Comstock Tram
Comstock Tram refers to three different tramways in the West Coast Tasmania, Australia
Zeehan
[edit]The Zeehan Comstock Tram - at Zeehan that ran between Zeehan railway station and Comstock south of the Trial Harbour Road. Originally known as Grubb's Tramway and later Col North line, it was rebuilt by the Tasmanian Government Railways and opened on 6 March 1902.[1][2][3]
Mount Lyell - western side
[edit]The Mount Lyell Comstock Tram - at Mount Lyell was a tramway from the main area of the Mount Lyell mine works, up the west side of Mount Lyell to the Comstock mine.[4][5]
Mount Lyell - southern, eastern and northern side
[edit]The never completed Comstock Tram formation cut around the perimeter of Mount Lyell between North Lyell and Comstock on the northern side.
Notes
[edit]- ^ p.11 and ref number 59 - Whitham, Lindsay Shield; Tasmanian Historical Research Association (2002), Railways, mines, pubs and people : and other historical research, Tasmanian Historical Research Association, ISBN 978-0-909479-21-3
- ^ "COMSTOCK TRAMWAY". Zeehan and Dundas Herald. Vol. XI, no. 228. Tasmania, Australia. 8 July 1901. p. 4. Retrieved 4 June 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Public Works Committee". Zeehan and Dundas Herald. Vol. XXXI, no. 161. Tasmania, Australia. 23 April 1920. p. 2. Retrieved 4 June 2016 – via National Library of Australia. further details can be found in Whitham's chapter titled Where Four Roads Meet pp.46-65, regarding the fate of the Heemskirk field and the demise of the tram
- ^ "LYELL". Zeehan and Dundas Herald. Vol. XXIV, no. 149. Tasmania, Australia. 8 April 1913. p. 4. Retrieved 4 June 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "LYELL". Zeehan and Dundas Herald. Vol. XXX, no. 35. Tasmania, Australia. 22 November 1918. p. 4. Retrieved 4 June 2016 – via National Library of Australia.