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196-32444 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Gorge Mine area, asbestos mining remains, side tipping ore waggons, one can be seen in the background in the tipped position.
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197-16443 viewsWittenoom, Colonial Mine, asbestos mining remains, Mancha battery locomotive #4 looking south east, demolished workshops and office behind with the battery charging shed remains in the distance. Drivers seat, brake wheel and controller visible.
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196-30440 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Gorge Mine area, asbestos mining remains, view of demolished building with railway tracks in air, site of former dump or unloading station.
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237-05440 viewsSign at the turn off to Western Shaw Mining Area at Tambourah on the Hillside - Woodstock Road. You get the idea, if you can't understand it you probably shouldn't be out here. 12th Feb, 2003. Geo Data
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140517-4314439 viewsEginbah Siding area, of the Marble Bar railway, former locomotive watering stop alongside the Talga River (closed in 1951), view from the tanks down to the Talga River. Location here.
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197-11439 viewsWittenoom, Colonial Mine, asbestos mining remains, view looking north from the 197-10 location at the remains of the battery charging shed with only post and the back wall intact, a battery charging MG-set is visible along with the battery off-take ramps and a battery module.
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197-28439 viewsWittenoom, Colonial Mine, reverse view of 197-27, battery module No.1 with number 10165, shows a slotted drop type hinge arrangement, headlight, coupling pocket and Joy plug for motor, mounted on an English Electric hauler, behind is a Gemco and two Mancha units, the building is the water treatment and compressor sheds.
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196-24438 viewsWittenoom Gorge, view of power station generating hall with high voltage aerial conductors and the cooling water pipe visible.
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140517-4313437 viewsEginbah Siding area, of the Marble Bar railway, former locomotive watering stop alongside the Talga River (closed in 1951), view of the tanks on collapsed stands, the line was behind the tanks. Location here.
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140517-4329437 viewsEginbah Siding area, of the Marble Bar railway, looking towards Marble Bar along the alignment. Location here.
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140517-4427437 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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195-13437 viewsWittenoom, top of Bee Gorge looking north, Toyota HJ75 Landcruiser.
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237-07437 viewsSign at the turn off to Western Shaw Mining Area at Tambourah on the Hillside - Woodstock Road. 12th Feb, 2003. Geo Data
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194-25436 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Colonial Mine, asbestos mining remains, view into the loco workshop - battery charging shed, looking south, Mancha haulers with their battery modules on the racks, switchboard at right, with charging transformer visible in the background.
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195-20436 viewsWittenoom Gorge, view looking north along Joffre Creek, the former market garden area is in the middle, with Bolitho Rd skirting the creek.
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198-08436 viewsWittenoom, Colonial Mine, asbestos mining remains, line up of two Mancha locomotives and the Gemco, then an English Electric. In the background is the demolished locomotive changing and maintenance shed. The building on the right is the compressor and water treatment plant sheds, the lead unit has Wittenoom Exprss stencilled on the battery box, this unit now resides at the Pilbara Railways Historical Society 6 Mile Museum located near the Rio Tinto 7 Mile complex at Dampier.
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197-10435 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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198-09435 viewsWittenoom, Colonial Mine, asbestos mining remains, view of driving position, reverser and throttle, brake wheel, timber seat, battery plug 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.
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140517-4321434 viewsEginbah Siding area, of the Marble Bar railway, former locomotive watering stop alongside the Talga River (closed in 1951), view of concrete slab remains and the tanks, looking north east. Location here.
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196-28434 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Gorge Mine area, asbestos mining remains, view looking north east from remains of railways and mill towards power station, concrete pad is former workshops.
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