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Hughes' Pump House [B 12588] • Photograph

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Summary

Hughes' Pump House, Moonta Mines - Ore Dressing. The function of the pump house was to dewater the underground workings on the mine's largest orebodies. These orebodies were worked over a length of 1000 metres and to depths of more than 700 metres. The pump house worked continuously for over 58 years. The horse whim can be seen in the background. This device is similar to a capstan, a rope is wound around the drum with both ends transversing several pulleys hanging down the mine shaft. As the capstan is turned one end is lowered, carrying an empty bucket while the other one is raised carrying a full load

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Physical description

Photograph; 13.3 cm x 10.9 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1864

Collection

Part of Moonta Collection

Subject

Mines and mineral resources -- South Australia -- Moonta

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Digitisation information

Date

22/02/2006

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

2,933 x 2,379 pixels (7.0 MP)

Size

20.97 MB

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