SURFACE

Birth of an industry

IN AN extract from an article appearing in the March 2016 edition of the <i>Australia's Mining Monthly</i> magazine, <b>John McIlwraith</b> tells of the enormity of the challenge faced.

Noel Dyson
Construction of the Pilbara iron ore facilities was extremely hands-on.

Construction of the Pilbara iron ore facilities was extremely hands-on.

In the first surge of growth 2000km of railway, three ports, four new towns and all the impedimenta of a modern society were built, at a speed modern engineers would envy. The upheaval it caused in the...

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