T181 Goods Crane South Windsor, New South Wales, Australia
By
Splitty Miller JJCC on 24-Jan-17. Waypoint GA9646
Cache Details
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| Type: | Virtual |
| Container: | Virtual |
| Coordinates: | S33° 36.796' E150° 48.624' (WGS 84) |
| 56H 296864E 6278573N (UTM) | |
| Elevation: | 19 m |
| Local Government Area: | Hawkesbury City |
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Description
Windsor Railway Station is of State Significance for its Heritage. Constructed in 1883 it is a fine example of a Victorian second-class station building. When the station was originally constructed it included a station goods yard, but unfortunately due to the removal of the majority of items associated with the goods yard, all that remains today is the goods crane.
The original 1880s goods crane can be seen affixed to an octagonal base made of concrete. The crane is a Class 1, 5 tonne hand crane and bears the number T181. Made of iron, the jib crane has a hook dropping from the end of a
single rotating arm.
In order to log this cache:
- Photograph the goods crane, preferably with your GPS in the photo
- Include in your comments the current condition of the marker
Hints
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Logs
This was next on our pre-dinner stroll aroind the area this evening. A nice quick visit at 17:25 and it was off for a wee tipple before continuing our journey. 
Everything looks in good condition.
Thanks Splitty Miller JJCC.
Everything looks in good condition.
Thanks Splitty Miller JJCC.
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Thanks for showing this crane is here. It's been awhile since I have been at Windsor Station. Crane is in good condition
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Picking up some caches during our brekkie stop at Windsor.
This was bigger than we were expecting, although it makes sense for it to be a decent size.
This was bigger than we were expecting, although it makes sense for it to be a decent size.
Grabbed a quick photo while here in town doing the Macquarie Towns AL. Interesting that there's an info board here describing Macquarie's towm planning efforts.
This is our local train station so we come past this quite regularly at its pride of place next to the commuters carpark. Love all these old pieces of history dotted around Windsor. The crane is in great condition and has been painted and well looked after. cheers
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This is the Goods crane on the Kingston pier on Norfolk Island
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Well like usual the GPS (old 1) came a little short again. Yep just over there – well I was on the other side of line & could see it clearly but no way over. I went on the other side (drove) & ended in side street that should have given me a good view but a big fence here so these photos will do - thanks
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#GA2263 - 10:40; When the States of the Nation game began, a plan was hatched for a group of ACT cachers to take a trip north to the Hawkesbury on a scavenger raid. As time passed the group's numbers dwindled, but with a bit of work solving puzzles and a few things rescheduled, our merry band comprising andrewbt, Sol de lune and I set off on a damp Canberra morning to try our hand. A recent visit to Canberra by cachers from this area provided an added incentive, so we could repay the karma points we gained from their visit. A successful day it turned out to be with 56 finds and only three DNFs. The carpark took a bit of work to find, but we managed to get there and to locate the crane, which did stand out a bit. TFTC Splitty Miller JJCC 
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Headed up to the Wilberforce area with Luckyl10n and AndrewBT to grab a few of the GCA caches in the area. Great to check out some of the historical things in the area and we soon found ourselves checking out this Crane. No problems getting a park today and the required photo was soon grabbed. Had a read of the plaque and were soon on our way again.
Thanks for showing us the area Splitty Miller JJCC....
Thanks for showing us the area Splitty Miller JJCC....
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2nd of 55 today with SDL and LuckyL10n!
Bit of a detour trying to find GZ, but got there in the end. TFTV SM!
Bit of a detour trying to find GZ, but got there in the end. TFTV SM!
I came for this one some time back in the midst of one of the GA games, but forgot to log it...so a quick turn off today to get a new photo. Funny, the last known person I saw before this was the CO and her kids walking down towards Tizzana's. See ya next week at the CITO.
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A short detour before refereeing for a nice piece of history.
The marker is fairly hard to read.
TFTC.
The marker is fairly hard to read.
TFTC.
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Took a pick while out for the Summer Scavenger
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I was commuting by train when this car park was built and then this goods crane re-installed. It was able to be spun around but when it was determined that the boom arm could be used as a ladder to the roof of station buildings it was welded in its current position.
A nice little piece of railway history in the area. tftc
A nice little piece of railway history in the area. tftc
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Great piece of local history...a little bit of grease and maybe a ciat of paint and sge'll be good to go. Thanks for the virtual JJCC
