Here we go again,hope this ones better than yesterdays report which disappeared into obscurity..well it was kinda shite..
A brief history of Lavadero Roberto.It was opened in 1957 as part of the Portman mines and was the cleaning plant for the extracted minerals.Using sea water it pumped out 7,000 tons of oxide waste per day into the bay of Portman causing an ecological disaster that to this day still has affect on the area.It finally closed in 1988 after spewing an estimated 50 million tons of waste into the sea...disaster or what???
The site is huge so intended only covering a small part of it.I´d heard about the old shunter and wagons left on the tracks coming out of the mine and searched for them but to no avail,so decided to go on foot patrol.
Arriving at the site the temperature in the car read 32.5c and with a clear blue sky knew it was going to be hot work,especially when i saw all the steps i had to climb...this also convinced me to leave the main cleaning plant till another day.
On with the photos
Had to have a five minute fag break when i got to the top of here
This is inside,the minerals were then passed along belts to the cleaning plant,the bridge and other conveyer belts that used to pass over the road are sadly no longer there.
Back outside and more steps,looking down upon the plant.
Looking out over the bay,the dark foreground is where the residues were dumped
Signs that i might be on the right track in search of the shunter
First find..precauriously perched
A few more
and more
The boys over here must be slacking..leaving copper like this about!!!
Finally
Entrance to the Tunel Jose Marstre
Making my way back and the mist had cleared in the bay showing of the newly installed platform,the building in the foreground is the cleansing plant
and from what ive heard its huge inside.I think you could spend a couple of weeks if not more in this area and still not cover everything.
Thanks for looking
A brief history of Lavadero Roberto.It was opened in 1957 as part of the Portman mines and was the cleaning plant for the extracted minerals.Using sea water it pumped out 7,000 tons of oxide waste per day into the bay of Portman causing an ecological disaster that to this day still has affect on the area.It finally closed in 1988 after spewing an estimated 50 million tons of waste into the sea...disaster or what???
The site is huge so intended only covering a small part of it.I´d heard about the old shunter and wagons left on the tracks coming out of the mine and searched for them but to no avail,so decided to go on foot patrol.
Arriving at the site the temperature in the car read 32.5c and with a clear blue sky knew it was going to be hot work,especially when i saw all the steps i had to climb...this also convinced me to leave the main cleaning plant till another day.
On with the photos
Had to have a five minute fag break when i got to the top of here
This is inside,the minerals were then passed along belts to the cleaning plant,the bridge and other conveyer belts that used to pass over the road are sadly no longer there.
Back outside and more steps,looking down upon the plant.
Looking out over the bay,the dark foreground is where the residues were dumped
Signs that i might be on the right track in search of the shunter
First find..precauriously perched
A few more
and more
The boys over here must be slacking..leaving copper like this about!!!
Finally
Entrance to the Tunel Jose Marstre
Making my way back and the mist had cleared in the bay showing of the newly installed platform,the building in the foreground is the cleansing plant
and from what ive heard its huge inside.I think you could spend a couple of weeks if not more in this area and still not cover everything.
Thanks for looking
