State Battery, Coolgardie

Author

Heritage Council

Place Number

00557

Location

Battery Rd Coolgardie

Location Details

SE of Coolgardie, off the Coolgardie-Esperance Highway, off Norseman Rd.

Local Government

Coolgardie

Region

Goldfields

Construction Date

Constructed from 1902

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
State Register Registered 22 Jun 2001 HCWebsite.Listing+ListingDocument, HCWebsite.Listing+ListingDocument

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type Status Date Grading/Management
Category
Classified by the National Trust Classified 27 Oct 1976
Register of the National Estate Permanent 21 Mar 1978
Municipal Inventory Adopted 27 Jul 1995 Category 1

Condition

Industrial buildings with timber frames, clad in corrugated iron. The buildings have been on site since 1902, though the machinery has been upgraded several times, from steam power to gas to oil and finally to electricity.

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Present Use MINING Mining Battery
Original Use MINING Mining Battery

Construction Materials

Type General Specific
Roof METAL Corrugated Iron
Wall METAL Corrugated Iron

Historic Themes

General Specific
OCCUPATIONS Mining {incl. mineral processing}

Creation Date

30 May 1989

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

01 Jan 2017

Disclaimer

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