STANLEY BATTERY

4 OLD MILL LANE STANLEY, INDIGO SHIRE

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    STANLEY BATTERY - History

    Heritage Inventory History of Site:
    The Stanley battery was operated as a public crushing works by the grandfather and father of Les Sinclair, the present owner, commencing early in the twentieth century.

    Heritage Inventory Description

    STANLEY BATTERY - Heritage Inventory Description

    Features of the Stanley battery site are an intact battery and tailings.

    Heritage Inventory Significance: Regional. The site has scientific significance because of its rarity and intactness.

    Heritage Inventory Key Components: Intact battery - Site largely obscured by blackberries. Five head of stamps with cam shaft and wooden fly wheel (timber planks bolted to metal plate). Battery held in upright position by iron horses and timber bearers. Maker's mark on battery box reads: Jeffcott Street, Melbourne and Richmond. Eastern iron horse bears the casting inscription: W. Anderson & Sons, Engineers and Iron Foundry, Melbourne & Richmond. No engine is present, and the battery shed has collapsed. Tailings - Most of the tailings have quarried.

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