Mining works on Towers Hill

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Mining works on Towers Hill is a heritage-listed group of mining ruins at Towers Hill, Charters Towers, Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia. They were built from 1872 to 1940s. They are individually known as Pyrites Works, Rainbow Battery, and Towers Chlorination Works. They were added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 29 April 2003. ()

Coordinates: 20°5'21"S, 146°15'7"E

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Mining works on Towers Hill – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Pollard's Store, Ambulance Building, Bartlam's Store, Charters Towers Central State School.

1 miN
Shopping, Department store
Pollard's Store, Charters Towers
25 min walk • Pollard's Store is a heritage-listed department store at 18 Gill Street, Charters Towers City, Charters Towers, Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia. It was built from c. 1909 to 1930s. It was also known as Daking-Smith & Company and Fossey's Store.
1.3 miNE
Museum
Ambulance Building, Charters Towers
33 min walk • Ambulance Building is a heritage-listed former ambulance station and now museum at 157 Gill Street, Charters Towers City, Charters Towers, Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Walter Hunt and built in 1903 by Arthur Reid and James Walker. It is also known as Ambulance Building.
1.1 miN
History museum, Museum
Bartlam's Store, Charters Towers
30 min walk • Bartlam's Store is a heritage-listed former pair of shops and now museum at Mosman Street, Charters Towers City, Charters Towers, Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia. It was built from c. 1891 to 1940s. It is also known as Burns Philp & Company Limited and Wright Heaton & Company.
1 miNE
Tower
Charters Towers Central State School, Charters Towers
27 min walk • Charters Towers Central State School is a heritage-listed state school at 39-47 High Street, Charters Towers City, Charters Towers, Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Queensland Department of Public Works and built in 1900 by Benjamin Toll.
1 miN
Tower, Historical place
Charters Towers Stock Exchange Arcade, Charters Towers
25 min walk • Charters Towers Stock Exchange Arcade is a heritage-listed shopping arcade at 76 Mosman Street, Charters Towers City, Charters Towers, Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia.
0.9 miN
Tower, History museum, Museum
Lyall's Jewellery Shop, Charters Towers
25 min walk • Lyall's Jewellery Shop is a heritage-listed shop at 90 Mosman Street, Charters Towers City, Charters Towers, Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia. It was built in 1897. It is also known as Charters Towers & Dalrymple Historical Society Folk Museum. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.
1.3 miNE
Park, Memorial
Boer War Veterans Memorial Kiosk and Lissner Park, Charters Towers
34 min walk • Boer War Veterans Memorial Kiosk and Lissner Park is a heritage-listed memorial at Bridge Street, Charters Towers City, Charters Towers, Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1883 to 1988. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.
0.9 miNE
Tower
Charters Towers mine shafts, Charters Towers
22 min walk • Charters Towers mine shafts are a heritage-listed group of mine shafts and ruins at Charters Towers, Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1883 to 1916. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 29 April 2003.
1 miN
Tower
Charters Towers Post Office, Charters Towers
26 min walk • Charters Towers Post Office is a heritage-listed post office at 17 Gill Street, Charters Towers City, Charters Towers, Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia. It was added to the Australian Commonwealth Heritage List on 8 November 2011.
1 miNE
Tower
Charters Towers Courthouse, Charters Towers
25 min walk • Charters Towers Courthouse is a heritage-listed courthouse at 28 Hodgkinson Street, Charters Towers City, Charters Towers, Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by John James Clark and built in 1886 by Charles Miller. It is also known as Charters Towers Courthouse.
1 miNE
Library
Charters Towers Excelsior Library, Charters Towers
27 min walk • Charters Towers Excelsior Library is the local library at 130-132 Gill Street, Charters Towers City, Charters Towers in North Queensland, Australia. The building is a reconstruction of the original Excelsior Hotel which burned down in 1995.

Mining works on Towers Hill

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Mining works on Towers Hill – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)