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Bell Hill mill tramway

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Coordinates: 42°33′28″S 171°32′48″E / 42.557753°S 171.546746°E / -42.557753; 171.546746
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Bell Hill mill tramway
Johnson steam locomotive of Bell Hill mill tramway
Nyberg steam hauler, locomotive and workers
Technical
Track gauge3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)

Bell Hill mill tramway was a bush railway 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.

Locomotives

  • The Johnson locomotive was built in Invercargill in 1906.[1]
  • Timber mill workers on a 0-6-0 Johnson loco, Bell Hill mill, ca 1910
    Timber mill workers on a 0-6-0 Johnson loco, Bell Hill mill, ca 1910
  • A sawmill at Bell Hill, possibly Jack Bros' Sawmill
    A sawmill at Bell Hill, possibly Jack Bros' Sawmill
  • Abandoned 0-4-0T Gibbons & Harris loco No 3 at Bell Hill
    Abandoned 0-4-0T Gibbons & Harris loco No 3 at Bell Hill

Further Literature

References

  1. ^ Timber workers by a Johnson steam locomotive, West Coast. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. Reference Number: 1/2-058143-F.

42°33′28″S 171°32′48″E / 42.557753°S 171.546746°E / -42.557753; 171.546746

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