| LOCATION |
| Map |
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| Address |
22 Callington Road CALLINGTON |
| Locality |
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| Accuracy |
H - high level confidence |
| Council Area |
Mount Barker Council |
| Polygon Type |
P - parcel (from DCDB) |
| DESCRIPTION |
| Details (Known As) |
Former Callington Smelting Works |
| Registered Name |
Former Callington Smelting Works |
| Significance |
The former Callington Smelting Works is a rare surviving example of a nineteenth century smelting works. The copper industry was significant to the industrial, economic and social development of South Australia in the nineteenth century, and smelting played a crucial role in the industry's economic viability. Nineteenth century copper smelting employed the dominant Welsh Process, a multi-stage smelting operation that called for specialised masonry reverberatory furnaces at each stage.
The former Callington Smelting Works is the only surviving smelting works known to demonstrate more than one stage of the Welsh Process through its extant physical fabric. The former Callington Smelting Works is also one of three known sites in South Australia with intact Welsh reverberatory furnaces, namely two calciners and two smelting furnaces comprised of foundations and lower structure. The reverberatory smelting furnace ruins at Callington are the only known to remain partially intact in South Australia. |
| Subject Index |
Mining and mineral processing - Smelter |
| Class |
State |
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| STATUS |
| Status Code |
REG - Confirmed as a State Heritage Place in the SA Heritage Register |
| Status Date |
18-AUG-2022 |
| REFERENCE |
| LGA |
Mount Barker |
| State Heritage ID |
26515 |
| Heritage Number |
28123 |
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| SECTION 16 INFORMATION |
| Section 16 |
b - it has rare, uncommon or endangered qualities that are of cultural significance
c - it may yield information that will contribute to an understanding of the State's history, including its natural history
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| PLAN PARCEL & TITLE |
| As listed in the SA Heritage Register |
| Plan Parcel & Title Information |
CT 5398/700 D28328 A15,CT 5522/495 F160755 A16 |