Blackall Wool Scour, Blackall, QLD, Australia
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S 24° 23.700 E 145° 29.280
55J E 346674 N 7301204
The last remaining operational woolscour in Australia
Waymark Code: WM14WQM
Location: Queensland, Australia
Date Posted: 09/02/2021
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Located approximately 4km north-northeast of Blackall,the Woolscour commenced operations in 1908 and continued to operate until its closure in 1978.
Wool scouring, one of the methods for cleaning impurities from wool after shearing, began as an alternative to sheep washing in Australia in the 1840s and had almost replaced it by the 1890s. Initially scouring was done by manual methods such as pot and stick or hand box, but by the early 1890s steam driven mechanised scouring dominated the industry.
The main building is comprised of a series of attached sheds with timber trussed gable roofs. These sheds form a sequence of spaces through which the wool passed, beginning on the sheep's back in the northeast corner and ending in the southwest part of the building as baled wool. Areas associated with the successive phases of the wool processing, the shearing, classing, scouring and drying and pressing, are defined by changes in floor level and separate roofs.
The scour buildings contain extensive machinery and equipment, including steam engines, boilers, cast iron tanks, dryers, wool presses, and a complex system of belts, pulleys and shafts.
The machinery is operational every day and is run on steam from May to the end of August,guided tours operate four times a day; 10 am, 11 am, 12 pm and 1 pm.
Location:
Evora Rd,
Blackall
QLD
Type of structure/site: building
Date of Construction: 1908
Engineering Organization Listing: Engineers Australia
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Secondary Web Site: [Web Link]
Engineer/Architect/Builder etc.: Not listed
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