Iron Ore Seam signs

Photograph published in 1965 showing the signs at Green Springs Highway

The Iron Ore Seam signs were metal signs donated by Erskine Ramsey to highlight the exposed Red Mountain iron ore seam visible where Montgomery Highway crosses at Lone Pine Gap below Vulcan Park and where Green Springs Highway crosses at Walker's Gap in Glen Iris.

The signs were installed on November 8, 1949. The cast white-enameled signs have a black border and raised black letters reading "THIS RED MOUNTAIN IRON ORE IS BASIS OF BIRMINGHAM'S IRON-STEEL INDUSTRY" with "DONATED BY: ERSKINE RAMSAY, 1949" in smaller print at the bottom.

The descriptive sign was accompanied by two tags mounted parallel with the rock layers indicating the "TOP OF SEAM" and "BOTTOM OF SEAM".

External links

• Red Mountain Iron Ore at readtheplaque.com
• Photograph of an Iron Ore Seam sign by Flickr user CDjunkie