Editing Slurry pipeline (section)

==History==
Early modern slurry pipelines include The Ohio 'Consolidation' coal slurry pipeline (1957) and the Kensworth to Rugby limestone slurry pipeline (1965) <ref>B.E.A. Jacobs (1991) Design of Slurry Transport Systems pp285-6</ref>

The 85&nbsp;km Savage River Slurry pipeline in [[Tasmania]], [[Australia]], was possibly the world's first slurry pipeline to transport iron ore when it was built in 1967. It includes a 366m bridge span at  167m above the Savage River. It carries iron ore slurry from the [[Savage River, Tasmania|Savage River]] open cut mine owned by Australian Bulk Minerals and was still operational as of 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pipeliner.com.au/news/the_savage_river_slurry_pipeline/054155/|access-date=2011-05-07|title=The Savage River Slurry Pipeline - The Australian Pipeliner|date=January 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110518235759/http://pipeliner.com.au/news/the_savage_river_slurry_pipeline/054155/|archive-date=2011-05-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.highestbridges.com/wiki/index.php?title=Savage_River_Pipeline_Bridge|title=Savage River Pipeline Bridge - Highestbridges.com|access-date=2011-05-07|date=2009-12-17}}</ref>