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194-17324 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Colonial Mine, asbestos mining remains, view of railway workshop - battery charging plant looking north, Gemco unit at right, English Electric unit with No. 1 battery in front. Catwalk visible in distance.May 20, 2014
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194-16317 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Colonial Mine, asbestos mining remains, view looking north east from storage roads with tracking heading back around to workshops, battery module box visible on ramp.May 20, 2014
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194-15319 viewsWittenoom, Colonial Mine, asbestos mining remains, railway workshops with loco storage roads, the raised ramps are for removing the battery modules off the locomotives.May 20, 2014
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194-14300 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.May 20, 2014
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194-13313 viewsWittenoom, Colonial Mine, asbestos mining remains, railway workshops with 4 loco storage roads and an inspection pit, the raised ramps are for removing the battery modules off the locomotives, looking south. Tailings in the background.May 20, 2014
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194-12299 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Colonial Mine, asbestos mining remains, view of the CEAG cap lamp charging racks.May 20, 2014
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194-11297 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.May 20, 2014
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194-10312 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Colonial Mine, asbestos mining remains, view looking south past the underground mining and railway offices with the track running towards the workshops.May 20, 2014
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194-09349 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Colonial Mine, asbestos mining remains, safety statistics board at mine adit, a view of it in operating condition can be found here SLWA b4232624 9.May 20, 2014
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194-08369 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Colonial Mine, asbestos mining remains, sealed up main mine adit or entry point, safety statistic board on the left, this was one of the main drives for the Colonial Mine. A couple of historical images can be seen here: SLWA image b4232624_9 and here: SLWA image b1923178_1.May 20, 2014
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194-07312 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Colonial Mine, asbestos mining remains, view of water softening plant and compressor plant building, looking north.May 20, 2014
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194-06339 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Colonial Mine, asbestos mining remains, view looking south, set of points with cheese knob lever, the right track leads to the mine adit which can just be made out on the far right corner, the track on the left is the 'dump road' with the chute for the waggon discharge to gravity feed down to the crusher building.May 20, 2014
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194-05340 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Colonial Mine, asbestos mining remains, located in the underground shift office area, the PLOD box, a slang term that any underground driller / miner would understand, daily activity log, time card or time sheet, some people think it means 'Please Leave On Dash'.May 20, 2014
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194-04319 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Colonial Mine, pile of knuckle couplers for railway waggons.May 20, 2014
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194-03304 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Colonial Mine, asbestos mining remains, pile of four scoop buckets.May 20, 2014
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194-02328 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Colonial Mine, asbestos mining remains, pile of railway points or switches, two left handed and one right handed.May 20, 2014
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194-01356 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Colonial Mine, asbestos mining remains, view of building that houses the crusher, slide chute for conveying ore from the waggons from the upper level is visible, along with upper level buildings for the miners and railway.May 20, 2014
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