Morphetts Enginehouse and the Cornish beam engine, Burra Mine, South Australia : a guide to the museum and interpretive display / compiled by Greg Drew.
This is a guide to the museum and interpretive display at Burra Mine, South Australia.
Morphetts enginehouse originally housed an 80- inch Cornish beam pumping engine, which raised up to three million gallons of water per day from the mine, via the adjacent shaft. It was built in 1858 by two Cornish stonemasons,. Ambrose Harris and Thomas Paynter, and named after John Morphett, a prominent early South Australian and director of the South Australian Mining Association from 1854 to 1861.
Ambrose Harris arrived in South Australia in the ship 'Sultana' on August 8, 1851, and proceeded direct to the Burra, where he was engaged as a mason at the Burra mine, and assisted in the erection of the engine houses.
Local notes
Morphetts enginehouse originally housed an 80- inch Cornish beam pumping engine, which raised up to three million gallons of water per day from the mine, via the adjacent shaft. It was built in 1858 by two Cornish stonemasons,. Ambrose Harris and Thomas Paynter, and named after John Morphett, a prominent early South Australian and director of the South Australian Mining Association from 1854 to 1861.
Ambrose Harris arrived in South Australia in the ship 'Sultana' on August 8, 1851, and proceeded direct to the Burra, where he was engaged as a mason at the Burra mine, and assisted in the erection of the engine houses.