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237-25551 viewsTambrey Station ruins. Geodata . More information can be found here .
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160101 9809549 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Gorge Mine area, asbestos mining remains, concrete footings and foundations for the now removed milling plant, drive visible in the background. Geodata.
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160101 DJI 0015549 viewsWittenoom Gorge, view from above the Gorge Mine area and pool, looking north east, campers at pool, the drive can be seen cutting up the left side of the gorge. Geodata.
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160102 9821549 viewsWittenoom Gorge, eastern wall of gorge view, around Fifth Crossing. Geodata.
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205-30548 viewsKoodaideri, survey mark or trig point, looking east with Fortescue valley on the left, Rio wants to mine in this area, and have been playing around here for many years.
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205-32548 viewsKoodaideri, drive cut into side, early exploration, drive was dug by Umberto Favero, a long time Hancock employee and worker and then caretaker of the Wittenoom mine site and settlement.
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140517-4411547 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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205-23547 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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160102 9817547 viewsWittenoom Gorge, pool in Joffre Creek just across the road from Colonial Mine, Magazine Pool. Geodata.
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160102 9830547 viewsWittenoom Gorge, eastern wall of gorge view, around Fifth Crossing. Geodata.
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237-23547 viewsCoongan River crossing looking north east, Comet Mines are behind those hills. Geodata .
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237-37547 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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160102 DJI 0031546 viewsWittenoom Gorge, view looking west of the wall from above Gorge Mine. Geodata.
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160101 DJI 0002545 viewsWittenoom Gorge, looking north across fourth crossing back along Bolitho Rd, pool in Joffre Creek. Geodata.
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160103 9836545 viewsLocated in the bush near Colonial Mill is this relic of a Fordson One Man Power Grader originally supplied by Lynas Motors Ltd. An old newspaper article on these graders can be found here . Geodata: -22.3057767 118.3247750 .
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254-11545 viewsGreen Tank Pool, August 2001. Geodata location here.
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198-33544 viewsPort Hedland Port, view of ship turning basin with the South Hedland water tank in the distance, FMG now have a three berths in this location on the right. Early 2001.
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206-30544 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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160101 9810544 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Gorge Mine area, asbestos mining remains, concrete footings and foundations for the now removed milling plant, drive visible in the background, looking north east. Geodata.
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237-31544 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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