SEYMOUR SAWMILL & GAS CO. SHARING THEIR SIDING LATE 1800S
Note timber gantry extending from sawmill over siding.
Queensland State Archives
IID 435753 - Historic Places collection.
IPSWICH GASWORKS EARLY DAYS
Note siding, bottom right.
Source: David Owens? Lost Ipswich
IPSWICH GAS WORKS 1920s
Note siding in front.
Picture Ipswich
Reference ID
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IPSWICH GAS WORKS 1925-26
Siding with end buffer in front.
Whitehead Collection via Picture Ipswich
Reference ID
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IPSWICH GAS WORKS 1925-26
End buffer of siding far right.
Picture Ipswich
Reference ID
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IPSWICH GASWORKS INTERNAL VIEW 1950s
Whitehead Studios via Picture Ipswich
Reference ID
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IPSWICH GAS WORKS 1950s
Picture Ipswich
Reference ID
WHD-016-PRI-1892
SITE OF IPSWICH GASWORKS 2018
Completely replaced by Riverlink Complex.
Structure on the roof is not original, but meant to represent the site's former use.
Photo: Alister J Cameron
Log Timber & Byrne Sawmill Sidings
WORKING PLAN PLANNED SIDINGS ON WHARF (HANCOCKS' BRANCH) 1884
9 July 1884
A216
Workshops Rail Museum
WORKING PLAN SIDINGS WHARF (HANCOCKS' BRANCH) 1885
Source: Workshops Rail Museum
Log Timber Siding
LOG TIMBER SIDING c1900
End buffer of siding can be seen in front of right-hand pylons of original Road-Rail Bridge.
Hancock Branch is in foreground.
Agency Control Number: QSA0161; X49 , plate 57, PU0.103
SITE OF LOG TIMBER SIDING 2018
Photo was taken from the Trumpy Road Bridge which was around about where the siding diverged from the Branch.
Now completely obliterated by Riverlink Complex.
Photo: Alister J Cameron
Byrnes Timber Siding
BYRNES SAWMILL LATE 1800s
Hancock's Branch can be seen running along the river bank in front.
Source: Helen Munday Lost Ipswich
FromAustralian Stockman's Hall of Fame and Outback Heritage Centre
SAME AREA IN 2022
Siding would have ascended the slope on the left.
Photo: Alister J Cameron
PROBABLE SITE OF BYRNE'S SAWMILL 2019
To right of current Function Centre
Photo: Alister J Cameron
LOOKING SOUTH-WEST DOWN THE SLOPE FROM SAWMILL SITE TOWARDS FORMER BRANCH 2013
Later landscaping has completely removed the previous siding allignment.
Photo: Alister J Cameron
Main Branch Line
HANCOCK'S BRANCH JUST EAST OF HEINER RD ABUTTMENTS 1897+
First rail-only bridge has been constructed but not the second bridge.
Agency Control Number: QSA0161; X49 , plate 57, PU0.103
HANCOCK'S BRANCH APPROACHING TRUMPY ROAD BRIDGE EARLY 2000s
Source unknown
HEINER ROAD ABUTTMENTS LOOKING SOUTH-EAST ALONG FORMER BRANCH ALLIGNMENT 2011
Riverlink building can be clearly seen on the site.
Photo: Alister J Cameron
FORMER HANCOCK BRANCH LOOKING NORTH WEST 2013
Heiner Rd Abuttments are on far side of these buildings.
Photo: Alister J Cameron
A.R.H.S. TOUR TRAIN UNDER TRUMPY BRIDGE 1986
Training is heading towards North Ipswich Yard
Source: Paul de Sauty
Qld Gov Rways Days Gone By
SIMILAR POSITION 2013
Photo: Alister J Cameron
A.R.H.S. TOUR TRAIN EAST OF TRUMPY BRIDGE 1986
Ian Stephens
?Queensland Government Railways, Days Gone By.
SIMILAR POSITION 2013
Eastern end of Riverlink Complex can be seen protruding above the Trumpy Bridge.
Photo: Alister J Cameron
GOODS TRAIN ON HANCOCK BRANCH 1981
Woollen Mill is top left.
Gum on right marks probably location of Wharf Sidings junction.
Richard Williams? Queensland Government Railways, Days Gone By.
16 July ·
SAME SCENE IN 2011
The two small square signs on either side of allignment can still just be seen; one of which is behind the overhanging branch of the central gum. This tree is probably one of the saplings shown in the previous photo.
Photo: Alister J Cameron
CULVERT SITE 2019
Branch Line ran in front of the tree + weed area and also in front of current culvert pit (surrounded by timber slats).
Photo: Alister J Cameron
CLOSEUP OF CULVERT PIT 2019
Line would have passed in front and would have its own connecting culvert; now removed.
Photo: Alister J Cameron
GOODS TRAIN ON HANCOCK'S BRANCH MID-LATE 1980S
Frank Tybislawski ?Queensland Government Railways, Days Gone By.
SIMILAR SECTION OF THE BRANCH 2013
Photo: Alister J Cameron
QLD WOOLLEN MILLS AREA C1920
Hancock's Branch curves around below the mills to follow the bank of the Bremer River. Ends up at Hancock's Sawmill.
Picture Ipswich
Document ID: 5960
WOOLLEN MILLS AREA 2013
Buildings almost entirely hidden now by vegetation.
Photo: Alister J Cameron
WAGONS STORED ON HANCOCK'S BRANCH 1991
Football ground is on top left with Woollen Mills behind.
Picture Ipswich
Reference ID
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SAME SECTION OF THE BRANCH IN 2011
As in many places vegetation has taken over.
Photo: Alister J Cameron
QLD WOOLLEN MILLS AREA c1880
Byrnes Sawmill is to the left.
Picture Ipswich
Reference ID
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SAME AREA IN 2013
Photo: Alister J Cameron
CULVERT VIEWED FROM FAR SIDE OF BREMER RIVER 2020
Can be just identified to right of the white trunked gum tree.
Photo: Alister J Cameron
CULVERT ON EASTERN SECTION OF BRANCH 2022
Marked by the two posts.
Photo: Alister J Cameron
SOUTHERN PORTAL OF CULVERT FACING THE RIVER 2022
Photo: Alister J Cameron
NORTHERN PORTAL OF CULVERT 2019
Additional culvert from uphill empties into pit.
Photo: Alister J Cameron
THE FORMER BRANCH EAST OF THE CULVERT 2019
Photo: Alister J Cameron
THE ALLIGNMENT CONTINUES TO FOLLOW THE CURVE OF THE RIVER 2019
The old Woollen Mills are at top of slope to left.
Photo: Alister J Cameron
ALLIGNMENT STARTING TO TURN TOWARDS THE NORTH 2019
Photo: Alister J Cameron
ALLIGNMENT FACING NORTH WITH SAWMILL SITE IN DISTANCE 2019
Photo: Alister J Cameron
