Wardang Island, tram lines |
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| Title : | Wardang Island, tram lines |
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| Date of creation : | ca. 1930 | ||
| Format : | Photograph | ||
| Dimensions : | 216 x 119 mm | ||
| Contributor : | State Library of South Australia | ||
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| Description : |
Wardang Island. From 1910 to 1968 Broken Hill Associated Smelters (BHAS) quarried lime sand from Wardang Island to use in its smelting process at Port Pirie. Initially the carting work was done by horse-drawn trucks. In 1918 when a large deposit of fine lime sand was found at the north of the Island BHAS built tram lines and a kerosene locomotive to transport the sand down to the jetty. |
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| Period : | 1927-1939 |
| Place : | Wardang Island |
| Region : | Yorke Peninsula |
| Further reading : | Heinrich, Rhoda. Wide sails and wheat stacks: a history of Port Victoria and the Hundred of Wauraltee. Port Victoria, S.A.: Port Victoria Centenary Committee, 1976 Wardang Island: maritime heritage trail, Adelaide: State Heritage Branch, Dept. of Environment and Planning, 1991 |
| Exhibitions and events : | ABC. Shipwrecks - Wardang Island |
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