpiled around the former Cockburn Cement silos, new bulk loader under construction, tug pen visible along with single berth at BHP Finucane Island.
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237-26342 viewsTambrey Station ruins. Geodata . More information can be found here .
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206-36341 viewsThe fridge at 42 Kingsmill Street.
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254-00340 viewsWodgina mine site, bull buggy from a cut down 60 series Toyota Landcruiser from Wallareenya Station.
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237-36339 viewsDugite Siding, empty train in the passing track behind Hamersley Iron General Electric model Dash 9-44CW unit 7066 with serial 47745. Geodata .
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198-30336 viewsPort Hedland Port, view of the BHP HBI plant overland conveyor and under-harbour tunnel portal, also Utah Point Boat Ramp. This area is now changed with Pilbara Ports Authority No.4 Berth, and three additional berths for BHP Billiton. Images taken 2001.
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