Leigh Creek Coalfield (1947)

Leigh Creek Coalfield (1947) GRG7/77/18
Courtesy of the South Australian Tourism Commission
9 minutes / 16mm film / colour / silent
This film comes from a series of motion picture films commissioned or obtained by the Tourist Bureau and its successors for publicity purposes. Copyright all rights reserved.
Shows the new powerhouse at Leigh Creek and the methods of obtaining coal from the open cut.

[@kendokunti]

great footage!

[@RangaTurk]

1:25 With a seam of coal forty foot thick and half a mile long you will hit resource depletion in no time. Consider how much a block of coal the size of a speedboat is worth and how long does it take to burn at a conventional 1920s - 1950s era Australian power station.

[@raymondwelsh6028]

Sad to say, all abandoned now with years of coal left. Save the world, burn a greenie.🇦🇺