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Balmain Colliery
Mine in Birchgrove, Inner western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Balmain Colliery was a coal mine located in Birchgrove in the inner-west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It produced coal from 1897 until 1931 and natural gas from 1937 to 1950.[1] At approximately 800 metres (2,600 ft) in depth, it remains the deepest coal mine ever to have been sunk in Australia.[2]
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Location in greater Sydney | |
Location | Birchgrove, Inner western Sydney |
State | New South Wales |
Country | Australia |
Coordinates | 33°51′09″S 151°10′40″E |
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Greatest depth | 2,900 feet (880 m) |
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Opened | 1897 (1897) |
Closed | 1945 (1945) |
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