Bell Hill mill tramway
| 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
[edit]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
[edit]The Johnson locomotive was built in Invercargill in 1906.[5]
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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
[edit]- Lake Brunner Sawmilling Coy's Mill at Bell Hill
- "Barclay" bush train, Lake Brunner sawmill, 1960
- Bush loco crash, Jack Bros., tram
- Log hauling tramway from Lake Haupiri to Bell Hill mill
- Roads
- Brownlies Band Mill at Bell Hill
Further literature
[edit]- Daniel Reese: Was It All Cricket? George Allen and Unwin Ltd, 1948, London.
References
[edit]- ^ 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.