Former power station site port signs first export customer. The governor, sir robert george, officially opened the port augusta power station on 123 july 1954. Video of the opening on july 23, 1954 of the playford a power station at port augusta, south australia. The daily coal train runs from port augusta power station to the coalfields at leigh creek. The 520mw northern power station was established alongside playford b in 1985.
Port augusta railway station, port augusta, south australia, australia. By any measure, the bungala solar power plant is vast. Port augusta s largest employer, alinta energy, shut off the northern power station at about 9. Port augusta article about port augusta by the free dictionary. Some of that doesnt involve mistyeyed memories and hasnt been by choice. As south australias demand for electricity grew, the power station was expanded and then replaced by a much larger plant. Port augusta project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. Port augusta south australia, australia britannica.
The results shown are from the largest polling station in port augusta which is located at port augusta tafe college. 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. We have commenced a series of regular updates in order to help keep you informed of activities. 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. The coal furnaces at alinta energys port augusta power station in south australias north will go cold today as it goes offline. 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. 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. The site forms about a third of the 1068ha former port augusta power stations. Massive power station revegetation project completed in australia. 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. Mar 23, 2016 port augusta busting a gut to reinvent itself as a solar city when coalfired power is switched off. Electric power plants south australia port augusta. For years there has been concern about pollution levels caused by the brown coal fuel.
More detailed data for individual sites is available. Port augusta is the fabled canary in the coalmine a coal town teetering on a precipice as it. The city is set on the quiet waterways at the head of the spencer gulf, in close proximity to the spectacular flinders ranges. Port augusta power station fire caused by explosion the. A year has passed since alinta energy stopped generating power at its coalfired port augusta power station. South australias last coalfired power station, playford. Electranet sas founding history, is a heartwarming reflection. The suburb of port augusta west is located on the west side of the gulf on the eyre peninsula.
Alinta energy mothballed playford b in 2012 and the last electricity was produced at the northern power station in may 2016. Its a bit of a mixed feeling in port augusta at the moment. The 90mw playford a power station was commissioned on reclaimed land at the northern tip of spencer gulf in 1954. 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. 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.
On 20 july 1960, premier sir thomas playford opened the second power station station b. Twoyear port augusta power house demolition begins with felling of playford stack a. Port augusta busting a gut to reinvent itself as a solar. Crossfit port augusta power station rd port augusta, 5700. 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.
Flinders power partnership flinders power is responsible for the port augusta to leigh creek railway, the leigh creek coalfield and the augusta power stations. 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. The nutt family has owned pandurra since july lst 1895. 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. Book port augusta accommodation online augusta courtyard. Media in category port augusta railway station the following 10 files are in this category, out of 10 total. Port ferguson is not shown on modern maps but is shown as yatala harbour. 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. Port augusta is in the city of port augusta local government area. It was operated and maintained by alinta energy and was commissioned in 1985. It is located on pandurra station which is one of the oldest pastoral leases in south australia. 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. Augusta power stations the augusta power stations have a long and valued history providing reliable generation to the south australian and national electricity market.
Port augusta power station playford a opening 1954 youtube. 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. Last south australian coalfired power station demolition nears completion 80metre chimney demolished in port augsta 0. Featuring mr buzzy and the big band theory, gabrielle ballards band abraska, and andy killcross. The leigh creek coal mine and port augusta power station will close, with the. Port augustas coalfired power station closes in south. 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. Sep 27, 2009 is this the coal train that didnt run. Alinta energy said the northern power station was the lowest conventional marginal cost generator in south australia. Alinta northern power station in port augusta, south australia. Northern power station was located at port paterson in the australian state of south australia about 6 kilometres 3.
The adelaide port augusta railway line is the primary rail corridor in south australia for northbound rail traffic out of adelaide. According to alinta, 9 employees will leave the plant in a staged departure over the. The present station was built for the trans australian standard gauge line from port augusta to kalgoorlie. Northern power station, port augusta, south australia. This proposal would help australia to take advantage of our natural competitive advantage of abundant solar energy. Exhibitions will on display throughout the festival and in the month of april. 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. Prior to that the narrow gauge line from quorn and oodnadatta terminated at a stone station building on commercial road. Playford a station left and playford b station right. 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. Jun 07, 2015 four people have been injured after an explosion at the port augusta power station.
