| 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. At times the mill closed down due to lack of water for the mill's boilers and for dampening down sawdust. In 1947 the mill was threatened by fire.
Locomotives
The Johnson locomotive was built in Invercargill in 1906.
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Timber mill workers on a 0-6-0 Johnson loco, Bell Hill mill, ca 1910
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A sawmill at Bell Hill, possibly Jack Bros' Sawmill
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Abandoned 0-4-0T Gibbons & Harris loco No 3 at Bell Hill
External links
- 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
- 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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