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SP 023 Morphetts Enginehouse and Cornish Beam Engine, Burra Mine, South Australia
Created: 15 Nov 2024 Revised: 15 Nov 2024
Author: Drew, G.J.

The history of deep mine drainage technology as developed and recorded since the Middle Ages, and the more recent story of the evolution of the steam powered Cornish beam engine during the Industrial Revolution, are described to form the basis for...

The history of deep mine drainage technology as developed and recorded since the Middle Ages, and the more recent story of the evolution of the steam powered Cornish beam engine during the Industrial Revolution, are described to form the basis for an engineering-related historical interpretation of Cornish style underground copper mining activities at Burra in South Australia.

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Record No 2018d043110
Topic Geoscientific Information
Type of Resource Document
Category Type
Document Type Departmental Publication - Closed Series - Special Publication
Contributor South Australia. Department of Mines and Energy
Sponsor Burra Mine Management Committee. Burra
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Tenement Holder
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Geological Province
    Mine Name Burra mine
    Stratigraphy
    Commodity copper
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    Geographic Locality: Burra
Doc No: SP 023
    Geographic Locality: Burra
Doc No: SP 023
    Language English
    Metadata Standard ISO 19115-3

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    License Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
    Persistent identifier https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/2018d043110
    Citation Drew, G.J. SP 023 Morphetts Enginehouse and Cornish Beam Engine, Burra Mine, South Australia. Departmental Publication - Closed Series - Special Publication. Government of South Australia.
    https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/2018d043110

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    Geographic Reference GDA2020 (EPSG:7844)
    Geo bounding box {"type":"Polygon","coordinates":[[[138.5,-34],[139,-34],[139,-33.5],[138.5,-33.5],[138.5,-34]]]}
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