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140517-4328503 viewsEginbah Siding area, of the Marble Bar railway, looking back towards Eginbah along the alignment. Location here.
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194-21503 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Colonial Mine, asbestos mining remains, view of Mancha hauler with battery module open on ramp, view of driver's seat, controller, brake wheel and the drive motor inside the locomotive.
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198-06503 viewsWittenoom, Colonial Mine, asbestos mining remains, line up of two Mancha locomotives and the Gemco, then an English Electric unit. The compressor and water treatment plant is beside the locos, In the distance is the demolished locomotive changing and maintenance shed and underground offices and lamp room.
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237-05503 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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196-23502 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Gorge Mine area, asbestos mining remains, looking north out of East Gorge towards the power station site.
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196-34502 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Gorge Mine area, view of mine adits or entry points of drives going into the side of the gorge western side of Wittenoom Gorge.
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195-30501 viewsWittenoom, West Gorge, Australian Blue Asbestos or ABA Colonial Mine, sealed up underground drive adits or entry points 27, 28 and 29, shows tramway tracks and points for entry into adit 29, entries have been sealed closed.
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197-20501 viewsWittenoom, Colonial Mine, asbestos mining remains, view of the demolished underground shift offices, upturned battery module, charging transformer, Mancha #4 battery locomotive on the right.
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140517-4308499 viewsEginbah Siding area, of the Marble Bar railway, former locomotive watering stop alongside the Talga River (closed in 1951), view of the line formation block fill. Location here.
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195-03499 viewsGreat Northern Highway, oversize load of dump truck and dump body.
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197-26499 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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140517-4313498 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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196-30498 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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197-22498 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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198-02498 viewsWittenoom, Colonial Mine, asbestos mining remains, rear view of battery box and 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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194-25497 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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140517-4355496 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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194-22496 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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196-24496 viewsWittenoom Gorge, view of power station generating hall with high voltage aerial conductors and the cooling water pipe visible.
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140517-4427495 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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