Port kembla is the home to the states largest motor vehicle import hub and grain export terminal, and is the second largest coal export port in new south wales. Port kembla gateway operates four berths 202, 203, 204 and 205 and is located off christy drive, port kembla. Port kemblas common user facility is leased to the port kembla gateway pty ltd. This may be a couple of hundred metres shy of the worlds tallest chimney, located at the gres2 power station in kazakhstan, but the port kembla copper stack was still a recognisable feature. Indeed, chimney pots and stacks by valentine fletcher, published in 1968, is believed to be the first specialised book on the subject.
The copper smelter stack at port kembla represents port kembla it is port kembla. Dec 19, 20 the demolition of the port kembla copper stack has won final planning approval to proceed on february 20, 2014. Port kembla is a key infrastructure asset for new south wales and an economic driver in the illawarra region. Their stories focus on every day life at hill 60, port kembla, before they were. Jul 10, 20 discuss port kembla high school at the lost wollongong forum check out more port kembla high school photos at lost wollongong face book. Port kembla residents cheered as the copper stack was demolished in a controlled explosion, bringing the 198metre chimney toppling to the. Port kembla copper stack demolition raises fears of. Scratch coffee shop 9 173175 wentworth st port kembla nsw. New date set for port kembla stack demolition abc news. Feb 25, 2014 the chimney was built in 1965 and stood 198 metres high. Kembla copper the home of the famous kembla brands for almost.
Lamenting the similar loss of a power station stack in scotland, historical geographer fraser macdonald. Port kembla primary school was once located adjacent to it but was closed down due to pollution problems from the chimney including lead contaminated soil, acid rain and soot. Port kembla copper stack demolition video australia news. The port kembla copper smelter on the nsw south coast closed in 2003 with the plants japanese owners blaming weak copper prices and the strength of the australian dollar. It evolved from the coming together of three companies that pioneered the australian steel industry in the early 20th century the broken hill proprietary company limited bhp, john lysaght australia pty ltd lysaght and australian iron and steel limited ais. However the 200mhigh concrete stack remained erect. The story of port kembla is the story of the big issues of australian history. Aerial view of australian iron and steel factory in port kembla. Boyd thompson remembers exactly where he was when he heard the news that jfk had been assassinated he was in the foundations of the port kembla copper stack. Using archival records, oral history interviews and company documents, steel town charts the relationship between economic change and the human experience of that change. Port kembla stack picture montage 2012 internet archive. The 200metrehigh chimney, built from about 7,000 tonnes of concrete, bricks and steel, was brought down in a controlled explosion about 11.
Spectators gathered to witness history hours before the event. The time now provides accurate us network of cesium clocks synchronized time and accurate time services in port kembla, australia. However, whereas that used to be solely centred on the sailors that made landfall, now its about the coastal assets that it boasts including gorgeous golden sandy beaches, the free olympiclength outdoor. It explores the lives and experiences of three generations of port kembla residents. Demolition of the copper chimney 198m in port kembla, australia. Efficient friendly reliable a1 mobile auto care is a locally owned and operated business providing professional and experienced mobile mechanical services on all makes and models throughout the illawarra. Port kembla stack 198m demolition high quality, chimney. Discuss port kembla high school at the lost wollongong forum check out more port kembla high school photos at lost wollongong face book. Port kembla a history in photos public group facebook. Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a page. By the 1890s port kembla jetty was exporting significant amounts of coal and a plan for a deepwater port evolved. I was there with the throngs of people waiting and watching, as we talked to each other, i noticed they all had returned from somewhere else. Port kembla is a suburb of wollongong 8 km south of the cbd and part of the illawarra region. Minister for planning, tony kelly, made the announcement during an inspection of the old port kembla copper site in military road at port kembla.
Diversification of the port facilities during the late1980s and since, has seen the port to include general and break bulk cargoes, containers and motor vehicle imports, and bulk grain exports. The museum was established in 1988 to showcase the important military history of our region. Dominating the port kembla skyline, the stack can be seen from kilometres away. Get directions, maps, and traffic for port kembla, nsw. This discharge point is continuously monitored for so 2 concentration, and specific and specialised testing is conducted for so 3 concentration as required by the sites ep license.
