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Port Pirie Uranium Plant
Port Pirie Uranium Plant: external view from other side of river.
Aerial view of Port Pirie Uranium Plant
Aerial view of Port Pirie Uranium Plant.
Aerial view of Port Pirie Uranium Plant
Aerial view of Port Pirie Uranium Plant.
Ellen Street, Port Pirie looking south
Ellen Street, Port Pirie, looking south and showing the railway station which was opened, as the town's second station, in 1902. The narrow gauge tracks in front of the station were laid in 1875 as part of the Port Pirie to Gladstone railway.
City of Port Pirie Pipe Band
PORT PIRIE: Members of the Port Pirie Pipe Band. Back row, left to right: L. Newton; B. Parsons; C. Downing; Drum Sergeant G. Jones. Middle row: Pipe Major J. Cabrie; J. Newton; Drum Major W. Tailford; C. Skinner; T. London; Pipe Sergeant N. Buchanan. Front row: M. Newton; R. Parsons; L. Cameron; B. MacDonald.
Central Mission, Port Pirie
Opening of the Central Mission Church in Port Pirie in October, 1922. A crowd is gathered in front of the building to witness the opening ceremony. (Published in the "Chronicle", October 15, 1922.).
Barrier Hotel, Port Pirie
Barrier Hotel, Port Pirie. The Institute Building can be seen next to the hotel. The Barrier Hotel was also known as Barrier Club and existed from 1892. F Leveringston was proprietor at this time. This three storey stone building has verandahs on the second and third floors. A cupola is attached to the third floor on the left hand side of the building.
Central Hotel, Port Pirie
Central Hotel, Port Pirie on the corner of Florence Street and Jubilee Place was built in 1883 and has been partly demolished but still balances the streetscape of the Jubilee Hotel to the east. The proprietor of the two storey stone hotel at the time of this photograph was CW Trapmann
Family Hotel, Port Pirie
Family Hotel, Port Pirie.
Postcards of various scenes in Port Pirie, South Australia
A collection of 14 postcards showing various scenes in Port Pirie, South Australia, including scenes of the B.H.P. (Broken Hill Proprietary Company) mining works and smelters. Many of the cards have messages written on the back and were received by Miss McKechnie of Medindie.
Snapshots of Port Pirie
A selection of eight views of Port Pirie, produced by the Valentine Publishing Co Pty Ltd. See 'contents' for details of items.
Merchant seamen at Port Pirie
PORT PIRIE: A group of merchant seamen and four women, possibly wives, photographed on board their vessel the 'Comliebank' during a visit to Port Pirie, South Australia; a small dog is being carried by a woman and two of the men are carrying cats.
Ellen Street, Port Pirie
Horse-drawn carts waiting outside the Wood & Oliver store and the Port Pirie Hotel in Ellen Street, Port Pirie.
Ellen Street, Port Pirie
Horse-drawn carts waiting outside the Wood & Oliver store and the Port Pirie Hotel in Ellen Street, Port Pirie.
Ellen Street, Port Pirie
Horse-drawn carts waiting outside the Wood & Oliver store and the Port Pirie Hotel in Ellen Street, Port Pirie.
Views of Port Pirie
[General description] Three photographs comprising a panorama of Port Pirie in the 1880s. Number One shows the harbour with two ships, possibly ketches, moored at the wharves withwarehouses and railway in the foreground. The second shows the railway with rolling stock in the centre of the main street and city buildings and shops. The third shows the outer region of the town with a mix of commercial and residential properties and open land. [On back of photographs] 'In the late eighteen eighties'.
Courthouse, Port Pirie
Courthouse, Port Pirie. Port Pirie Old Court House in service from 1882-1970.
Shipping silver bullion at Port Pirie
PORT PIRIE: Stacks of silver bullion belonging to the Broken Hill Proprietary Company being loaded on to a ship at the Port Pirie wharf.
