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DSC_4182 The Stack, Port Pirie Smelters, South Australia

Port Pirie was founded in 1845 and is the site of the southern hemisphere's largest lead smelter. Smelting began in the 1880s to process ore from Broken Hill, NSW. It also produces refined silver, zinc, copper and gold.

 

The Stack, which can be seen kilometers away, is 205 metres tall, and is the tallest structure in South Australia.

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Uploaded on January 31, 2016
Taken on December 27, 2015