Port kembla copper stack demolition provides insight. Port kembla copper stack demolition provides insight into asbestos testing process on february 20, the port kembla copper stack was reduced to a pile of rubble. The detonation and demolition of the 198 metre high port kembla copper smoke stack in australia. These projects involved research into the history and development of the. Explosives will sweep the port kembla copper refinery chimney. Physical address christy drive, outer harbour port kembla nsw 2505 australia. This is a 4 minute video recording of port kembla copper smelter chimney stack made on my 1980 national wv3030n vidicon tube colour camera and recorded on my 1980s canon vr30 portable vhs vcr. The copper smelter gave many immigrants their first permanent job.
The old copper stack at port kembla, a visual icon to all who have seen the coastline of wollongong is finally demolished. Port kembla chocfull of quality character houses and long wide streets, port has always looked to the ocean for its sense of place. Port kembla stack comes down six years on illawarra mercury. My mother and i both attend the school directly underneath. A study of the social and political effects of largescale industrialization in one new south wales industrial town port kembla which in many ways exemplifies the changing economic base of australia. The port handles a range of dry bulk, bulk liquid and general cargo. Established in 1928, australian iron and steel pty ltd manufactured iron and steel, as well as mining coal for use in the steel industry. Breakwater battery military museum wollongong heritage and. It is situated on the tip of red point, first european sighting by captain james cook in 1770. The structure stands at a height of 650 feet and was built in the 1960s, but fell. One of australias tallest industrial chimneys, the port kembla stack was constructed in 1965. Royal caribbean is testing the waters at wollongongs port kembla as a possible new homeport for its australian fleet, which is fast running out of docking options in sydney. Current local time and geoinfo in port kembla, australia.
Some have called the stack an eyesore and ugly, while others have cited its importance and have even proposed turning it into a tourist attraction. We parked near the olympic pool but late realised there was also parking up the top at the surf life savings club. The museum building was built in 1939 as the world war ii headquarters and command post for the breakwater battery fort complex overlooking port kembla harbour. Port kembla wollongong australia cruise port guide location. The structure stands at a height of 650 feet and was built in. The port of port kembla was established in the late 1890s to facilitate the export of coal from the mines of the illawarra region. The port kembla stack fell to the ground in an unearthly groan and a crumpled heap of cement and dust yesterday.
Port kembla chimney stack to be demolished the nsw government has approved the demolition of a massive chimney stack near wollongong. The beach was nice and sandy and clean with easy access. The 10 best mechanics in port kembla, nsw oneflare. Port kembla beach is a really nice patrolled beach with a good wave. Compare deals from over 360 port kembla hotels and book with.
The view from a garage roof in keira street in port kembla. Illawarra heritage consultant sydney sue rosen associates. The time now is a reliable tool when traveling, calling or researching. The nsw government has approved the demolition of a massive chimney stack near wollongong. Stunning historical photos of the port kembla stack illawarra mercury. Several months later, port kembla copper was granted nsw government consent to operate. The chimney was built in 1965 and stood 198 metres high. Port kembla copper stack demolition video australia news the. A 51yearold port kembla man has been charged with entering enclosed lands after he jumped the fence and entered the port kembla stack site overnight. Located on the east coast of nsw, port kembla services the growing south west sydney market. Step into our regions military past at the breakwater battery museum at port kembla. Check flight prices and hotel availability for your visit. The skyline of the southern nsw coastal town of port kembla will be forever changed when the iconic 198 metre copper smelter stack is brought down by explosives.
Port kembla is a suburb of wollongong 8 km south of the cbd and part of the illawarra region of new south wales. Port kembla is an industrial port about 4 km south of the center of wollongong. Port kemblas history is like a microcosm of australian society, and provided. Indeed for a community that now suffers from chronic unemployment it was a very obvious reminder of a productive, even heroic, past. Thousands watch port kembla copper stack demolition abc. Port kembla beach wollongong 2020 all you need to know. As the smoke clears, the illawarra is left with a brownfield site that. As australasias largest and most highly regarded copper tube, fittings and accessories supplier, mm kembla provides high quality products and unrivalled customer service to our customers throughout australasia, new. Streaker mars nine networks coverage of the port kembla. Bluescope has a long and proud history as an efficient, trusted and innovative steelmaker in the illawarra.
But if youre more interested in a giant chimney stack collapse, this is the video you want to watch. Port kembla chimney stack filmed on 1980 national wv3030n. Nov 27, 2012 four years after an application was lodged to remove port kemblas iconic 200mhigh copper chimney, debate continues about the best way to demolish the stack. Kembla copper the home of the famous kembla brands for. Watch as port kemblas iconic copper stack is demolished. The story of port kembla is the story of the big issues of australian history writ small on the lives of three generations of local people. Streaker mars nine networks coverage of the port kembla chimney. Although chimneys never held the absolute height record, they are among the tallest freestanding architectural structures and often hold national records as tallest freestanding or as overall tallest structure of a country.
