Published Resources Details
Conference Paper
- Title
- The Engineering Heritage Associated with Coal Shipment from Newcastle 1877 to 1967
- In
- 9th National Conference on Engineering Heritage: Proceedings
- Imprint
- Institution of Engineers, Australia, Melbourne, Victoria, 1998, pp. 171-180
- ISBN/ISSN
- 1858256843
- Url
- https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.547175241181466
- Abstract
Newcastle in Australia was discovered 200 years ago by Lt John Shortland in 1797. One of its salient values was coal, which was clearly in evidence along the cliff faces. From that time Newcastle has shipped coal initially to the settlement in Sydney until now when it exports in excess of 50 million tonnes of coal per year all over the world providing over 2 billion dollars of revenue to Australia. In that time many methods of loading coal have been used. In 1877, 4 hydraulic (water) cranes were installed together with their associated hydraulic (high pressure water) power station. Ultimately it was planned to have 22 cranes installed on reclaimed land over river mud flats using discarded ballast from visiting ships. These hydraulic cranes were used from 1877 until 1967, a period of 90 years serving 'The Wealth of a Nation' a feat that very few, if any, engineering installations have, or will ever, achieve.
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- 9th National Conference on Engineering Heritage: Proceedings edited by Martin, Ray L (Melbourne, Vic.: Institution of Engineers, Australia, 1998), 213 pp, https://search.informit.org/doi/book/10.3316/informit.1858256843. Details