A summary of the major climate statistics recorded at this site is provided below. Port augusta power station was designed in the 1950s to use leigh creek coal. We have commenced a series of regular updates in order to help keep you informed of activities. The old port augusta railway station was on commercial road, and is now heritage listed and used as an art gallery. The adelaide port augusta railway line is the primary rail corridor in south australia for northbound rail traffic out of adelaide. Port augusta is the fabled canary in the coalmine a coal town teetering on a precipice as it. Augusta power station, port augusta, south australia, australia. Port augusta blows off steam over northern power station. Port augustas northern power station chimney stack. Port augusta busting a gut to reinvent itself as a solar. The early history of the port augusta medical practice was not easy to find, and we are indebted to the port augusta public library and community information service for their help. It was coal powered with two 260 mw steam turbines that generated a total of 520 mw of electricity. The nutt family has owned pandurra since july lst 1895.
Port augusta can show the world what just transition for workers looks like sharan burrow a solar thermal plant in port augusta is the best. Leigh creek coal hopper movement by ssr from port augusta power station sa to parkes. Video of the opening on july 23, 1954 of the playford a power station at port augusta, south australia. As south australias demand for electricity grew, the power station was expanded and then replaced by a much larger plant. For a fifteenyearold boy, apprentice, a wonderland, an adventure park a throbbing machine, converting a line of dirty brown coal into a line of clean live. Port augusta was chosen as the site for the new power station as it was close to the leigh creek coalfields and had an abundant water supply. Coalfired power stations at port augusta in south australia and the outback mine which. Battlers and bushmen daw, peter a, hill, julieann on. Playford a power station was the first power station built by the electricity trust of south australia at port paterson, south australia near port augusta in. Port augusta s largest employer, alinta energy, shut off the northern power station at about 9. The landmark northern power station boilers were successfully felled at the northern power station site in port augusta this morning, the ninth of november. Alinta energy, an australian utility, closed its coal fired northern power. Port augusta, city and former port, south australia, at the head of spencer gulf.
Port augusta is known as the crossroads of australia, where the major highways converge that lead to the northern territory and to western australia. The handling of the closure of northern power station and consequent demolitionremediation has reportedly been slammed by port augusta city council in a submission to a senate inquiry. The 90mw playford a power station was commissioned on reclaimed land at the northern tip of spencer gulf in 1954. The 65year history of coalfired electricity generation on the site began in.
History of the jews summary from 750 bc to israelpalestine conflict duration. Until 1927 port augusta west remained largely a separate community, when it amalgamated with the town council for port augusta. Last south australian coalfired power station demolition nears completion 80metre chimney demolished in port augsta 0. The augusta power stations have a long and valued history providing reliable generation to the south australian and national electricity market. By any measure, the bungala solar power plant is vast. Port ferguson is not shown on modern maps but is shown as yatala harbour. Todays poem is from don ellis, who was born and raised in port augusta, where he did his initial trades apprenticeship at the power station. The records show that in 1923 a dr eric brickie symons succeeded dr peter gorrie as the doctor in port augusta. Alinta northern power station in port augusta, south australia. The city is set on the quiet waterways at the head of the spencer gulf, in close proximity to the spectacular flinders ranges. The line forms part of the perthadelaide and adelaidedarwin rail route, and the portion south of crystal brook forms part of the adelaidesydney rail route. It consists of three locos hauling about 160 coal carriages. Port augusta is in the city of port augusta local government area.
Former power station site port signs first export customer indaily. Augusta power station port augusta, south australia. Port augustas mayor sam johnson said the power station helped diversify the citys economy when it was a rail hub in the 1940s and 50s. In 1955 the commonwealth railways built a new standard gauge line from stirling north to marree, primarily for the transport of leigh creek coal to the stirling north power station located near port augusta. Electranet sas founding history, is a heartwarming reflection. Take a journey into railway history at the national railway museum. The remediated port augusta power stations site will be developed into an iron ore port. The books, articles, pamphlets, and manuscripts listed in this select bibliography are.
