Mechanical Buildings

Mechanical Buildings is a historic site in Copper Coast, South Australia. Mechanical Buildings is situated nearby to the museum Hughes Pump House-National Trust, as well as near the ruins Stables.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Wheal Hughes and Moonta Cemetery.

Wheal Hughes

Museum

Photo: Fairv8, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Wheal Hughes was a copper mine in the 19th century, but is now a tourist attraction at Cross Roads, near Moonta, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia. The mine is named after Walter Watson Hughes a Scottish sea captain who had emigrated to South Australia in 1840 and purchased land in the vicinity of Moonta for keeping sheep. Wheal Hughes is situated 3 km north of Mechanical Buildings.

Moonta Cemetery

Cemetery

The Moonta Cemetery in Moonta, South Australia was established under the Moonta Cemetery Trust in May 1866. Burials had occurred prior to that, with the town having been surveyed and land sold in March 1863. Moonta Cemetery is situated 2½ km west of Mechanical Buildings.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Moonta and Moonta Bay.

Moonta

Photo: Mattinbgn, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Moonta is a town on the Yorke Peninsula of South Australia, 166 km north-northwest of the state capital of Adelaide. It is one of three towns known as the Copper Coast or "Little Cornwall" for their shared copper mining history.

Moonta Bay

Suburb

Photo: Davidcronk, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Moonta Bay is located in the Copper Coast region of Northern Yorke Peninsula South Australia, adjacent to the historic town of Moonta and Port Hughes. Moonta Bay is situated 5 km northwest of Mechanical Buildings.

Port Hughes

Photo: Davidcronk, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Port Hughes is a coastal town of 600 people on the western side of Yorke Peninsula. It is a popular tourist destination, and the towns of Moonta Bay and Moonta are nearby.

Mechanical Buildings

Type: Historic site
Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
Location: Copper Coast, South Australia, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude

-34.08026° or 34° 4′ 49″ south

Longitude

137.61153° or 137° 36′ 42″ east

Open location code

4QQVWJ96+VJ

OpenStreetMap ID

node 13505560609

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=yes

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Hughes Pump House-National Trust and Stables.

Nearby Places

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