Okay I might have chose a tough one. See if I can narrow it down.
Sheba said Bendigo, try 100km's south of there and Just a tad to the west
Jules said Cardinia Reservoir, try 120km's WNW of there.
A bit of official information about it:
It has an A classification from the National Trust, and rate as one of the most important and highly significant sites of early industrial history in Australia.
It is the only one from the nineteenth century remaining in the Southern Hemisphere; it was the last to be built during the colonial era in Australia;
I hope this helps as I don't want cause people to lose interest in this thread. Even if you don't know the answer take a guess anyway.
Sheba said
12:00 AM May 27, 2011
Been guessing all along gubby. That building is fascinating. Can't wait to see what it was used for.
Ballarat ? Gold Smelter ?
Cheers,
Sheba.
-- Edited by Sheba on Friday 27th of May 2011 12:05:55 AM
jules47 said
07:51 AM May 27, 2011
Maldon - Castlemaine area Gubby?
gubby said
09:18 AM May 27, 2011
Sheba, your getting close now it is in the Ballarat Area, but not for gold, it's for another mineral.
The Falls near this were the scene of a tragedy in 1990 when two students were killed in a rockfall.
-- Edited by gubby on Friday 27th of May 2011 09:32:16 AM
Esmeralda said
11:24 AM May 27, 2011
Hey Gubby - this picture looks like one on a website I have been looking at - Castlemaine Diggings National Heritage Park. The picture doesn't have a title so I have no idea what it was used for, the only thing I can come up with is a quartz kiln.
gubby said
12:26 PM May 27, 2011
No Esmeralda, nothing to do with Gold or quartz and it is in the Ballarat area..
Also what it was used for, it was the only one in Victoria..
-- Edited by gubby on Friday 27th of May 2011 12:32:13 PM
lilly31 said
02:47 PM May 27, 2011
Is it the blast furnace at Lal Lal in vic
gubby said
03:30 PM May 27, 2011
Yes it is Lilly. Over to you...
It's the Lal Lal Blast Furnace, very close to the Bungal Dam and the waterfall is Lal Lal Falls.
For the others that wanted to know more about the Blast Furnace:
SILENCE AFTER THE FURY AND ROAR
BALLARAT
By Mary Ryllis Clark,
Discover Historic Victoria
, 1996
The Lal Lal blast furnace is one of the most beautiful archaeological remains to be seen in Australia. Wind and rain, with the passing of time, have sculpted the 17-metre- high furnace on the west bank of the Moorabool River into a dramatic monument to the days when Lal Lal was one of the workshops of Victoria.
Geologists describe the area as unusually varied. The iron ore was formed five to ten million years ago and is relatively young in comparison with the reef gold and feldspar of Lal Lal, which date back 400 million years, and the coal and kaolin, which developed when Lal Lal was covered in rainforest and swamps, about forty to sixty million years ago. Compared with the huge iron-ore resources in Western and South Australia, the deposits at Lal Lal were minuscule, but for a brief period they were sufficient to service the foundries at Ballarat.
It is possible the local Aborigines used the iron at Lal Lal for ochre and may have led gold miners there in the 1850s, but no attempt was made by early European settlers to extract it then as gold was a far more dazzling lure. However, in the 1870s a group of enterprising businessmen from the Ballarat district decided to set up their own pig-iron industry, using the Lal Lal deposits, instead of hauling supplies from distant parts. Their first makeshift furnace produced some excellent results. In 1878, W. J. C. Kelly, the Chairman of the Lal Lal Iron Company, reported that we were awarded a gold medal at the Paris Exhibition when competing against the product of the most perfect appliances in the world.
In 1880 the company built a new, sophisticated furnace capable of a weekly output of 50 tonnes of pig iron. It was lined with English bricks; however, local materials were used wherever possible for the remainder of the construction. The massive sandstone base and the stone used for the machinery mountings and Cornish smoke flue were locally quarried.
Peak production was achieved in 1884 when 813 tonnes of iron ore were produced over nine months. The whole complex employed 160 men at this time, running the furnace, making charcoal for fuel, carting the pig-iron in skips along the tramway, and working the smithy, the carpenters shop and the casting shed. It was quite a community, with its own general store and smattering of workers huts. The children of families living on the site crossed the river by the swing cable bridge to attend the State school at Bungal.
It was a busy, noisy, dirty place, as Peter Straughton and Robert Ashley describe it in their 1976 report on the site: There was the clatter of skips and the sounds of the steam- blowing engine, auxiliaries and boilers and the air above [was] laden with that characteristic smell of molten and seething metal. The fury and roar.., of the furnace, all smoke, cinders and soot and glowing at night made it in every sense the centre of activity and the master of all.
