User:Tabletop/MB Tram
The Moreton Bay Tramroad Company was a private enterprise attempt to establish railways in the new colony of Queensland. It was still born.
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]
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.
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. [3]
- April - An early mention of the constructing firm of Moreton, Peto and Brassey. [4]
- November - An advertisements for the company's propectus in a Sydney newpaper. [5]
- November - An advertisement for the company's prospectus in a Brisbane paper. [6]
1861[edit]
1862[edit]
- April - coal deposits reported next to the proposed route. [7]
1863[edit]
- Insolvent Court [10]
- 9 May - the Government Railways Bill repeals the Tramway Act, except for court actions already in action. [11]
1865[edit]
- 29 March 1865 - three large shareholder in Supreme Court for not paying calls on contributing shares. [12]
References[edit]
- ^ "Advertising". The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956). Melbourne, Vic.: National Library of Australia. 11 April 1862. p. 3. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
- ^ "Advertising". The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956). Melbourne, Vic.: National Library of Australia. 11 April 1862. p. 3. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
- ^ "Classified Advertising". The Moreton Bay Courier (Brisbane, Qld. : 1846 - 1861). Brisbane, Qld.: National Library of Australia. 17 April 1860. p. 3. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
- ^ "COLONIAL PARLIAMENT". The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954). NSW: National Library of Australia. 25 April 1860. p. 5. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
- ^ "SYDNEY NEWS". The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843 - 1893). NSW: National Library of Australia. 8 November 1860. p. 3. Retrieved 6 September 2012.
- ^ "Classified Advertising". The Moreton Bay Courier (Brisbane, Qld. : 1846 - 1861). Brisbane, Qld.: National Library of Australia. 10 November 1860. p. 1. Retrieved 6 September 2012.
- ^ "Advertising". The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956). Melbourne, Vic.: National Library of Australia. 5 April 1862. p. 3. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
- ^ "LATEST INTELLIGENCE". North Australian and Queensland General Advertiser (Ipswich, Qld. : 1862 - 1863). 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. : 1862 - 1863). Ipswich, Qld.: National Library of Australia. 29 May 1862. p. 2. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
- ^ "QUEENSLAND". The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954). Hobart, Tas.: National Library of Australia. 2 January 1863. p. 3. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
- ^ "THE GOVERNMENT RAILWAY BILL". The Courier (Brisbane, Qld. : 1861 - 1864). Brisbane, Qld.: National Library of Australia. 9 May 1863. p. 3. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
- ^ "QUEENSLAND". The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954). Hobart, Tas.: National Library of Australia. 29 March 1865. p. 3. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
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