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Before the hill was a pit, Vaughan’s glass negative shows the ironstone bluff and two timbered openings in the scree. BHP’s Middleback leases turned this outcrop into the ore supply for Australian steel. The later tramway and Whyalla works start here.
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-32.7300, 137.1550
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1905
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Iron Knob hill and adits, ca.1905: BHP Ore Supply Origins
Iron Knob hill and adits, ca.1905
1905
Explore the historical Iron Knob hill and adits, ca.1905. See Vaughan’s glass negative of the ironstone bluff that fueled the early Australian steel industry.
Before the hill was a pit, Vaughan’s glass negative shows the ironstone bluff and two timbered openings in the scree. BHP’s Middleback leases turned this outcrop into the ore supply for Australian steel. The later tramway and Whyalla works start here.
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