Price's Bush Tramway was a bush tramway built around 1903 near Akatarawa in the Tararua Range of New Zealand's North Island. It was built with a raised Fell third rail for braking the loaded trucks, as used by the Rimutaka Incline.
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History edit
Price's Bush was an area owned and milled by Thomas Price (1838–1906), who owned milling operations in Lower Hutt and Petone.[1] It lay in the upper reaches of the Hutt Valley to Waikanae on the Kāpiti Coast in a rugged hill country.[2]
The tramway had wooden rails with a track gauge of 3+1⁄2 or 4 feet (1,067 or 1,219 mm) equal to that of the main line or Wellington tram respectively. Between the two rails, on which the wheels ran, there was a raised wooden rail. This was used for braking the loaden trucks downhill, as known from the Fell mountain railway system on the Rimutaka Incline.
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Bush tramway showing wooden rails in Price's Bush at Akatarawa, 1903 -
Transporting logs with horses in the Akatarawa Bush, Hutt Valley, 1912-1916
Additional literature edit
- Tony Walzl: Akatarawa and Pakuratahi Forests History.
References edit
- ^ Bush tramway showing wooden rails, at Akatarawa, Price's Bush, circa 1903. A P Godber Collection, Alexander Turnbull Library.
- ^ Tracks and Trails: Price's Flat – Area near old Hukinga Village Site along Hukinga Road. Akatarawa Recreational Access Committee Inc. Retrieved on 8 May 2018
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