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195-13472 viewsWittenoom, top of Bee Gorge looking north, Toyota HJ75 Landcruiser.
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195-03471 viewsGreat Northern Highway, oversize load of dump truck and dump body.
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198-15471 viewsPort Hedland Port, view of the Cargill Salt berth and loader, or PHPA Berth No. 3, in this 2001 view, the then new bulker loader is under construction and manganese is stockpiled on the ground. The BHP Finucane Island berth is visible along with the overland conveyor for the HBI plant.
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195-01470 viewsMunjina, end of Roy Hill Road where it meets the Great Northern Highway, Toyota HJ75 Landcruiser, loaded up to the max, it has a 13 leaf spring pack on the rear, 9 on the front, PTO winch, in route to Wittenoom.
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197-15470 viewsWittenoom, Colonial Mine, asbestos mining remains, Mancha battery locomotive #4 looking south east, demolished workshops and office on the right with the battery charging shed remains in the distance. Drivers seat, brake wheel and controller.
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195-11469 viewsWittenoom, top of Bee Gorge, snappy gums and ant hills.
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195-31469 viewsWittenoom, West Gorge, Australian Blue Asbestos or ABA Colonial Mine, sealed up underground drive adit or entry no. 30, shows area where seams have been cut out from the rock face.
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195-32469 viewsWittenoom, West Gorge, Australian Blue Asbestos or ABA Colonial Mine, remains of a building on the adit level adjacent to no. 30.
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197-14469 viewsWittenoom, Colonial Mine, asbestos mining remains, Mancha battery locomotive #4 looking north west, demolished workshops and office on the left, mine adit doors visible, compressor building in the distance.
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140517-4427468 viewsA Tutt Bryant rope operated Pacific A.C.E. Equipment Wheel Loader, Fordson powered?? The front end loader which lifts the bucket over the cab to feed the trammel, or dump into a truck, see an historical picture of this unit here at the Battye Library and an image of a similar unit on the manufacturer's website
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195-10467 viewsWittenoom, top of Bee Gorge, snappy gums and ant hills.
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195-09466 viewsWittenoom, Bee Gorge, view from top of cat walk looking east, where cat walk joins the top of the range.
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196-20466 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Gorge Mine area, asbestos mining remains, view inside of side opening ore waggon, shows how much ore the waggons could carry.
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197-10466 viewsWittenoom, Colonial Mine, asbestos mining remains, view looking south west of the open air service pit with gantry and locomotive storage roads with the battery off-take racks. The track used to continue around to the mine adits in the background.
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197-23466 viewsWittenoom, Colonial Mine, asbestos mining remains, view of the points leading to the mine adit on the right, and past the discharge slide chute on the left. The loop road is visible in the distance, with the demolished underground offices and lamp room pushed up against the gorge wall. Mancha #4 in the distance.
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197-25466 viewsWittenoom, Colonial Mine, top of control stand for locomotive with No.1 battery box, English Electric Co. D.B.1. Form M3, Dick Kerr System, commonly referred to as the Dick Kerr DB1 controller.
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140517-4355465 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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198-03465 viewsWittenoom, Colonial Mine, asbestos mining remains, view of driving position, throttle and battery box of battery locomotive GEMCO Hauler serial No. 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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194-22464 viewsWittenoom, Colonial Mine, asbestos mining remains, detail view of a Mancha battery module with the covers in the open position shows the full forty eight 2 volt cells to power the 80 volt locomotives.
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195-35464 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Australian Blue Asbestos or ABA Colonial Mill, overview from the crusher level, looking down on the holding bin/silo and drier and milling plant.
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