 Click thumbnail for a larger image. | Date: 1930 -
Description: The "Coffee Pot" vertical boiler engine on the Marrawah tramway in the bush. It was used by the Lee family for milling in Circular Head, Tasmania. It was consigned to J S Lee on August 9 1883 and was used on several lines. It went on the Pelican Point Jetty, and on the lines to Lees Jetty, Broadmeadows, Togari, and Trowutta via Christmas Hills and probably in the vicinty of the Cuba Mill and occasionally on the line to Redpa. It was last surveyed in 1941 and afterwards was converted to a combustion engine and eventually abandoned on a short length of track at Leesville. The derilict remains were purchased in 1986 and taken to Victoria. Format: Pictorial and artistic works Object: photographs Titles: "Coffee Pot" hauling logs on the Marrawah tramway Subjects: trains; boilers (machines); timber-getting; tramways People/Orgs: Pelican Point Jetty; Coffee Pot (train); Lees Jetty; Lee J S Places: Marrawah, Tasmania; Broadmeadows, Tasmania; Togari, Tasmania; Trowutta, Tasmania; Christmas Hills, Tasmania; Redpa, Tasmania; Leesville, Tasmania Institution: Circular Head Heritage Centre Object number: CHH_00581 Disclaimer The content of this record is provided by Circular Head Heritage Centre. For any questions about the content please contact them. |
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