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194-04541 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Colonial Mine, pile of knuckle couplers for railway waggons.
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194-14540 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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160101 2304540 viewsWittenoom Gorge Mine area, view inside drive No. 2 through the internal set of gates, geodata: -22.3246533 118.3282583 .
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194-20538 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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194-11535 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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160101 2302523 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 2301520 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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194-03517 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Colonial Mine, asbestos mining remains, pile of four scoop buckets.
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195-04506 viewsGreat Northern Highway, oversize load of dump truck and dump body.
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195-16506 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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160101 2300506 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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195-15505 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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198-04505 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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160101 2299504 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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195-37501 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Australian Blue Asbestos or ABA Colonial Mill, view of primary crushing building, shows metal slide chute from upper lever were the waggons are emptied, top building is the underground offices, change rooms etc.
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203-29501 viewsDrillers Ridge, Wittenoom, Toyota HJ75, the road up to this little spot is actually sealed.
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203-31500 viewsYampire Gorge, remains of asbestos mining, 5 cylinder diesel motor with drive pulley and fly wheel, possibly an air compressor.
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160101 2296499 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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203-30497 viewsWittenoom, town power station, still under operation by Horizon Power, formally Western Power and SECWA.
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160101 9757493 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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