The York Hotel on Hannan Street, Kalgoorlie. Gold turned Kalgoorlie into a boom town, but it had no fresh water. Credit: Tourism WA That pipeline would have to travel 569 kilometres and climb 390 ...
The Goldfields Gas Pipeline (GGP) is a 1378km transmission pipeline that extends from Yarraloola, in the Pilbara region (NW Western Australia) to Kalgoorlie, in the Goldfields-Esperance region (SE Western …
The project consisted of a dam (Mundaring Weir) to trap stream-flow from the Helena, Darkin, little Darkin, Pickering and Beraking brooks, a 566 kilometre pipeline, eight stream-driven pumping stations fuelled by timber and several storage reservoirs. Fifty years later electricity replaced fuel-wood and steam as the power source.
The Kalgoorlie system is a discreet sub-network comprising one gate station (gate point) that is interconnected to the Goldfields (GGP) transmission pipeline. Services: Haulage services Capacity* (TJ/day): …
Kalgoorlie Boulder Visitor Centre. Address: 316 Hannan Street, Kalgoorlie Ph: 9021 1966 Opening Hours: 9am – 5pm Mon – Fri 9am -2pm Sat 9am – 1pm Sun
Kalgoorlie to Kambalda Pipeline (WA) In general, pipelines are able to seek to change from one classification to another upon application. However, certain pipelines cannot change from full to light regulation: all Victorian pipelines, South Australian distribution pipeline, Dampier to Bunbury Natural Gas Pipeline and the mid-west and south ...
The Golden Pipeline Heritage Trail takes you to Western Australia's Eastern Goldfields, rich in gold, history and scenery, revealing the story of a unique engineering feat. Travel on the old Goldfields Road along which …
The Golden Pipeline runs 569 kilometres from Perth to Kalgoorlie. Photo: Tourism WA Mount Charlotte isn't about to attract climbing expeditions any time soon. At 419 metres above sea level, it is a mere landscape pimple, surrounded by the pockmarks of Kalgoorlie's gold mines. It may not be impressive, but it is precious.
goldfields gas pipeline. The Goldfields Gas Pipeline (GGP) is a 1,378-kilometre transmission pipeline that extends from Yarraloola, in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, to Kalgoorlie, in the Goldfields-Esperance …
The 44-kilometre Kalgoorlie Kambalda Pipeline (KKP) is a transmission pipeline transporting gas from the Kalgoorlie South outlet of the Goldfields Gas Pipeline (mainline) to Kambalda for mining and minerals processing …
Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines Pty Ltd (KCMG) was formed to manage the assets and operations of joint venture partners, Normandy Australia and Homestake Gold of Australia Limited. "For the first time, all leases and infrastructure of the Golden Mile, Mt Charlotte (and Mount Percy to the north) had been brought together.
A natural gas distribution network serving the Kalgoorlie-Boulder area. The Kalgoorlie system is a discreet sub-network comprising one gate station (gate point) that is interconnected to the Goldfields (GGP) transmission …
The pipeline would need to stretch between Perth to Coolgardie and later to the Kalgoorlie-Boulder region, and would require a pumping system that could lift the water the equivalent of 400 metres in …
The heritage listed scheme, commonly known as the Golden or Goldfields Pipeline, was officially opened at Mount Charlotte, Kalgoorlie, on 24 January 1903, pumping fresh water 566km east from Mundaring Weir to the Eastern Goldfields.
At this stage there was no thought of a water supply pipeline – gold was only discovered at Coolgardie a year after O'Connor's arrival and in Kalgoorlie the year after that (1893). The Engineer-in-Chief's first …
The £2.5m scheme included the Mundaring Weir, a 30in diameter, 556km steel pipe from the dam to Kalgoorlie, eight pumping stations and two small holding dams to lift the water over the Darling Scarp ridge.
The Irish Australian engineer Charles Yelverton O'Connor was involved the design of a pipeline that transported water to Kalgoorlie the most controversial project …
Kalgoorlie Runners group members Grant Wholey and Lisa Ellery were on hand to provide supplies and motivation during Thursday's marathon. After the run, Mr Alexander was presented with two medals from the Goldfields Pipeline Marathon as a memento of his time in the city.
(Supplied: National Trust WA) The Irish-born engineer took his life before the construction of the 560-kilometre pipeline — designed to pump water from Mundaring to the booming Goldfields hub of …
The Goldfields Gas Pipeline (GGP) is the gas transmission pipeline system defined in Pipeline Licence 24 (as amended) issued under the Western Australian Petroleum Pipelines Act 1969. The GGP extends from Yarraloola, in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, to Kalgoorlie, in the Goldfields-Esperance region. The pipeline system defined in Pipeline …
This section of the Golden Pipeline Heritage Trail runs along the Kalgoorlie pipeline and the old railway formations. Along the one way drive west to east you can see remains of the old pipeline, the trench that the original …
The pipeline is a familiar sight for motorists on the Great Eastern Highway, which connects Perth to Kalgoorlie. (ABC Goldfields: …
Golden Pipeline Heritage Trail, Mundaring Weir to Kalgoorlie 2WD in Golden Outback (+9) Multiple day 650 km The Golden Pipeline Heritage Trail takes you to WA's Eastern Goldfields, rich in gold, history and scenery, revealing the story of a unique engineering feat. Travel on the old Goldfields Road along which fortune seekers rushed in the 1890s.
The Golden Pipeline Heritage Trail takes you to Western Australia's Eastern Goldfields, rich in gold, history and scenery, revealing the story of a unique engineering feat. Travel on the old Goldfields Road along which fortune seekers rushed in the 1890s. Stop to explore where they stopped to rest and fill their waterbags. Prospectors learned that water is more …
In 45-degree heat, former WA premier Sir John Forrest opened the valve, sending water gushing into Mount Charlotte Reservoir in the outback town of Kalgoorlie. The 566km pipeline pumping water …
The Kalgoorlie Pipeline event due to the temperature changes mentioned earlier in the piece is one of the few events where I have encountered a snake seemingly in what should be its peak hibernation season.
The towns along the pipeline trail offer a decent range of motels, hotels, caravan parks and B&Bs. In Kalgoorlie, I stayed at the Palace Hotel for $130 a night. 137 Hannan Street, palacehotel.com.au, …
At Kalgoorlie Golf Club The Pipeline CY O'Connor built, tells the story of the Mundaring to Kalgoorlie pipeline designed by Engineer-in-Chief CY O'Connor. The pipeline carries fresh water from the hills on the outskirts of Perth to the eastern goldfields of Western Australia, across a distance of 560 kilometres.