Prior to that the narrow gauge line from quorn and oodnadatta terminated at a stone station building on commercial road. The daily coal train runs from port augusta power station to the coalfields at leigh creek. The present station was built for the trans australian standard gauge line from port augusta to kalgoorlie. It is located on pandurra station which is one of the oldest pastoral leases in south australia. Remembering our past, celebrating our future exhibition a celebration of port augusta s continued role in power. The governor, sir robert george, officially opened the port augusta power station on 123 july 1954. According to alinta, 9 employees will leave the plant in a staged departure over the. Dance the night away to great live music in one of port augusta s favourite venues, the barracks. All three were fuelled by coal mined at leigh creek in and transported 260km along a dedicated rail line south to port augusta. The historic pichi richi railway with its narrow gauge rail line from port augusta to quorn showcases transport in a bygone era. Coal power may be gone from port augusta, but its certainly not forgotten.
With our secure online booking site, you can make your accommodation booking at augusta courtyard motel port augusta whenever it suits, and with no booking fees just click the button, select your dates, choose your room and fill in. Port augusta article about port augusta by the free dictionary. Playford b power station was located at port paterson in the australian state of south australia about 5. South australias last coalfired power station, playford. The port augusta community has a strong connection to the former power station, which, along with the playford a and b stations, was the citys largest employer until it closed in may 2016. Port augusta power station playford a opening 1954 youtube. Check out the best museums in port augusta to visit in 2020. The northern port augusta coalpowered power station. It was operated and maintained by alinta energy and was commissioned in 1985. Alinta energy said the northern power station was the lowest conventional marginal cost generator in south australia. Port augusta busting a gut to reinvent itself as a solar city when coalfired power is switched off as the deadline for power stations to shut down approaches, the community rallies around a. Photo courtesy alinta energy the electricity trust of south australia etsa started construction of the northern power station located 275km north of adelaide in 1980 and took 5 years to complete. Augusta power station northern power station boilers.
Sep 27, 2009 is this the coal train that didnt run. Executive summary 4 repowering port augusta repowering port augusta is a blueprint for replacing the emissions intensive northern and playford b brown coal power plants at port augusta with renewable energy. Playford a station left and playford b station right. Immerse yourself into worldclass art, exciting history, and mindbending science.
Augusta power stations the augusta power stations have a long and valued history providing reliable generation to the south australian and national electricity market. Trust of south australia doing similar at the stirling north power station. Since a solar thermal power station is still a thermal power station, it employs many of. Northern power station, port augusta, south australia. Flinders power partnership flinders power is responsible for the port augusta to leigh creek railway, the leigh creek coalfield and the augusta power stations. Port augusta project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. The city of port augusta is believed to have had the longest serving mayor in australia, joy baluch, who died after 30 years of service on 14 may 20. Port augusta, sa, lies between spencer gulf and the flinders rangers, 310 km north of adelaide.
Port augusta music club, old railway station building, 2. Playford a power station was the first power station built by the electricity trust of south australia at port paterson, south australia near port augusta in south australia. Massive power station revegetation project completed in australia. Northern power station was located at port paterson in the australian state of south australia about 6 kilometres 3. More detailed data for individual sites is available. A brief history on railways in south australia national railway.
Crossfit port augusta is a strength and conditioning facility aimed at improving the health and fitness of anyone that has commitment and desire to succeed. It was coal powered with four 60 mw steam turbines that generated a total of 240 mw of electricity. Today the port augusta power stations and the leigh creek coal fields are operated by alinta energy. Playford b received coal by rail from the leigh creek coal mine, 280 km to the north and drew cooling water from spencer. Alinta energy mothballed playford b in 2012 and the last electricity was produced at the northern power station in may 2016. On 20 july 1960, premier sir thomas playford opened the second power station station b. Founded in 1852 and named for the wife of sir henry fox young, an early colonial governor of south australia, port augusta was incorporated as a town in 1875 and in 1878 was linked by rail to adelaide, 191 miles 307. An application was made to transfer the epa licence from flinders power to curiver mining. Boilers at port augusta northern power station demolished. Port augusta west was incorporated in 1887 with its own mayor. Formerly a seaport, it is now a road traffic and railway junction city mainly located on the east coast of the spencer gulf immediately south of the gulfs head and about 322 kilometres 200 mi north of the state capital, adelaide.
There is also an extended table with more statistics available. A mechanical technical officer at the towns power stations for 17 years, he joined the repower port augusta campaign in 2012 and became the public face of the campaign. The coal furnaces at alinta energys port augusta power station in south australias north will go cold today as it goes offline. Jun 07, 2015 four people have been injured after an explosion at the port augusta power station.
