LADY LOCH MINE SITE
BENAMBRA-CORRYONG ROAD NARIEL VALLEY, TOWONG SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
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LADY LOCH MINE SITE - History
Contextual History:History of Place:
Heritage Inventory History of Site:
It seems likely that the Lady Loch battery was erected in 1889 by the Saltpetre Creek United Co. When the South Federation Co. took over the Lady Loch and other Saltpetre Creek leases in 1898, it removed the Lady Loch's 10-head battery to a more advantageous site (see below); as it was, the Pelton-wheel-powered plant could only run for a few months each year and ore from the Golden Treasure and Lone Hand mines had to be carted uphill for crushing. A Pelton wheel and stone-crusher were left behind on the Lady Loch site.
LADY LOCH MINE SITE - Interpretation of Site
Heritage Inventory Interpretation:
Heritage Inventory Description
LADY LOCH MINE SITE - Heritage Inventory Description
Lady Loch battery.
Heritage Inventory Significance: The site has scientific significance because of its rarity.
Heritage Inventory Key Components: Pelton wheel - 5ft-diameter, 5-inch shafting, only three or four of its original twenty 4-inch cups are present. Lying near the pelton wheel are two grooved pulleys, which were used for transmission of power from wheel to battery. The battery was removed for use at the Golden Treasure mine, while the Watson & Denny pans were taken out as recently as 1948. Stone breaking plant/jaw crusher - About 4ft square. Associated with the machine are some grinding plates. Dam and water race - Above the battery is a breached, stone-retained dam and the race which supplied the water to powered the battery. Blacksmith's forge - Remains of a blacksmith's forge (position?) Heritage Inventory Site Features:
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LADY LOCH MINE SITEVictorian Heritage Inventory
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