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I have some mixed emotions about the stack. It was both an eyesore and an icon; and it has been there as long as I can remember so has been part of my life. Personally, if we were to remove some eyesores around here it would be the communication towers on Mt Keira and Brokers Nose (I grew up in Tarrawanna). We shouldn't forget that the function of the stack was to trade acute pollution near the smelter for more diffuse pollution throughout the southern suburbs. They built a 200m 7000t structure rather than install efficient pollution traps.
The official line from the company is that it has concrete cancer and it would cost some millions to fix. Many people wanted to preserve it and find an alternate use but none were economically viable. As it is the stack site and some adjacent former industrial sites, located rather nicely near the crest of the hill, can now be redeveloped. Not sure if anyone knows as what, I don't - but then I'm not at The Table of Knowledge.
I've attached some shots. As I thought, my camera's buffer filled just at the wrong moment. More to follow.
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