Alinta energy, an australian utility, closed its coal fired northern power. Port augusta, which was formerly a seaport, is often called the gateway to the outback and has several interesting historical sites. Battlers and bushmen daw, peter a, hill, julieann on. Port augusta west was incorporated in 1887 with its own mayor.
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. The port augusta power stations history the transcontinental. The records show that in 1923 a dr eric brickie symons succeeded dr peter gorrie as the doctor in port augusta. 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. It consists of three locos hauling about 160 coal carriages. A brief history on railways in south australia national. Today the port augusta power stations and the leigh creek coal fields are operated by alinta energy. 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. Augusta power station northern power station boilers. Flinders power together with the epa is monitoring air quality in port augusta through a network of monitoring units installed in the community. History of the jews summary from 750 bc to israelpalestine conflict duration. Port augusta busting a gut to reinvent itself as a solar city when coal. Port augusta music club, old railway station building, 2. Jul 18, 2016 video of the opening on july 23, 1954 of the playford a power station at port augusta, south australia.
Apr 15, 2020 looking to get inspired on your trip to port augusta. The old port augusta railway station was on commercial road, and is now heritage listed and used as an art gallery. A summary of the major climate statistics recorded at this site is provided below. Since a solar thermal power station is still a thermal power station, it employs many of. 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 augusta power stations have a long and valued history providing reliable generation to the south australian and national electricity market. In 1937, standard gauge stretched to port pirie from port augusta, and to marree in. The pandurra woolshed and original shearers quarters were built around 1860 and are. Playford b power station was located at port paterson in the australian state of south australia about 5.
The northern port augusta coalpowered power station. Not sure of the exact year, but would have been around 191718. 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. Northern power station, port augusta, south australia local.
Port augusta blows off steam over northern power station. 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. Port augusta, sa, lies between spencer gulf and the flinders rangers, 310 km north of adelaide. 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. It was coal powered with two 260 mw steam turbines that generated a total of 520 mw of electricity.
Dance the night away to great live music in one of port augusta s favourite venues, the barracks. Augusta power station port augusta, south australia. Former power station site port signs first export customer indaily. 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. Until 1927 port augusta west remained largely a separate community, when it amalgamated with the town council for port augusta. There is also an extended table with more statistics available. Come and enjoy the green power festivals art and history exhibitions related to power, sustainability and community reinvention. The books, articles, pamphlets, and manuscripts listed in this select bibliography are. Leigh creek coal hopper movement by ssr from port augusta power station sa to parkes. The historic pichi richi railway with its narrow gauge rail line from port augusta to quorn showcases transport in a bygone era. Trust of south australia doing similar at the stirling north power station. Alinta energy to close power stations at port augusta and coal mine. Port augusta is a regional city, located on the calm waters of the spencer gulf, at the foothills of. Playford b received coal by rail from the leigh creek coal mine, 280 km to the north and drew cooling water from spencer. Port augusta can show the world what just transition for. Nuttbush retreat is just 40 kilometres west of port augusta, on the eyre highway.
An application was made to transfer the epa licence from flinders power to curiver mining. Port augusta s northern power station closed in 2016. Port augustas coalfired power station closes in south australia abc. 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. It is a railroad center and a center for solar and other renewable energy. The coal furnaces at alinta energys port augusta power station in south. Port augusta both then and over its 62year history, he said. It was coal powered with four 60 mw steam turbines that generated a total of 240 mw of electricity. Port augustas northern power station chimney stack. A brief history on railways in south australia national railway. The 65year history of coalfired electricity generation on the site began in. Port augusta power station was designed in the 1950s to use leigh creek coal. He became a plant attendant at the port augusta power station until his retirement. Take a journey into railway history at the national railway museum.
It gave a significant economic injection into port augusta both then and over its 62year history, he said. The remediated port augusta power stations site will be developed into an iron ore port. Immerse yourself into worldclass art, exciting history, and mindbending science. All three were fuelled by coal mined at leigh creek in and transported 260km along a dedicated rail line south to port augusta. 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. Coalfired power stations at port augusta in south australia and the outback mine which. Remembering our past, celebrating our future exhibition a celebration of port augusta s continued role in power. 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. Boilers at port augusta northern power station demolished. 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.
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. Augusta power station, port augusta, south australia, australia. Check out the best museums in port augusta to visit in 2020. The old port augusta railway station was on commercial road, and is. 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. The landmark northern power station boilers were successfully felled at the northern power station site in port augusta this morning, the ninth of november. References to published books, academic articles, movies or published documentaries. 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.
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