The Duke and Timor Company Mine engine house ruins, Bet Bet Creek Rd, Bowenvale, VIC, Australia
Posted by: 
blingg
S 36° 58.907 E 143° 42.789
54H E 741488 N 5903707
The ruins of a beam engine house
Waymark Code: WM10M8E
Location: Victoria, Australia
Date Posted: 05/27/2019
Views: 2
The ruins are of the biggest engine house in Victoria.The pumping engine's building had beam walls 2 metres wide and 79 metres long, the walls rested on foundations 5 metres deep. The pumping engine could raise 2000 litres per minute or 3 million litres a day. Over the course of it's life the mine yielded over 216 000 ounces of gold.
List: Register of the National Estate
Place ID: 15700
Place File No: 2/06/106/0009
URL database reference: [Web Link]
Status:
Registered
Year built: 1873
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