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Page 109
... Railway Company . J. S. Reid promoted the new company . He was at Silverton in 1885 , editing his newspaper the Silver Age , when he saw the opening for a short railway between Silverton and the terminus of the South Australian Railway ...
... Railway Company . J. S. Reid promoted the new company . He was at Silverton in 1885 , editing his newspaper the Silver Age , when he saw the opening for a short railway between Silverton and the terminus of the South Australian Railway ...
Page 111
... railway at Rosebery before it began to compete with the government railway . He even suggested that the Government should build a railway from Devonport to Rosebery and perhaps a branch line to Mt. Lyell . His memoranda were duly tabled ...
... railway at Rosebery before it began to compete with the government railway . He even suggested that the Government should build a railway from Devonport to Rosebery and perhaps a branch line to Mt. Lyell . His memoranda were duly tabled ...
Page 115
... railway downstream from Teepookana . This was abundant proof to Colonel Boddam that the line had neither slid into the rushing river nor been abandoned . In June 1899 , navvies building the railway along the shores of the harbour saw ...
... railway downstream from Teepookana . This was abundant proof to Colonel Boddam that the line had neither slid into the rushing river nor been abandoned . In June 1899 , navvies building the railway along the shores of the harbour saw ...
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