Wharves, Port Pirie
View of part of the wharves at Port pirie, taken from the tidal flats opposite. A large steam boat is tied up, with a number of people visible on the wharf and J. Cavenett's Pirie Hotel in the background; two sailing vessels are tied up to the right; and a punt is moored on the flats in the foreground.
The "S.S. Euro"at Port Pirie
[General description] The "S.S. Euro" at low tide in Port Pirie. This was the first overseas steam vessel to enter the harbour at Port Pirie. The vessel has two masts and a funnel. [On back of photograph] S.S. Euro at Port Pirie (First overseas steam vessel to enter the Port) January 1875. [The ship was launched 18 June 1874 by A.Stephen & Sons,Glasgow, for Captain William Osborne, Adelaide. Wrecked August 14, 1881 at North Creana Bay, South Australia.]
Railway Station, Port Pirie
Railway Station, Port Pirie. The Government decided to open a line to serve the wheat growing areas inland. Port Pirie was a small port with a dredged channel to vessels could come alongside the wharves. The Port Pirie Station was in use from 1876 when a trial trip was made to Crystal Brook and back. The photograph shows two weatherboard buildings next to the railway track. An engine is pulling one carriage and the guards van.
Wharves, Port Pirie
The steamship 'Australia' tied up at Port Pirie wharf with a number of the port's buildings visible behind it; on the tidal flats in the foreground there is a man with two children, a small sailing vessel and slip.
Aerial photographs of Port Pirie: Port Pirie South
Aerial views of Port Pirie, South Australia, showing Port Pirie South, including views of the netball courts and basketball stadium, Port Football and Community Sporting Club, fields, and ovals.
Port Pirie
[General description] A panoramic view over Port Pirie with neat residential houses and gardens in the foreground. In the distance the industrial part of the town with its smelters can be seen. [On back of photograph] 'Reproduced in the Chronicle, Sep. 25, 1926 / Residential area, Port Pirie / 1926'. According to a researcher, the foreground buildings were the hospital, not housing.
The Harbour, Port Pirie
[General description] This postcard shows shipping at the Port Pirie wharves. On the bow of the closest ship is the name 'Trevithick' with 'St. Ives' underneath. [On front of photograph] 'The Harbour Port Pirie. W.C. Slater Stationer, Port Pirie 4230'.
Port Pirie Smelters
Port Pirie Smelter was built in 1889 to treat the Broken Hill ore. The first load of ore arrived by road. In 1931 the Softener Furnace brought into service the new Continuous Refinery. This was completed in 1934. By this time Port Pirie had become the biggest lead smelter in the world. It processed lead and zinc from Broken Hill.
Port Pirie Institute
Port Pirie Institute. This building existed from approximately 1876 when it housed the office and council chamber of the Corporate Town of Port Pirie. The council purchased the buildings of the Institute Committee in 1932 and reopened the former Institute as the new Port Pirie Town Hall and Municipal Offices. The Library was housed in a new building built next door. The Town Hall was demolished after the 1960's and another government building replaced it
Tide gauge at Port Pirie
Tide gauge at Port Pirie reveals that the sea level is rising but much slower than estimated. The Port Pirie gauge has been operational since 1883. High and low tides have been recorded since then. Digital records for Port Pirie began in 1917 with a Negretti and Zambra chart recorder. The site is well protected from wave action however southerly winds drive water to the shallow northern tip of Spencer Gulf
Smelter works at Port Pirie
PORT PIRIE: Part of the smelter works at Port Pirie, South Australia.
B.H.P. research staff at Port Pirie
Staff from the Experimental and Research Department of B.H.P. at the Port Pirie Smelters. Back row (from left): L. B. Haney, J. Arthur, T. Davies, R. J. Hopkins. Front row (from left): C. J. Pain, Miss L. Williams, G. K. Williams (Superintendent), A. Hogg, I. Thomas. [A copy of this photograph appears in the 1977 publication by Frank Green (past BHAS Manager) 'The Port Pirie Smelters', p164.]