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Summary
BA875/89: Diesel driven trucks carry the ore down a winding concrete roadway to the primary crushing plant at Yampi Sound -- BA875/90: Gigantic stepladder of machinery carries the ore from primary crushing plant down the steep gully to an endless conveyor to jetty for loading on ships at Yampi Sound -- BA875/91: Cockatoo Island -- BA875/92: Koolan Island -- BA875/93: Koolan Island -- BA875/94: Mobile drilling plant bores holes at the top of the ore body -- BA875/95: Truck waiting to be loaded at mine -- BA875/96: Truck being loaded at mine -- BA875/97: Truck being loaded and others waiting at mine -- BA875/98: Truck being loaded at mine -- BA875/99: Truck being loaded at mine -- BA875/100: Truck emptying load -- BA875/101: Man checking tilt mechanism on truck -- BA875/102: Truck being loaded at mine site.
Year
1950-1960.
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Title devised by cataloguer.
Subjects
- Iron mines and mining -- Western Australia -- Photographs.
- Iron mines and mining -- Western Australia -- Photographs.
- Trucks -- Western Australia -- Photographs.
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