| Bell Hill mill tramway | |
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 Johnson steam locomotive of Bell Hill mill tramway
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| Track gauge | 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) |
Bell Hill mill tramway was a bush tramway at Bell Hill in the Moana Region of the Grey District on the West Coast of New Zealand. The tramway with a track gauge of 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) was used in the 1910s.
History
The Bell Hill mill was owned by Brownlee and Company and opened in the second decade of the 20th century.[1] At times the mill closed down due to lack of water for the mill's boilers and for dampening down sawdust.[2][3] In 1947 the mill was threatened by fire.[4]
Locomotives
The Johnson locomotive was built in Invercargill in 1906.[5]
Timber mill workers on a 0-6-0 Johnson loco, Bell Hill mill, ca 1910
A sawmill at Bell Hill, possibly Jack Bros' Sawmill
Abandoned 0-4-0T Gibbons & Harris loco No 3 at Bell Hill
External links
Further literature
- Daniel Reese: Was It All Cricket? George Allen and Unwin Ltd, 1948, London.
References
- ↑ Orchard, John (1987). "A short history of sawmilling in the Nydia Bay Area". Journal of the Nelson and Marlborough Historical Societies. 2 (1) – via New Zealand Electronic Text Centre.
- ↑ "Local and general". Grey River Argus. 17 January 1928. p. 4. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
- ↑ "News in brief". Otago Daily Times. 21 January 1928. p. 24. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
- ↑ "Untitled". Press. 15 February 1947. p. 6. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
- ↑ Timber workers by a Johnson steam locomotive, West Coast. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. Reference Number: 1/2-058143-F.
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