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Steam Engine on Marrawah Tramway in 1931


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      Date: 1931 -

Description: Marrawah Tramway steam engine fills up with water from the water tank at the Eighteen Mile near the Montagu Swamp (now Togari), Tasmania on 30/10/1931. The photograph shows a front view of the engine. One man in an overcoat is watching while the others fill it up. The first Marrawah Tram reached Smithton, Tasmania, on 5th February 1913 but as the districts roads developed and improved the and the line declined it was closed. One section closed in 1939 and another in 1940.

Format: Pictorial and artistic works
Object: photographs

Titles:
Steam Engine on Marrawah Tramway in 1931

Subjects: steam enginestramwayslocomotives

People/Orgs: Marrawah TramwaysEighteen Mile, (Togari)

Places: Marrawah, Tasmania

Institution: Circular Head Heritage Centre

Object number: CHH_00603

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