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North Mount Lyell Railway
The North Mount Lyell Railway was built to operate between the North Mount Lyell mine in West Coast, Tasmania, West Coast Tasmania and Pillinger, Tasmania, Pillinger in the Kelly Basin of Macquarie Harbour. History At the start of the Twentieth century it was constructed to take ore from Gormanston, Tasmania, Gormanston east of the West Coast Range to the Crotty, Tasmania, Crotty smelters. From there it was be shipped out at Kelly Basin. The North Mount Lyell Railway had exceptionally easy grades compared to its competitor the Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company which ran its Abt rack system railway through very steep grades from Queenstown, Tasmania, Queenstown to Regatta Point, Tasmania, Regatta Point. Design challenge The railway route ran across a belt of karst terrain in the area near the current Darwin Dam – and the engineers of the 1890s were possibly the first in Australia to have designed for the possibility of sinkholes when planning the route. Operation The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Mount Lyell Railway Avonside 4-6-0 No
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The Banner (Tasmania)
A banner is a symbol-bearing flag. Banner may also refer to: Places United States * Banner, California, San Diego County, an unincorporated community * Banner, Illinois, a village * Banner, Kentucky, an unincorporated community * Banner, Missouri, an unincorporated community * Banner, Mississippi, an unincorporated community * Banner, Ohio, an unincorporated community * Banner, Virginia, an unincorporated community * Banner, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community * Banner, Wyoming, an unincorporated community * Banner County, Nebraska * Banner Township (other) * Banner Mountain, California * Banner Peak, California Elsewhere * Banner (administrative division), found in Asia * Banner (Inner Mongolia), administrative division * Banner, a community in the township of Zorra, Ontario, Canada Surname * Banner (surname), a list of people and fictional characters In publishing * Banner (newspaper), a list of newspapers * Banner (publishing), a newspaper's logo * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darwin, Tasmania
*''See also the Australian federal electoral Division of Darwin (1903–1955) for the electoral division now known as Division of Braddon'' Darwin was a surveyed and short-lived community at the eastern side of Mount Darwin on the West Coast Range. It was the location of a stopping place on the North Mount Lyell Railway which ran between Pillinger and Gormanston. Its post office opened on 21 February 1900 and closed in 1903. It was the location of the first discoveries of Darwin Glass during the construction of the railway, and the subsequent work to locate and identify the Darwin Crater some 60 years later. Related railway stopping places * Gormanston railway station (existed on branch from Linda 1900–1903 only) * Linda Linda may refer to: As a name * Linda (given name), a female given name (including a list of people and fictional characters so named) * Linda (singer) (born 1977), stage name of Svetlana Geiman, a Russian singer * Anita Linda (born Alice Lake i ... ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hydro Tasmania
Hydro Tasmania, known for most of its history as the Hydro-Electric Commission (HEC) or The Hydro, is the trading name of the Hydro-Electric Corporation, a Tasmanian Government business enterprise which is the predominant electricity generator in the state of Tasmania, Australia. The Hydro was originally oriented towards hydro-electricity, due to Tasmania's dramatic topography and relatively high rainfall in the central and western parts of the state. Today Hydro Tasmania operates thirty hydro-electric and one gas power station, and is a joint owner in three wind farms. The Minister for Energy, currently the Hon. Guy Barnett MP, has portfolio responsibility for Hydro Tasmania. Hydro Tasmania operates under the ''Government Business Enterprises (GBE) Act'' 1995 and the ''Hydro-Electric Corporation Act'' 1995, and has a reporting requirement to the Treasurer of Tasmania, currently the Hon. Michael Ferguson (Australian politician) MP. Hydro Tasmania was projected to pay the Tasma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Burbury
Lake Burbury is a man-made water reservoir created by the Crotty Dam inundating the upper King River valley that lies east of the West Coast Range. Discharge from the reservoir feeds the John Butters Hydroelectric Power Station, owned and operated by Hydro Tasmania. The reservoir was named in honour of Stanley Burbury, a former Governor of Tasmania. Water source The lake is fed mainly by rivers from the north, including the upper King River, and the Eldon River. Valleys that open to the area include the Linda Valley. It also has a natural lake just north of its northern shore known as Lake Beatrice which is at the eastern end of Mount Sedgwick. It has a surface area of . Fishing It is popular as a fishing lake, but is susceptible to extreme weather. Its feeder rivers are the upper King, Nelson, Princess, and Eldon Rivers. There are design features in the Crotty Dam to lower the surface level rapidly in the event of severe floodwaters. The lake has the "Bradshaw" bri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Track Bed
The track bed or trackbed is the groundwork onto which a railway track is laid. Trackbeds of disused railways are sometimes used for recreational paths or new light rail links. According to Network Rail, the trackbed is the layers of ballast and sub-ballast above a prepared subgrade/formation (see diagram). It is designed primarily to reduce the stress on the subgrade. Other definitions include the surface of the ballast on which the track is laid,, p. 386. the area left after a track has been dismantled and the ballast removed or the track formation beneath the ballast and above the natural ground. The trackbed can significantly influence the performance of the track, especially ride quality of passenger services. See also * Embankment (transportation) * Roadbed * Subgrade In transport engineering, subgrade is the native material underneath a constructed road,http://www.highwaysmaintenance.com/drainage.htm The Idiots' Guide to Highways Maintenance ''highwaysmaintenence. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King River (Tasmania)
