Coal Flume Woodpecker Bay. late 1930's.

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DescriptionIn the late 1930's the Brighton Coal Company operated a remarkable hydraulic system by which coal could be sluiced along an elevated flume to the hold of a ship anchored offshore of Seal Island.Date of Photolate 1930`sMap^[1]ContributorMaye Dunn

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Location (city or town)Woodpecker BayLandmark (Place)Coal Flume Woodpecker BayEventCoal Flume Woodpecker Bay

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Category TagCoal Mining

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CommentsSandra Sands
My father managed this mine for Hunter and Party in the 1970s until he broke his back in a collapse. Drove from Westport every day.

Lawrence Smithson
I used to work at the mine in weekends doing maintence work in 1967/68

Scott Kennedy
does anyone no where the dam is they built an where was tillers mine there in 80s
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Des O'Connell
Scott Kennedy the road to the bins is over grown now and the dam is about 2km further up the bush

Lawrence Smithson
Des O'Connell Bessons dam
Sandra Sands
My father managed the Brighton mine for Hunter and party

Cherie Mortensen
Sandra Sands I think it was that mine that my brother and I visited when we were young. I remember a coal Shute for coal trucks and a shed with two men there. All covered in coal dust. I am Stan Prices’s daughter, Hunter was my Uncle in law.

Sandra Sands
Cherie Mortensen Hunters had a batch around the corner we used to stay at

Wayne Rogers
Why Don't we do this today, We have the Ability,

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Coal Flume Woodpecker Bay. late 1930's.

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