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Morphett's Enginehouse Museum - SA

Morphett's Enginehouse

The size of the Engines were just massive

Old Cornish Boiler once used to generate steam for the Enginehouse and Winding House

The Restored Morphett's Enginehouse

Looking over the Monster Mine site from the Balcony of the Enginehouse

Showing the size where the 80" Cornish engine once occupied the building

Sign near the Enginehouse

Morphett's Winding House

Morphett's Enginehouse

Mine

Position

DEG: -33.681389 138.928299

DMS: 33º 40' 53" S 138º 55' 41.88" E

UTM: 54 H 6271244mN 307955mE

Altitude: 512.39m

Place Type

Infrastructure - Mine

Location

141.65kms North of Adelaide - Driving 162 km (2 hours 6 mins)
712.6kms NorthWest of Melbourne - Driving 875 km (9 hours 10 mins)

Address & Contact

Burra

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Information

Morphett's Enginehouse was built in 1858 by Cornish Stonemasons, Thomas Paynter and Ambrose Harris for housing an 80" diameter Cornish atmospheric engine. The imported engine from Cornwall was transported from Adelaide to Burra on a purpose built jinker. It commenced pumping in 1860 and ceased in 1877 and in 1916 the disused beam engine was removed for scrap. In 1925 when youths were smoking out rabbits from the disused building, the fire got out of hand and destroyed the enginehouse and shaft timbers.

In 1986 as part of the South Australian Jubilee 150 project, the enginehouse and was reconstructed and the shaft retimbered. Alongside of the Morphett's Enginehouse are the ruins of the Morphett's Winding House that was erected in 1861.

PlaceID	102387

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Weather

Closest Weather Station

Clare at 01/11:00pm CST

Distance from Morphett's Enginehouse Museum 34.7km SW

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
20.8°C	17.2°C	40%	6.7°C	1014.4hPa	0.0mm	N	15km/hr 8knots	30km/hr 16knots

Closest Climatic Station

Clare High School

Distance from Morphett's Enginehouse Museum 34.7km SW

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	30.3	29.9	25.9	21.6	17.1	13.5	12.8	14.2	17.3	20.4	24.9	27.3
Mean Min. °C	14.7	15.0	12.0	8.9	6.3	4.9	4.0	4.4	6.1	7.8	10.9	12.4
Mean Rain mm	18.3	23.5	27.3	32.8	51.3	65.7	66.1	64.7	59.1	50.2	38.5	37.4