Flinders power announced on 1 february 2019 that it had agreed to sell the former power station site to curiver mining australia, an iron ore magnetite producer which plans to establish a port facility at the site. Port augusta power station fire caused by explosion the. The 520mw northern power station was established alongside playford b in 1985. Media in category port augusta railway station the following 10 files are in this category, out of 10 total. Port augusta railway station, port augusta, south australia, australia. The results shown are from the largest polling station in port augusta which is located at port augusta tafe college.
Port augusta busting a gut to reinvent itself as a solar city when coal. Nuttbush retreat is just 40 kilometres west of port augusta, on the eyre highway. Alinta energy to close power stations at port augusta and coal mine. Featuring mr buzzy and the big band theory, gabrielle ballards band abraska, and andy killcross. It was built in 1954 to generate electricity from coal mined from the telford cut at leigh creek and transported 250 kilometres 160 mi by rail. Former power station site port signs first export customer. The coal furnaces at alinta energys port augusta power station in south. Apr 15, 2020 looking to get inspired on your trip to port augusta.
The suburb of port augusta west is located on the west side of the gulf on the eyre peninsula. He became a plant attendant at the port augusta power station until his retirement. Some of that doesnt involve mistyeyed memories and hasnt been by choice. The port augusta power stations history the transcontinental.
It gave a significant economic injection into port augusta both then and over its 62year history, he said. Port augusta s northern power station closed in 2016. With a population of almost 14,000, port augusta has a long history as a transport hub, which continues today through its rail connections as a freight route to the north, south, east and west of australia. Mar 23, 2016 port augusta busting a gut to reinvent itself as a solar city when coalfired power is switched off. Port augusta is a regional city, located on the calm waters of the spencer gulf, at the foothills of. Electric power plants south australia port augusta. References to published books, academic articles, movies or published documentaries. Apr 10, 2017 more demolition work has been done at port augusta s decommissioned northern power station, with controlled explosions bringing down a coal bunker and conveyor transfer towers. The old port augusta railway station was on commercial road, and is. Nellie malseed coober pedy regional times south australia as a result of operation climate camp sa 2009 emissions protest at port augusta, flinders power agreed that the longest coal train in the world would not run on saturday 26th or sunday 27th september. Its a bit of a mixed feeling in port augusta at the moment.
Port augustas coalfired power station closes in south australia abc. Not sure of the exact year, but would have been around 191718. Overhead video captures the moment the 200metre high chimney at the former port augusta power station, which towered over the local landscape for decades, is reduced to rubble through a. A brief history on railways in south australia national. Come and enjoy the green power festivals art and history exhibitions related to power, sustainability and community reinvention. Jul 18, 2016 video of the opening on july 23, 1954 of the playford a power station at port augusta, south australia. Twoyear port augusta power house demolition begins with felling of playford stack a. For years there has been concern about pollution levels caused by the brown coal fuel. In 1882, this line also connected port augusta to adelaide when the peterboroughquorn railway line was completed, as there was already railway from peterborough to adelaide. Book port augusta accommodation online augusta courtyard. Crossfit port augusta power station rd port augusta, 5700. It is a railroad center and a center for solar and other renewable energy. The yatala sailed a further 15 miles to a place called curlew point where the port augusta power station is now situated but this site was found to be low and boggy.
Port augusta can show the world what just transition for. The pandurra woolshed and original shearers quarters were built around 1860 and are. Port augusta south australia, australia britannica. This proposal would help australia to take advantage of our natural competitive advantage of abundant solar energy. Flinders power together with the epa is monitoring air quality in port augusta through a network of monitoring units installed in the community.
Ash blanketing port augusta from the regional citys former coalfired power station is so toxic it could not even be classified as waste fill, south australian senator nick xenophon says. Exhibitions will on display throughout the festival and in the month of april. The site forms about a third of the 1068ha former port augusta power stations. The leigh creek coal mine and port augusta power station will close, with the.
Port augusta both then and over its 62year history, he said. Port augusta, which was formerly a seaport, is often called the gateway to the outback and has several interesting historical sites. Port augustas coalfired power station closes in south. A year has passed since alinta energy stopped generating power at its coalfired port augusta power station. In 1937, standard gauge stretched to port pirie from port augusta, and to marree in.
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