Unfortunately, the venture was bedevilled by a lack of capital, the high cost of production and freight, and the fall in the price of imported pig iron. The company went out of business in 1884, and a final auction of plant took place in 1891.
It would be hard to imagine a greater contrast with its past than the present atmosphere of the site. The only sounds you are likely to hear today are the sounds of the bush, the wind and perhaps the spillway of nearby Bungal Dam. You can wander down the hand- hewn terraces on the steeply sloping hillside among the gum trees that have grown up around the ruins. There are some good walks in the State forest and the picturesque Lal Lal Falls are not far away.
The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources has upgraded the facilities at Lal Lal. There is a timber walkway to give visitors a clear view of the remains of the blast furnace, new explanatory signs and a display on the history of the site. The Lal Lal blast furnace ruins have an A classification from the National Trust, and rate as one of the most important and highly significant sites of early industrial history in Australia. The blast furnace is the only one from the nineteenth century remaining in the Southern Hemisphere; it was the last to be built during the colonial era in Australia; and it represents the only attempt to smelt iron ore in Victoria.
lilly31 said
02:49 PM May 28, 2011
ok here one
-- Edited by lilly31 on Saturday 28th of May 2011 02:59:07 PM
Here's one what? Have I malfunctioned or is your avatar your contribution? I don't see a photo in the usual place.
Sorry, it took a long time to show itself, but I see it now.
-- Edited by Cruising Granny on Saturday 28th of May 2011 02:59:57 PM
lilly31 said
03:01 PM May 28, 2011
Cruising Granny wrote:
lilly31 wrote:
ok here one
yes i know C.G i was wondering where is was myself but it here now
Here's one what? Have I malfunctioned or is your avatar your contribution? I don't see a photo in the usual place. Sorry, it took a long time to show itself, but I see it now.
-- Edited by Cruising Granny on Saturday 28th of May 2011 02:59:57 PM
Cruising Granny said
06:58 PM May 28, 2011
Thanks for that Lilly, but I haven't got a clue where the pic is. Looks like a Soldiers' Memorial on a marina somewhere, to state the obvious, but the "somewhere" is the problem.
Sheba said
07:31 PM May 28, 2011
Pitt water, Sydney ? I really can't believe this stupid Censor. [2nd try with name.]
Cheers,
Sheba.
-- Edited by Sheba on Saturday 28th of May 2011 07:34:29 PM
goinsoon said
10:53 PM May 28, 2011
Cooktown Qld. this the site of the original post and telegraph office
Railway Hotel, Ravenswood, Qld..
Gubby - was just coming on to say Ravenswood, I knew it was Raven..... but picked Ravenshoe instead!
Thanks Jules,
Here's one that might be a bit hard, but if you've been there you will recognise it..
First hint it's in Vic.
Wow! Thats very interesting gubby. Wouldn't be an old Pottery would it ? Bendigo maybe ?
Cheers,
Sheba.
Further South, Sheba..
and no not pottery...
-- Edited by gubby on Tuesday 24th of May 2011 08:32:18 AM
Further West, Jules..
Another Hint...
It's very close to this...
Wouldn't be an old Brickworks would it ? No idea where though.
Cheers,
Sheba.
Sheba, No not anything to do with bricks, apart from being made of them.
Jules, not Cardinia Reservoir, Further West.
Another Hint...
It is also close to this popular spot..
That usually doesn't have this volume of water..
-- Edited by gubby on Wednesday 25th of May 2011 09:13:45 PM
Okay I might have chose a tough one. See if I can narrow it down.
Sheba said Bendigo, try 100km's south of there and Just a tad to the west
Jules said Cardinia Reservoir, try 120km's WNW of there.
A bit of official information about it:
It has an A classification from the National Trust, and rate as one of the most important and highly significant sites of early industrial history in Australia.
It is the only one from the nineteenth century remaining in the Southern Hemisphere; it was the last to be built during the colonial era in Australia;
I hope this helps as I don't want cause people to lose interest in this thread. Even if you don't know the answer take a guess anyway.
Been guessing all along gubby. That building is fascinating. Can't wait to see what it was used for.
Ballarat ? Gold Smelter ?
Cheers,
Sheba.
-- Edited by Sheba on Friday 27th of May 2011 12:05:55 AM
Sheba, your getting close now it is in the Ballarat Area, but not for gold, it's for another mineral.
The Falls near this were the scene of a tragedy in 1990 when two students were killed in a rockfall.
-- Edited by gubby on Friday 27th of May 2011 09:32:16 AM
No Esmeralda, nothing to do with Gold or quartz and it is in the Ballarat area..
Also what it was used for, it was the only one in Victoria..