The King River is a major perennial river in the West Coast region of Tasmania, Australia. Location and features Formed by the confluence of the Eldon and South Eldon rivers, the King River rises near Eldon Range on the slopes of the West Coast Range between Mount Huxley and Mount Jukes. The river flows generally south and then west, joined by nine tributaries including the Tofft, Governor, Nelson, Princess, and Queen rivers before emptying into Macquarie Harbour near , and merging with the Southern Ocean. The river descends over its course. The upper section of the river lies in a glaciated valley, with glacier scouring scars high up on the upper parts of the mountains of the West Coast Range. Also small glacial lakes occur on and north of Mount Sedgwick. Lake Beatrice for instance lies on the eastern slope of Mount Sedgwick. The upper portion of the King River valley was first surveyed for damming in 1917 by the Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company. King River P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mount Lyell Standard And Strahan Gazette
The Mount Lyell Standard was a Queenstown based newspaper in Western Tasmania, that was contemporaneous with the ''Zeehan and Dundas Herald''. It was also known as the ''Mount Lyell Standard & Strahan gazette''. The newspaper operated between 1896 and 1902. The newspaper was quoted about developments in the mining operations in other newspapers. The newspaper was involved in court actions in 1902 and 1903. Editorial banners included Shakespearean quotes - such as: It was notable for carrying material related to the early Australian politician King O'Malley King O'Malley (2 July 1858? – 20 December 1953) was an American-born Australian politician who served in the House of Representatives from 1901 to 1917, and served two terms as Minister for Home Affairs (1910–1913; 1915–16). He is remember .... Extracts from the paper, which was being published at a very busy time on the west coast, have been reprinted at various stages to reflect the conditions of the communi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Argus (Melbourne)
''The Argus'' was an Australian daily morning newspaper in Melbourne from 2 June 1846 to 19 January 1957, and was considered to be the general Australian newspaper of record for this period. Widely known as a conservative newspaper for most of its history, it adopted a left-leaning approach from 1949. ''The Argus''s main competitor was David Syme's more liberal-minded newspaper, ''The Age''. History The newspaper was originally owned by William Kerr, who was also Melbourne's town clerk from 1851–1856 and had been a journalist at the ''Sydney Gazette'' before moving to Melbourne in 1839 to work on John Pascoe Fawkner's newspaper, the '' Port Phillip Patriot''. The first edition was published on 2 June 1846. The paper soon became known for its scurrilous abuse and sarcasm, and by 1853, after he had lost a series of libel lawsuits, Kerr was forced to sell the paper's ownership to avoid financial ruin. The paper was then published by Edward Wilson. By 1855, it had a daily c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mount Lyell Standard And Strahan Gazette
The Mount Lyell Standard was a Queenstown based newspaper in Western Tasmania, that was contemporaneous with the ''Zeehan and Dundas Herald''. It was also known as the ''Mount Lyell Standard & Strahan gazette''. The newspaper operated between 1896 and 1902. The newspaper was quoted about developments in the mining operations in other newspapers. The newspaper was involved in court actions in 1902 and 1903. Editorial banners included Shakespearean quotes - such as: It was notable for carrying material related to the early Australian politician King O'Malley King O'Malley (2 July 1858? – 20 December 1953) was an American-born Australian politician who served in the House of Representatives from 1901 to 1917, and served two terms as Minister for Home Affairs (1910–1913; 1915–16). He is remember .... Extracts from the paper, which was being published at a very busy time on the west coast, have been reprinted at various stages to reflect the conditions of the communi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shay Locomotive
The Shay locomotive is a geared steam locomotive that originated and was primarily used in North America. The locomotives were built to the patents of Ephraim Shay, who has been credited with the popularization of the concept of a ''geared steam locomotive''. Although the design of Ephraim Shay's early locomotives differed from later ones, there is a clear line of development that joins all Shays. Shay locomotives were especially suited to logging, mining and industrial operations and could operate successfully on steep or poor quality track. Development Ephraim Shay (1839–1916), was a schoolteacher, a clerk in an American Civil War hospital, a civil servant, a logger, a merchant, a railway owner, and an inventor who lived in Michigan. In the 1860s, he became a logger and wanted a better way to move logs to the mill than on winter snow sleds. He built his own tramway in 1875, on gauge track on wooden ties, allowing him to log all year round. Two years later he develope ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avonside Engine Company
The Avonside Engine Company was a locomotive manufacturer in Avon Street, St. Philip's, Bristol, England between 1864 and 1934. However the business originated with an earlier enterprise Henry Stothert and Company. Origins The firm was originally started by Henry Stothert in 1837 as Henry Stothert and Company. Henry was the son of George Stothert (senior), founder of the nearby Bath engineering firm of Stothert & Pitt. Henry's brother, also named George, was manager of the same firm. The company was given an order for two broad gauge () Firefly class express passenger engines ''Arrow'' and ''Dart'', with driving wheels, delivered for the opening of the Great Western Railway (GWR) from Bristol to Bath on 31 August 1840. This was soon followed by an order for eight smaller Sun class engines with driving wheels. Stothert, Slaughter and Company Edward Slaughter joined the company in 1841, when it became known as Stothert, Slaughter and Company. By 1844 their works were n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
