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Coffee Pot, Steam Tram No.1, Toronto
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…Media … Coffee Pot, Steam Tram No.1, Toronto … Photo Ref: 3599 … This work by Lake Macquarie City Library is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License … Related search terms … toronto … transport by rail…
Steam tram at the old wharf, Toronto. Photograph taken c.1891
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…Media … Steam tram at the old wharf, Toronto.……Photograph taken c.1891 … Photo Ref: 3600 … Creator: Madden, Mr W … This work by Lake Macquarie City Library is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License … Related search terms … coffee pot … fassifern … railway … steam … toronto … transport…
Steam Tram, Speers Point (introduced 1912, ceased 1930's)
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The Stone Road in Argenton
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…Image 9 Steam tram at the old wharf, Toronto. Photograph taken c.1891. Note the use of stone for the retaining wall of the old wharf, yet it is not used for the wharf path nor for any of the groundwork surrounding the tram tracks. … Image 10 Steam Tram, 'Pygmy', Toronto.……Image 9 Steam tram at the…
Argenton
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…Early Transport: … In 1912 the steam tram line to Speers Point was opened. The line ran down the centre of what is now the main street but at that time it was a double avenue, Hampden Avenue on the east of the line and Jersey Avenue on the west.……The steam tram gave Argenton transport connections with…
Toronto-Fassifern Rail Line
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…This eventually happened, and after extensive track work during 1910 and 1911, regular government railway services commenced in 1911, using steam tram motors No.64A and 61A and sixty seat trailer car No.602 which were transferred from Sydney.……This eventually happened, and after extensive track work…
Boyhood memories of Cardiff
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…At some stage the coal from Cardiff Borehole or other mines was handled on a number of wooden stages at Millers Wharf, just past the old steam tram line which runs to Speers Point. Cockle Creek is a straight canal, which I assume was used to transport the coal out of Lake Macquarie.……At some stage the…
Edgeworth
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…Early Transport: … Young Wallsend was well provided with transport for the steam trams to Plattsburg, Speers Point and West Wallsend had their junction there. … Railway: … A private railway line ran from Young Wallsend mine to make a junction at the Sydney end of the present Cardiff Workshops.……Early Transport: … Young…
Follow the Plaques 1988 bicentennial plaques
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…It became a favourite venue of the working people for sailing and sculling regattas, holiday camping and organized picnics, especially with the opening in 1912 of a steam tram service from Newcastle.……It became a favourite venue of the working people for sailing and sculling regattas, holiday camping…
Opening of West Wallsend Tramway
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…Media … Opening of West Wallsend Tramway … Photo Ref: 4502 … Creator: Snowball, Mr Ralph … Tram line construction started April 1909. Service opened 19th December 1910. The tram service was popular and generally uneventful except for a couple of derailments, in one of which the tram driver was killed.……The…

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