OLD TIVOLI PIT TRAMWAY FROM ABOVE
A: Coke Ovens Area B: Former double tramway uphill to Francis St C: Fairly level allignment behind current houses D: Allignment along Mt Crosby Rd E: Former double tramway downhill to wharf F: Approximate site of Ware's Tramway G: Site of Gulland's Tivoli Mine Tramway (now Scour St)
QGIS Vectors from late 1800s (Alister J Cameron)
Underlay: Qld Globe (Ausmap)
KEY HERITAGE AREA ALONG TRAMWAY ROUTE 1991
The middle highlighted area was formerly a cutting, but has now been filled in.
Ipswich Heritage Study 1991
(A) Coke Ovens Area
A LARGELY INTACT COKE OVEN 1978
Photo: John Kerr
"Tramways of Tivoli Coalfield"
by J.D.Kerr
Light Railways No. 59 January 1978
LRRSA
EXCAVATED COKE OVEN 1979
The scale divisions on the measuring rod are each 100mm.
"Coal in Qld"
The First Fifty Years
R.L. Whitmore
University of Qld Press
1981, p123
EXCAVATED BRICK FLOOR OF COKE OVEN 1979
The scale divisions on the measuring rod are each 100mm.
"Coal in Qld"
The First Fifty Years
R.L. Whitmore
University of Qld Press
1981, p124
PLAN & SECTION OF ONE OF COKE OVENS
As excavated in 1979
Coal in Qld: The First Fifty Years
by R.L.Whitmore
p172
REMAINS OF COKE OVENS BARROW 2018
The whole area has been disturbed because of nearby opencut.
A couple of masonry blocks can be seen.
Photo: Alister J Cameron
CLOSEUP OF BLOCKS 2014
Photo: Alister J Cameron
BARROW FROM A DIFFERENT ANGLE 2014
Many broken and scattered bricks can be seen.
Photo: Alister J Cameron
CLOSEUP OF SOME OF THE BRICKS 2018
Photo: Alister J Cameron
(B) Ovens to Francis Street
AREAS OF COAL AND COAL SPOIL SOUTH OF OVEN AREA 2018
J.M. Brass Submission opposing development on Tivoli Hill 2011
Photo: Alister J Cameron
REMAINS OF SHAFT SOUTH OF OVENS 2014
Photo: Alister J Cameron
CLOSEUP OF THE SHAFT 2014
Photo: Alister J Cameron
SAME SITE IN 2018
Shows clear signs of recent disturbance.
Surveyor's peg is marked "shaft"
Photo: Alister J Cameron
A SHORT DISTANCE SOUTH OF THE SHAFT A GAP IN THE EMBANKMENT MARKS POSSIBLE SITE OF A CULVERT
Photo: Alister J Cameron
STONE-EDGED EMBANKMENT PART-WAY ALONG THE ALLIGNMENT 1972
"Tramways of Tivoli Coalfield"
by J.D.Kerr
Light Railways No. 59 January 1978
LRRSA, p6
POSSIBLY SIMILAR LOCATION: POSSIBLE CULVERT SITE PART-WAY UP ALLIGNMENT TOWARDS FRANCIS ST 2018
Photo: Alister J Cameron
FROM ANOTHER ANGLE SHOWING GULLY BELOW GAP IN EMBANKMENT 2017
Photo: Alister J Cameron
FRANCIS STREET CUTTING LOOKING NORTH-EAST 1981
"Coal in Qld"
The First Fifty Years
R.L. Whitmore
University of Qld Press
1981
SAME SCENE 30 YEARS LATER 2012
Amazingly, not much has changed.
Photo: Alister J Cameron
LOOKING ROUGHLY EAST ACROSS CUTTING 2014
Photo: Alister J Cameron
CLOSEUP OF GRASS PATCH IN LINE WITH NORTH-EAST END OF CUTTING.
Hides a shallow cutting heading downhill
Photo: Alister J Cameron
LOOKING BACK THROUGH CUTTING TOWARDS FRANCIS ST 2018
Photo: Alister J Cameron
LOOKING SOUTH-WEST THROUGH CUTTING TOWARDS FRANCIS ST 2017
Photo: Alister J Cameron
CONTINUING THE ALLIGNMENT FURTHER SOUTH-WEST 2018
Beginning of surviving embankment.
Photo: Alister J Cameron
EMBANKMENT AS IT APPROACHES FRANCIS ST 2017
Photo: Alister J Cameron
IN THIS AREA A DRY STONE WALL UPHOLDING THE EMBANKMENT CAN BE CLEARLY SEEN 2018
Photo: Alister J Cameron
EMBANKMENT FACING THE OTHER DIRECTION 2017
Overgrown wall can be seen along the edge.
Photo: Alister J Cameron
IRON CULVERT PIERCING THE EMBANKMENT NEAR FRANCIS ST 1979
"Coal in Qld"
The First Fifty Years
R.L. Whitmore
University of Qld Press
1981
SAME AREA 40 YEARS LATER 2018
The iron culvert end has gone but the rest is still buried.
Photo: Alister J Cameron
CLOSEUP OF THE CULVERT 2018
Photo: Alister J Cameron
IN 2020 THE EMBANKMENT AREA WAS BULDOZED
Thankfully the nearby cutting still remains.
