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31E1G Tramways East of Tivoli Yard
TIVOLI YARD EAST FROM ABOVE (A) Elevated mine area (B) Sandy Creek crossing (C) Allignment through heavy bush; remains of embankment in one section only (D) Area which has been disturbed in a major way because of pipeline and power lines (E) Site of Walker's Experimental Ovens (F) Tivoli Coke Ovens (G) Donnybrook Tramway at the point where coal was unloaded at Tivoli Yard
1946 AERIAL PHOTO TIVOLI YARD EAST Photo: Ipswich City Council Series 1946 1 Jan 1946 1:7,200 Height: 1,865 QImagery
Eclipse 4 Colliery Tramway
ECLIPSE 4 COLLIERY AREA 2019 Photo: Alister J Cameron
RE-PURPOSED LOCO TENDER LYING ABANDONED ON THE SITE 2019 Photo: Alister J Cameron
SPOIL HEAP FROM BELOW (SANDY CREEK) 2019 Shows the elevation of the mine area above the surrounding area. Photo: Alister J Cameron
CLOSEUP OF THE CLIFF BELOW THE MINE 2019 Photo: Alister J Cameron
THE OLDER DAVIES MINE ON THE BANK OF SANDY CREEK 2019 Below later mine area. Photo: Alister J Cameron
ONE OF MANY SPOIL HEAPS WITHIN THE MINE AREA 2019 Photo: Alister J Cameron
FURTHER REMAINS ELSEWHERE ON THE SITE 2019 Photo: Alister J Cameron
POSSIBLE SHAFT OR TUNNEL SITE IN AREA 2019 Photo: Alister J Cameron
LOOKING SOUTH-WEST OVER SANDY CREEK FROM ELEVATED MINE AREA 2019 The two rails that probably remain from the tramway can just be seen. Photo: Alister J Cameron
LOOKING ALONG SANDY CREEK VIEWING RAILS FROM THE SIDE 2019 Photo: Alister J Cameron
CLOSEUP OF THE RAILS 2019 Photo: Alister J Cameron
RAILS FROM ABOVE 2019 Photo: Alister J Cameron
LOOKING SOUTH-WEST ALONG LIKELY TRAMWAY ALLIGNMENT 2019 Very thick vegetation hides the site. Photo: Alister J Cameron
LOOKING BACK NORTH-EAST ALONG THE ONLY REMAINING SECTION OF EMBANKMENT 2019 Photo: Alister J Cameron
CLOSEUP OF THE EMBANKMENT 2019 Photo: Alister J Cameron
LOOKING BACK NORTH-WEST IN POWERLINE AREA 2019 There is no evidence of the tramway, but the Abermain Branch embankment can still be clearly seen. Photo: Alister J Cameron
Wright's Experimental Ovens Tramway
OVERGROWN BRICK BARROWS; THE REMAINS OF WRIGHT'S EXPERIMENTAL OVENS 2018 Photo: Alister J Cameron
EDGE OF SOUTHERN-MOST BARROW 2018 Bricks are exposed all over. Photo: Alister J Cameron
A SELECTION OF THESE BRICKS 2018 Some are partly-molten. Photo: Alister J Cameron
MORE BRICKS 2018 Photo: Alister J Cameron
END OF SOUTHERN BARROW; SITE OF STONE BLOCKS 2018 Photo: Alister J Cameron
CLOSEUP OF BLOCKS; PROBABLY USED AS FACING FOR THE OVENS 2018 Photo: Alister J Cameron
AT END OF HOLDWORTHS ROAD WHERE TRAMWAY FORMERLY CROSSED 2016 Ovens were a short distance to the right and Tivoli Yard to the left.
LOOKING BACK SOUTHWEST 2016 Tramway would have entered the central vegetation to the right. In middle of that area out of site is the Tivoli Yard cutting. Behind the vegetation to the left are the Tivoli Coke Ovens. Photo: Alister J Cameron
BRICK ARTEFACTS FROM WRIGHT'S EXPERIMENTAL OVENS SITE