-- Edited by gubby on Friday 27th of May 2011 12:32:13 PM
Yes it is Lilly. Over to you...
It's the Lal Lal Blast Furnace, very close to the Bungal Dam and the waterfall is Lal Lal Falls.
For the others that wanted to know more about the Blast Furnace:
SILENCE AFTER THE FURY AND ROAR
BALLARAT
By Mary Ryllis Clark,
Discover Historic Victoria
, 1996
The Lal Lal blast furnace is one of the most beautiful archaeological remains to be seen in Australia. Wind and rain, with the passing of time, have sculpted the 17-metre- high furnace on the west bank of the Moorabool River into a dramatic monument to the days when Lal Lal was one of the workshops of Victoria.
Geologists describe the area as unusually varied. The iron ore was formed five to ten million years ago and is relatively young in comparison with the reef gold and feldspar of Lal Lal, which date back 400 million years, and the coal and kaolin, which developed when Lal Lal was covered in rainforest and swamps, about forty to sixty million years ago. Compared with the huge iron-ore resources in Western and South Australia, the deposits at Lal Lal were minuscule, but for a brief period they were sufficient to service the foundries at Ballarat.
It is possible the local Aborigines used the iron at Lal Lal for ochre and may have led gold miners there in the 1850s, but no attempt was made by early European settlers to extract it then as gold was a far more dazzling lure. However, in the 1870s a group of enterprising businessmen from the Ballarat district decided to set up their own pig-iron industry, using the Lal Lal deposits, instead of hauling supplies from distant parts. Their first makeshift furnace produced some excellent results. In 1878, W. J. C. Kelly, the Chairman of the Lal Lal Iron Company, reported that we were awarded a gold medal at the Paris Exhibition when competing against the product of the most perfect appliances in the world.
In 1880 the company built a new, sophisticated furnace capable of a weekly output of 50 tonnes of pig iron. It was lined with English bricks; however, local materials were used wherever possible for the remainder of the construction. The massive sandstone base and the stone used for the machinery mountings and Cornish smoke flue were locally quarried.
Peak production was achieved in 1884 when 813 tonnes of iron ore were produced over nine months. The whole complex employed 160 men at this time, running the furnace, making charcoal for fuel, carting the pig-iron in skips along the tramway, and working the smithy, the carpenters shop and the casting shed. It was quite a community, with its own general store and smattering of workers huts. The children of families living on the site crossed the river by the swing cable bridge to attend the State school at Bungal.
It was a busy, noisy, dirty place, as Peter Straughton and Robert Ashley describe it in their 1976 report on the site: There was the clatter of skips and the sounds of the steam- blowing engine, auxiliaries and boilers and the air above [was] laden with that characteristic smell of molten and seething metal. The fury and roar.., of the furnace, all smoke, cinders and soot and glowing at night made it in every sense the centre of activity and the master of all.
Unfortunately, the venture was bedevilled by a lack of capital, the high cost of production and freight, and the fall in the price of imported pig iron. The company went out of business in 1884, and a final auction of plant took place in 1891.
It would be hard to imagine a greater contrast with its past than the present atmosphere of the site. The only sounds you are likely to hear today are the sounds of the bush, the wind and perhaps the spillway of nearby Bungal Dam. You can wander down the hand- hewn terraces on the steeply sloping hillside among the gum trees that have grown up around the ruins. There are some good walks in the State forest and the picturesque Lal Lal Falls are not far away.
The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources has upgraded the facilities at Lal Lal. There is a timber walkway to give visitors a clear view of the remains of the blast furnace, new explanatory signs and a display on the history of the site. The Lal Lal blast furnace ruins have an A classification from the National Trust, and rate as one of the most important and highly significant sites of early industrial history in Australia. The blast furnace is the only one from the nineteenth century remaining in the Southern Hemisphere; it was the last to be built during the colonial era in Australia; and it represents the only attempt to smelt iron ore in Victoria.
ok here one
-- Edited by lilly31 on Saturday 28th of May 2011 02:59:07 PM
Here's one what?
Have I malfunctioned or is your avatar your contribution?
I don't see a photo in the usual place. Sorry, it took a long time to show itself, but I see it now.
-- Edited by Cruising Granny on Saturday 28th of May 2011 02:59:57 PM
Looks like a Soldiers' Memorial on a marina somewhere, to state the obvious, but the "somewhere" is the problem.
Pitt water, Sydney ? I really can't believe this stupid Censor. [2nd try with name.]
Cheers,
Sheba.
-- Edited by Sheba on Saturday 28th of May 2011 07:34:29 PM
Cooktown Qld. this the site of the original post and telegraph office
What Pic. are you looking at Goinsoon ?
Cheers,
Sheba.