Pick this Place
Submitted: Wednesday, Sep 02, 2020 at 21:08
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Member - Stephen L (Clare SA)
For those that like to explore the
places they visit, rather than just driving straight through, they sound be able to pick this grand old Gold Stamping Battery.
Do you know where it is?
Where am I
Where am I
Reply By: nick g1 - Wednesday, Sep 02, 2020 at 22:25
Wednesday, Sep 02, 2020 at 22:25
This is the Venus Gold Stamping Battery in Charters Towers. It is the largest l have ever seen but apparently it was one of the smaller ones in Charters Towers in its Hey day. Did a great tour in November 2018. The guide used to operate it on tours 20 yrs ago.
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Follow Up By: Member - Stephen L (Clare SA) - Wednesday, Sep 02, 2020 at 22:37
Wednesday, Sep 02, 2020 at 22:37
Sorry Nick
This Battery is not in Queensland, but in South Australia.
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Follow Up By: nick g1 - Wednesday, Sep 02, 2020 at 22:44
Wednesday, Sep 02, 2020 at 22:44
Ok steven. Will be very interested to know the location. Not a lot of big ones like that around that l have seen.
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Follow Up By: Member - Stephen L (Clare SA) - Wednesday, Sep 02, 2020 at 22:54
Wednesday, Sep 02, 2020 at 22:54
There was no O.H & S back in those days and speaking to an ex local from this place said you could “hear it in action 20
Miles away”
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Follow Up By: nick g1 - Wednesday, Sep 02, 2020 at 23:02
Wednesday, Sep 02, 2020 at 23:02
Yes No OH&S in those days. No earmuffs either. The next biggest ones l have sent is in
Maytown in
Cape York, on the Palmer river goldfields.
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Follow Up By: Nomadic Navara - Thursday, Sep 03, 2020 at 07:41
Thursday, Sep 03, 2020 at 07:41
I reckon it is over in the west. The cams that operate the stampers rotate all the stampers in the same direction. Most of them over the east I have seen rotate stamper 2 & 3 in the opposite direction.
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Follow Up By: Member - Stephen L (Clare SA) - Thursday, Sep 03, 2020 at 08:35
Thursday, Sep 03, 2020 at 08:35
Not in the west Peter, right here in Outback South Australia.
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Reply By: Mick O - Thursday, Sep 03, 2020 at 07:42
Thursday, Sep 03, 2020 at 07:42
Government battery on the shores of
Lake Harris SA? Not to far from Glenloth??
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Follow Up By: Member - Stephen L (Clare SA) - Thursday, Sep 03, 2020 at 07:45
Thursday, Sep 03, 2020 at 07:45
Sorry Mick, not Glenloth
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Follow Up By: Member - Stephen L (Clare SA) - Thursday, Sep 03, 2020 at 08:08
Thursday, Sep 03, 2020 at 08:08
This is the Glenloth Battery shed, still in very good condition seeing its over 100 years old
The Glenloth Battery
This Battery is slightly older, but the shed that houses it has seen far better days.
This is the shed that houses my mystery Gold Stamping Battery
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Reply By: Peter W - Thursday, Sep 03, 2020 at 08:13
Thursday, Sep 03, 2020 at 08:13
Government Battery
Tarcoola Stephen?
Peter
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Follow Up By: Member - Stephen L (Clare SA) - Thursday, Sep 03, 2020 at 08:34
Thursday, Sep 03, 2020 at 08:34
Well done Peter
I knew it was going to be easy to pick.
By May 1901, the battery was working 24 hours a day,
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Reply By: Member - Stephen L (Clare SA) - Thursday, Sep 03, 2020 at 09:12