PORT ALBERT POWDER MAGAZINE

PIER STREET PORT ALBERT, WELLINGTON SHIRE

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    PORT ALBERT POWDER MAGAZINE - History

    Powder Magazines in Victoria were primarily intended to store explosives used in goldmining, quarrying and road-making. Publicly owned powder magazines were located outside many goldfields towns to avoid accidental explosions close to residential areas. By 1890 there were 22 public magazines in Victoria, but by 1921 all were closed, due to the decline in goldmining activity. They were replaced by a system of licensed private magazines.

    Powder Magazines were also constructed inside forts to store gunpowder and other explosives.

    Heritage Inventory Description

    PORT ALBERT POWDER MAGAZINE - Heritage Inventory Description

    Basalt footings of 1866 government magazine and a few remaining piles of the original 192 feet long jetty. Now extremely disturbed and used as jetty or mooring.

    Heritage Inventory Significance: Local (due to condition)

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