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Charming Creek Tramway
The Charming Creek Tramway was a long private bush tramway at Ngakawau in Buller District on the West Coast, New Zealand, West Coast in New Zealand.Jackie Breen and Amy Findlater''Charming Creek Tramway: milling, mining, walkway — a history.''A report prepared for the Buller Kawatiri Area Office. Retrieved on 9 August 2018. It was used from 1903 or 1905 to 1958. Location The logging railway with a gauge of 1067 mm (3-foot 6inch) was used to bring timber from the bush in the Charming Creek Valley to Watson's Mill and from there to Ngakawau railway station of New Zealand Railways Department, New Zealand Government Railways (NZR). Later, the line was also used to transport coal from the Charming Creek Coal Mine to the coal bins near Ngakawau for reloading it into NZR wagons. History Logging railway The brothers George and Robert Watson commissioned the new Watson's Mill at Ngakawau in 1903 or 1905, after their Granity Creek Sawmill had burned down to the ground un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ngakawau
Hector and Ngakawau are two lightly populated settlements located at the mouth of the Ngakawau River in the West Coast region of New Zealand. Both settlements are situated on State Highway 67 between Westport and Karamea. Despite a low population, many of the workers at New Zealand's largest open-cut coal mine at Stockton choose to live at these places and shuttles frequently operate between the two places. Hector Hector sits on the northern side of the Ngakawau River's mouth, and is the more populous of the two settlements. Hector has adopted the endangered Hector's dolphin as a town icon and is involved in Department of Conservation projects to protect the dolphin. The dolphins often play just offshore from Hector and attract visitors. Another local attraction is a country music museum. Ngakawau Ngakawau, the more economically important of the two settlements, stands on the southern side of the mouth of the Ngakawau River. Ngakawau serves as the terminus of the Ngakawau Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