Photo: Alister J Cameron
LOOKING SOUTH-WEST AT SITE OF FRANCIS STREET CROSSING 2018
Photo: Alister J Cameron
(C) Francis Street to Mount Crosby Road
FORMER ALLIGNMENT LOOKING NORTH 2018
Line ran just to the left of the property boundaries.
Photo: Alister J Cameron
FURTHER SOUTH ALONG ALLIGNMENT 2017
Up until recent times there was a cutting at this point. This was filled in a few years ago.
Photo: Alister J Cameron
SAME AREA FROM A DIFFERENT ANGLE 2018
Photo: Alister J Cameron
LOOKING SOUTH-EAST TOWARDS ALLIGNMENT 2018.
Where the property boundaries form a corner is where the lines exited the area.
Photo: Alister J Cameron
(D) Mount Crosby Road Area
MOUNT CROSBY ROAD LOOKING APPROXIMATELY NORTH 2017
The line passed through the site now taken up by the grey house. It then proceeded along the road to the left.
Photo: Alister J Cameron
SITE OF TRAMWAY LOOKING NORTH-WEST 2017
Approximate location, along the left hand side of the road (Mt Crosby Road).
Photo: Alister J Cameron
LOOKING SOUTH-EAST ALONG MT CROSBY RD TO TANTIVY ST 2017
Allignment was on right-hand side of road.
Photo: Alister J Cameron
FURTHER SOUTH EAST AT THE JUNCTION OF MT CROSBY RD AND TANTIVY ST 2017
Line probably passed through where the featured house is located; then downhill to the river.
Photo: Alister J Cameron
(E) Tantivy Street Crossing to River
"Tramways of Tivoli Coalfield"
by J.D.Kerr
Light Railways No. 59 January 1978
LRRSA
PHOTO TAKEN FROM A SIMILAR POSITION 2017
Looking south-west along the allignment.
Embankment is still very evident.
Photo: Alister J Cameron
LOOKING SOUTH AT AN ANGLE TO THE EMBANKMENT 2017
Photo: Alister J Cameron
AT END OF SURVIVING EMBANKMENT LOOKING SOUTH-WEST TOWARDS RIVER 2017
Photo: Alister J Cameron
END OF EXISTING EMBANKMENT LOOKING EAST 2019
Photo: Alister J Cameron
CLOSEUP OF BALLAST IN CROSS-SECTION OF EMBANKMENT 2019
Photo: Alister J Cameron
CONTINUATION OF ALLIGNMENT TOWARDS THE RIVER 2017
Looking east
Site is the flattened area in front of containers; and has been landscaped in recent times.
Photo: Alister J Cameron
FURTHER ALONG: LOOKING SOUTH-WEST ALONG THE ALLIGNMENT 2017
Photo: Alister J Cameron
PHOTO TAKEN FROM FAR SIDE OF BREMER LOOKING NORTH-EAST 1979
Allignment is just to the right of the property boundary.
Nothing remains of the coal shoots at the river.
"Coal in Qld"
The First Fifty Years
R.L. Whitmore
University of Qld Press
1981, p126
SIMILAR VIEW, BUT CLOSER 2019
Photo: Alister J Cameron
A CLOSEUP OF THE UPPER SECTION OF FORMER VIEW 2019
Embankment is quite distinct at this stage.
Photo: Alister J Cameron
COAL SHOOTS AT MOUTH OF TIVOLI CREEK c1885
Can be seen just behind the road bridge (Tantivy Street)
The house with the two chimneys is mine manager & owner Archibald's house.
Picture Ipswich
(G) 31E1B Gulland's Tivoli Mine Tramway
1946 AERIAL PHOTO; GULLAND'S TIVOLI MINE AREA
A: Mine area
B: Allignment of tramway, now Hastie Street.
To the right, on the other side of Tantivy St, the former Old Tivoli Pit Tramway embankment can clearly be seen.
RAAF4-35621
The State of Queensland (Department of Natural Resources and Mines) 2016
SITE OF TUNNEL ENTRANCE EAST OF CUL DE SAC AT END OF HASTIE STREET 2017
Area of lawn to right of driveway.
Photo: Alister J Cameron
FORMER MINE AREA LOOKING NORTH OF CUL DE SAC 2019
Photo: Alister J Cameron
FORMER MINE AREA LOOKING NORTH-WEST OF CUL DE SAC 2019
Photo: Alister J Cameron
LOOKING BACK SOUTH ALONG HASTIE ST ALONG FORMER ALLIGNMENT 2019
Photo: Alister J Cameron
FURTHER SOUTH ALONG STREET 2017
Photo: Alister J Cameron
STREET ALLIGNMENT FROM THE SIDE LOOKING NORTH 2019
Possible evidence of former embankment.
Photo: Alister J Cameron
CLOSEUP OF EMBANKMENT 2019
Shows evidence of coal-coalstone.
Photo: Alister J Cameron
HASTIE STREET AS IT APPROACHES TANTIVY STREET 2017
Photo: Alister J Cameron
TANTIVY STREET INTERSECTION LOOKING NORTH-EAST 2019
Photo: Alister J Cameron
LOOKING SOUTH FROM SAME INTERSECTION TOWARDS SITE OF WHARF 2019
Out of site behind houses.
Photo: Alister J Cameron
