Moreton Bay Tramway Company
The Moreton Bay Tramroad Company was a private enterprise attempt to establish railways in the new colony of Queensland. It was stillborn.
People
[edit]- Coote,
- Stephens,
- Buckley.
- Abraham Fitzgibbon engineer, who was assistant to William Doyne on the Dun Mountain Tramway in Nelson, New Zealand.
Land Grant Railway
[edit]It had been proposed to fund it as a Land Grant Railway.[1]
Horse power
[edit]The tramway was intended to be operated by horses.[2]
Characteristics
[edit]Gradients
[edit]The later railway along the route of the tramway has ruling gradients of 1 in 50. This might be rather steep for horse operation, unless unloaded in uphill direction.
Rails
[edit]The line was originally to use 35 pounds per yard (17 kg/m) rail.
Nomenclature
[edit]The Tramway company is sometimes called a Tramroad.
Timeline
[edit]1859
[edit]- Queensland separated from New South Wales on 6 June 1859. Some very preliminary railway plans had been prepared by the New South Wales Government which were handed over to the new Queensland Government.
1860
[edit]- April – An early mention in a political platform of the need for railways or tramways in Queensland.[4]
- April – An early mention of the constructing firm of Moreton, Peto and Brassey.[5]
- November – An advertisement for the company's prospectus in a Sydney newspaper.[6]
- November – An advertisement for the company's prospectus in a Brisbane paper.[7]
1861
[edit]1862
[edit]- April – coal deposits reported next to the proposed route.[8]
- 29 May – Tramway assets taken over by Government.[9][10]
1863
[edit]- Insolvent Court[11]
- 9 May – the Government Railways Bill repeals the Tramway Act, except for court actions already in action.[12]
- 20 August – Railway Bill in parliament[13]
1865
[edit]- 29 March 1865 – three large shareholder taken to Supreme Court for not paying calls on contributing shares.[14]
The three are:
- Coote,
- Stephens,
- Buckley.
References
[edit]- ^ "Advertising". The Argus. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 11 April 1862. p. 3. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
- ^ "Advertising". The Argus. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 11 April 1862. p. 3. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
- ^ "The Courier". The Courier (Brisbane). Vol. XVIII, no. 1826. Queensland, Australia. 31 December 1863. p. 2. Retrieved 30 March 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Classified Advertising". The Moreton Bay Courier. Brisbane: National Library of Australia. 17 April 1860. p. 3. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
- ^ "Colonial Parliament". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 25 April 1860. p. 5. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
- ^ "Sydney News". The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser. NSW: National Library of Australia. 8 November 1860. p. 3. Retrieved 6 September 2012.
- ^ "Classified Advertising". The Moreton Bay Courier. Brisbane: National Library of Australia. 10 November 1860. p. 1. Retrieved 6 September 2012.
- ^ "Advertising". The Argus. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 5 April 1862. p. 3. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
- ^ "Latest Intelligence". North Australian and Queensland General Advertiser. Ipswich, Qld.: National Library of Australia. 29 May 1862. p. 2. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
- ^ "Latest Intelligence". North Australian and Queensland General Advertiser. Ipswich, Qld.: National Library of Australia. 29 May 1862. p. 2. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
- ^ "Queensland". The Mercury. Hobart, Tas.: National Library of Australia. 2 January 1863. p. 3. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
- ^ "The Government Railway Bill". The Courier (Brisbane). Brisbane: National Library of Australia. 9 May 1863. p. 3. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
- ^ "The Railway Bill". The Darling Downs Gazette and General Advertiser. Toowoomba, Qld.: National Library of Australia. 20 August 1863. p. 2. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
- ^ "Queensland". The Mercury. Hobart, Tas.: National Library of Australia. 29 March 1865. p. 3. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
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