At the smelter
Wharfside
Port Pirie Smelter
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New smelter
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The Namtu Flue
Namtu Smelter
Workers' train
Early morning at the smelter
Slag pots
Namtu New Smelter
Braithwaite tanks
In the Bleak Mid-winter
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Raw materials in
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Telpher man
Holman Brothers
Higher than the birds
Stone Edge reservoir and chimney
Stone Edge reservoir
Stone Edge chimney
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Stone Edge chimney, near Ashover
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Namtu Smelter
The new smelter at Namtu was constructed after the Second World War during which the old smelter was destroyed. It processed lead, silver, zinc and copper from the Bawdwin mines but has been out of use for some time. It was suggested that it would reopen in 2012 but I have not heard anything of this since my visit. The chimney in the background is at the end of a long flue from the smelter and is intended to carry the noxious fumes away from the works. The poisonous nature of these emissions is evident in the lack of vegetation on the hilltop.
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