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Page 121
As the terminus of the railway was at Linda , a mile downhill from the North Lyell
mine , the directors decided to build the branch line , which , according to their
advertisements in the London press , would pass within a stone's throw of every ...
As the terminus of the railway was at Linda , a mile downhill from the North Lyell
mine , the directors decided to build the branch line , which , according to their
advertisements in the London press , would pass within a stone's throw of every ...
Page 177
The noisy railway yards at Linda were silenced. The South Lyell mine filled with
water. The smaller mines closed so quickly that at the end of the year only
seventy men were employed outside the leases of the all-powerful company.
The noisy railway yards at Linda were silenced. The South Lyell mine filled with
water. The smaller mines closed so quickly that at the end of the year only
seventy men were employed outside the leases of the all-powerful company.
Page 226
Murray chose Gormanston as the site for the company's rehousing programme,
and from that day Linda was doomed. Gormanston had certain advantages. It
had good building allotments, untenanted houses and a good water supply. It
had a ...
Murray chose Gormanston as the site for the company's rehousing programme,
and from that day Linda was doomed. Gormanston had certain advantages. It
had good building allotments, untenanted houses and a good water supply. It
had a ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Peaks of Lyell |
| Author | Geoffrey Blainey |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Melbourne University Press, 1959 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 31 Aug 2007 |
| Length | 310 pages |
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