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Broken Hill’s lead and zinc concentrates came down the railway to be smelted at Port Pirie and stacked as ingots on the wharf. Three portal cranes stand over the piles, with a ship at the berth and rails in the apron. Two men are scale. Tag port and wharf; say lead in the story. A ca.1925 ingot photograph and a c.1911 stack photograph are alternates in images/, not second pins.
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-33.1750, 138.0120
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1955
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Smelter wharf, Port Pirie, ca.1955 - Industrial Port Infrastructure
Smelter wharf, Port Pirie, ca.1955
1955
Explore the historical Smelter wharf in Port Pirie, circa 1955. See three portal cranes loading lead ingots from the BHAS smelter onto a ship at the wharf.
Broken Hill’s lead and zinc concentrates came down the railway to be smelted at Port Pirie and stacked as ingots on the wharf. Three portal cranes stand over the piles, with a ship at the berth and rails in the apron. Two men are scale. Tag port and wharf; say lead in the story. A ca.1925 ingot photograph and a c.1911 stack photograph are alternates in images/, not second pins.
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