Salt harvesting and quarrying in South Australia [PRG 1682/2/1-50] • Photograph
Solar salt, Port Augusta.
Aerial view of salt fields near Port Augusta, South Australia.
Solar salt, Port Augusta.
Aerial view of salt fields near Port Augusta, South Australia.
Solar salt, Port Augusta.
Aerial view of salt fields near Port Augusta, South Australia, with views of the Flinders Ranges in the background.
Ocean salt, Port Augusta.
approximately 1960.
Ocean salt, Port Augusta.
Aerial view of salt fields near Port Augusta, South Australia.
Solar salt, Port Augusta.
Aerial view of salt fields near Port Augusta, South Australia, with view of Spencer Gulf in the background.
'Hodog' and N1 Conveyor.
'Hodog' harvesting machine and the No.1 conveyor belt on a field harvesting salt.
Conveyors, Dry Creek.
Close view of two conveyor belts on a salt field, being used to harvest salt at Dry Creek, South Australia.
Conveyor belt take-up.
Close view of a conveyor belt take-up assembly on a salt field.
Conveyor wheels.
Close view of the wheels on a conveyor belt on a salt field.
Conveyor wheels.
Close view of the wheels underneath a conveyor belt, used to move the conveyor sideways along the salt fields.
Cross conveyor.
Construction of a large cross conveyor belt on a salt field, transporting the salt from the harvesters to large mounds at the edge of the fields, which can be seen in the background. A worker is standing in the field nearby.
Cross conveyor wheels.
Close view of the wheels on a cross conveyor belt on a salt field.
Cross conveyor tracks.
View of the continuous track wheels attached to a large cross conveyor belt with with a cover, on a salt field.
Stacker base.
Close view of the base section of a large stacking conveyor, on the edge of a body of water, with a mountain range in the background.
Stacker.
Stacker conveyor belt piling large quantities of salt into mounds at the edge of a salt field. View of mountains in the background.
Conveyors entering D row.
Conveyors and salt harvesting machine being moved to begin harvesting a new row in a salt field.
Conveyors in B to A row.
View from an elevated point looking down on conveyors in rows in a salt field, with mounds of salt piled at the edge of the field in the distance.
Conveyor take-up.
Close view of the take-up assembly of a conveyor belt on a salt field.
Head of conveyor.
Close view of the parts and mechanisms at the head of a conveyor belt on a salt field.
Curdimurka salt harvester.
The 'Curdimurka' salt harvesting machine on a salt field.
Curdimurka salt harvester.
Front view of the 'Curdimurka' harvester, harvesting salt in a field. Large mounds of salt are piled on the edge of the field in the background.
Conveyor belts on salt field.
View of conveyor belts on a salt field taken from the top of a stacker joined to a conveyor on a salt field. View of hills in the background.
Conveyors with chopper.
View from an elevated point looking down on a salt harvestor and conveyor belt harvesting rows of salt in a field , with hills in the background.
Rear view of Hodog loading conveyors.
Rear view of the salt harvester 'Hodog' loading salt onto conveyor belts on a salt field.
Curdimurka salt harvester.
The 'Curdimurka' salt harvesting machine next to a conveyor on a salt field, with mounds of salt on the edge of the field in the background.
Hydraulic Hodog.
Close view of the hydraulic parts of the 'Hodog' salt harvesting machine.
Curdimurka salt harvester.
Rear view of the 'Curdimurka' salt harvester machine on a salt field, with a worker standing behind the machine.
Nitrex shot, Penrice.
View of a dry field next to a cliff with some equpiment nearby, at Penrice Quarry, South Australia.
Safety Board at Penrice.
View of the safety board at Penrice Quarry, South Australia, which reads: 'Production is very important. Penrice Quarry has now worked 1,703 days without a lost time incident. Last time 123. Previous best 560. Targe infinity days. Be sure to be safe'.