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| Keywords: StateLibQld 2 66972 Chillagoe Company's dam and pumping station, Chillagoe, North Queensland, ca. 1910.jpg en Chillagoe Company's dam and pumping station Chillagoe North Queensland ca 1910 Chillagoe is located 140km west of Mareeba on the Atherton Tablelands In 1901 a huge copper smelter was built to take advantage of the rich mineral deposits in the Chillagoe area and created 200 jobs A railway to Mareeba facilitated the transport of the copper to coastal shipping ports By World War One Chillagoe was one of the largest metallurgical developments in Queensland Part of the Willmett's postcard series no 47 circa 1910 handle 10462/deriv/2400 Copied and digitised from a postcard PD-Australia StateLibQld-License Images of postcards from the State Library of Queensland Pumping stations in Australia Black and white photographs Chimneys in Queensland Smelting in Australia Chillagoe Queensland Mines in Queensland Willmett's postcard series | ||||
