Adolphus William Copper Smelter, Heritage-listed copper smelter in Westwood, Australia
The Adolphus William Copper Smelter features an intact brick chimney stack, multiple collapsed furnaces, and a slag heap spread across the industrial site.
The Scottish Australian Mining Company established this copper processing facility between 1874 and 1876, during Queensland's copper mining expansion period.
The smelter represents early industrial development in central Queensland, with its reverberatory furnace technology and imported Scottish firebricks demonstrating period construction methods.
Located 45 kilometers southwest of Rockhampton, the former industrial site requires careful navigation due to structural remnants and environmental conditions.
The facility produced 203 long tons of copper before closing, making it one of three surviving reverberatory furnace smelters in central Queensland.
Location: Queensland
GPS coordinates: -23.76180,150.30460
Latest update: March 9, 2025 14:37
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