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Grubb's Tramway was a partially completed, private logging tram line in
''Grubb, William Dawson (1817–1879)''
Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, published first in hardcopy 1972, accessed online 16 January 2018.
The tram was built by William Dawson Grubb (1817–1879). He was born in London and became an attorney, politician and entrepreneur. In March 1832 he emigrated to Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania). He built a saw mill at Pipers River in partnership with William Tyson.
In August 1855, James Scott surveyed the proposed line of the tramway to be constructed by William Dawson Grubb and William Tyson. Railway or tramway to be constructed by William Dawson Grubb and William Tyson, Surveyor James Scott. Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office: AF398-1-136. A private Act was passed in 1855 to permit the building of a tramway from the junction of the Launceston-George Town Road at Mowbray to the saw mill at Pipers River, but before the line was completed the timber market had declined and the project did not succeed. Similarly his investments in mining were often unfortunate and he was reputed to have lost over £50,000 in timber, gold, coal and railway investments. However, his ''New Native Youth'' and ''Tasmania'' gold mines were profitable and appear to have compensated largely for his losses in other directions. The ''Tasmania'' mine has paid dividends of over £700,000 by 1900.
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from the junction of the Launceston- George Town Road at the Tamar River
The Tamar River, officially kanamaluka / River Tamar, is a estuary located in northern Tasmania, Australia. Despite being called a river, the waterway is a brackish and tidal estuary over its entire length.
Location and features
Formed by the ...
near Mowbray to a saw mill at Pipers River
The Pipers River is a perennial river located in northern region of Tasmania, Australia. It was named for Captain Hugh Piper. The Aboriginal name for the river is ''Wattra karoola''.
Course and features
The river rises below Mount Arthur ne ...
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Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, published first in hardcopy 1972, accessed online 16 January 2018.
History
The tram was built by William Dawson Grubb (1817–1879). He was born in London and became an attorney, politician and entrepreneur. In March 1832 he emigrated to Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania). He built a saw mill at Pipers River in partnership with William Tyson.
In August 1855, James Scott surveyed the proposed line of the tramway to be constructed by William Dawson Grubb and William Tyson. Railway or tramway to be constructed by William Dawson Grubb and William Tyson, Surveyor James Scott. Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office: AF398-1-136. A private Act was passed in 1855 to permit the building of a tramway from the junction of the Launceston-George Town Road at Mowbray to the saw mill at Pipers River, but before the line was completed the timber market had declined and the project did not succeed. Similarly his investments in mining were often unfortunate and he was reputed to have lost over £50,000 in timber, gold, coal and railway investments. However, his ''New Native Youth'' and ''Tasmania'' gold mines were profitable and appear to have compensated largely for his losses in other directions. The ''Tasmania'' mine has paid dividends of over £700,000 by 1900.
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