RUTHERGLEN GOVERNMENT BATTERY

BATTERY ROAD RUTHERGLEN, INDIGO SHIRE

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    RUTHERGLEN GOVERNMENT BATTERY - History

    Contextual History:History of Place:
    Heritage Inventory History of Site:
    The government battery at Rutherglen was installed in 1899. In its first five years, it produced just 628 oz from 1,110 tons of stone, but it made the Rutherglen quartz reefs (which yielded an average total of only 230 oz per year between 1902-19) viable.
    Three more stampers were added to the original 3-head battery in 1905. The plant was further upgraded in 1908 and a new 16-hp suction gas engine was installed in 1910. The battery was in operation until at least 1918, and then from 1935-49. In 1949, the Rutherglen government battery was described as a gas-powered plant of five heads.

    Heritage Inventory Description

    RUTHERGLEN GOVERNMENT BATTERY - Heritage Inventory Description

    The Rutherglen Government Battery features an intact battery in an galvanised iron shed painted green with yellow walls with a lean-to and a small front verandah. Also a small, partly quarried tailings heap.

    Heritage Inventory Significance: The site has: Historical significance: Scientific significance because of its rarity and intactness

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