点评:Unbelievable! So utterly beautiful and then add in the historical interest as well. The Heritage listed ruins of the Reefer Battery located in a beautiful gorge on the Adelong Creek are the most enduring of the 15 ore crushing plants known to have served the Adelong miners.
The Reefer Battery, which dates back to 1869 , was built by Scottish partners David Wilson and William Ritchie to process gold ore mined in the hills above the ruins and in the wider district. Adelong Creek provided the power to drive the water wheels and gravity was used to feed the ore through the mill.
Alluvial gold was first discovered in the Adelong district in 1852 and was followed by the the discovery of reef gold in 1857. Reef mining ebbed and flowed until 1940. It's been over 80 years since the area was mined and it's hard to imagine what it would have been like with men and women working the site. The sounds of the machinery, picks, people calling to one another, whistling or singing whilst they worked... are long gone and now you hear birds chattering to one another here and the burble of the water.
There is a viewing deck if you have accessibility issues and there are oodles of information boards, but if you have the ability, make the trip down to the bottom and walk around the site... you will not be disappointed.
On my recent road trip, this was a highlight for me! I loved it. If you are driving here, it's easy to find and there is a carpark at the site ( not formalised, but very well kept).
翻译:难以置信!非常美丽,而且还增添了历史意义。被列入遗产名录的冷藏电池遗址位于阿德隆溪美丽的峡谷中,是已知为阿德隆矿工服务的 15 座矿石破碎厂中最持久的一座。
冷藏电池 (Reefer Battery) 的历史可以追溯到 1869 年,由苏格兰合作伙伴戴维·威尔逊 (David Wilson) 和威廉·里奇 (William Ritchie) 建造,用于加工在废墟上方的山丘和更广泛的地区开采的金矿石。阿德隆溪提供驱动水轮的动力,并利用重力将矿石送入磨机。
1852 年,阿德隆地区首次发现了冲积金,随后于 1857 年发现了礁石金。直到 1940 年,礁石开采才起起伏伏。该地区开采已经有 80 多年了,很难想象它会带来什么。就像在该网站工作的男人和女人一样。机器、镐、人们工作时互相呼唤、吹口哨或唱歌的声音……早已消失,现在你可以听到鸟儿互相叽叽喳喳的声音和水流的潺潺声。
如果您有无障碍问题,这里有一个观景台,并且有大量的信息板,但如果您有能力,可以下到底部并在遗址周围走走……您不会失望的。
在我最近的公路旅行中,这对我来说是一个亮点!我爱它。如果您开车来这里,很容易找到,并且现场有一个停车场(不是正规的,但维护得很好)。