With its long migration history accommodating waves of migrant workers and their families, port kembla is still one. Feb 20, 2014 port kembla residents cheered as the copper stack was demolished in a controlled explosion, bringing the 198metre chimney toppling to the ground. Boyd thompson remembers exactly where he was when he heard the news that jfk had been assassinated he was in the foundations of the port. The facility is primarily used for bulk and break bulk cargoes. When we strip these historic industrial places of their relevant monuments we are taking away something symbolic, and leaving behind a more generic display. A place to share photos of port kembla, old and new. Feb 21, 2014 the detonation and demolition of the 198 metre high port kembla copper smoke stack in australia. Mm kembla has been supplying copper products, including copper tube, copper fittings and copper accessories for over 100 years.
Historically the port has serviced the needs of regional industries, but in more recent years the port has diversified its trade to include general and break bulk cargoes, containers and motor vehicle imports, and grain exports. Available berth length of 360m with a varying depth alongside least being 10. Port kembla copper pkc submitted an application to the new south wales governments department of planning and infrastructure to have the stack demolished in 2008 an application. There was no natural harbour and the company constructed a jetty just north of red point naming it port kembla. A warning alarm was fitted to warn of high toxin levels. In 1883 the mount kembla coal and oil company built a railway from mount kembla mine to the coast to ship its coal. Stunning historical photos of the port kembla stack. The iconic port kembla copper stack has been demolished in front of thousands of people who gathered to watch the explosion. Port kembla hotels for 2020 free cancellation on select. The demolition of the port kembla copper stack has won final planning approval to proceed on february 20, 2014. The state government planning department has given final permission to remove the landmark, disused since 2003 but still a lingering reminder of the towns industrial foundations.
Demolition of the copper stack in port kembla on vimeo. The port kembla stack pins the coast firmly in place. Its been standing tall since 1965 but in only a few seconds the port kembla copper refinery chimney will fall in a highly technical operation on thursday. Conversely, the demolition of port kemblas stack highlights the. The sarp stack is the tallest concrete stack at ixom port kembla and is referred to as licensed discharge point 1 ldp1 on the sites epa license. Since the beginning of the industrial revolution, tall chimneys were built, at the beginning with bricks, and later also of concrete or steel. Diversification of the port facilities during the late1980s and since, has seen the port to include general and break bulk cargoes, containers and. This may be a couple of hundred metres shy of the worlds tallest chimney, located at the gres2 power station in kazakhstan, but the port kembla copper stack was still a recognisable feature of the new south wales suburbs skyline. The suburb comprises a seaport, industrial complex one of the largest in australia, a small harbour foreshore nature reserve, and a small commercial sector. Media in category port kembla, new south wales the following 39 files are in this category, out of 39 total. While the 205metre tall chimney stack on the site is considered an iconic landmark by some, it will be. And the chimney stack no longer looms over the town it was. And this was at a time when the clean air act and gas fired centralheating meant log and coal fires in homes were going out of fashion together with the need for chimneys and pots.
Four years after an application was lodged to remove port kemblas iconic 200mhigh copper chimney, debate continues about the best way to demolish the stack. As a child at lunchtime in the playground we would dare each other to throw our heads back far enough to look to the top and make it look as though it was swaying side to side and we would collapse on the ground, dizzy. A1 mobile auto care are professional, competent and experienced mechanics. The electrolytic refinery and smelting company of australia began production in 1908, predating the arrival of the. Book now your hotel in port kembla and pay later with expedia. Amateur photographers captured the mighty chimney in the orange light of the early hours, with. Feb 19, 2014 demolition of the copper chimney 198m in port kembla, australia. Feb 23, 2014 the skyline of the southern nsw coastal town of port kembla will be forever changed when the iconic 198 metre copper smelter stack is brought down by explosives.
The state government planning department has given final permission to remove the landmark, disused since 2003 but still a lingering reminder of the towns industrial foundations, and. Port kembla stack demolition, australia 20 feb 2014 youtube. The copper smelter was the first heavy industry established at port kembla. Viewers were only treated to one chimney stack as the man considerately. Port kembla was home to one of australias tallest industrial chimneys, a 198 metre tall chimney built in 1965. Opinion has been divided over the demolition of the stack. Farewell to the port kembla copper stack, an industrial icon. Postal address po box 195 port kembla nsw 2505 australia.
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