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31E1H Wright's Tramway
WRIGHT'S TRAMWAY AREA FROM ABOVE (A) Wright's tunnels area (B) Bishop's Tunnel site. (C) Warrego Highway (D) Evidence of shallow cutting (E) Small creek: slope goes upward from here (F) Eclipse colliery area Overlay: QGIS Vectors (Alister J Cameron) Underlay: Qld Globe
1946 AERIAL WRIGHT'S TRAMWAY SITE (A) Wright's tunnels (B) Location of later Warrego Highway (C) Location of surviving shallow cutting (D) Creek (E) Allignment uphill towards ovens (F) Eclipse colliery and ovens RAAF4-35596 (c) The State of Queensland (Department of Natural Resources and Mines) 2016
WRIGHT'S TUNNELS AREA 2019 Heavily overgrown, but evidence of mining everywhere at ground level. Photo: Alister J Cameron
TWO MASONRY BLOCKS IN THIS AREA 2019 Photo: Alister J Cameron
METAL ARTEFACT ON NEARBY MINING ROAD 2019 Purpose unknown Photo: Alister J Cameron
SITE OF TRAMWAY AT WARREGO HIGHWAY 2019 The cutting has removed all evidence. Photo: Alister J Cameron
UNKNOWN SHAFT REMAINS NEAR TRAMWAY 2019 South of Warrego Highway Photo: Alister J Cameron
TRAMWAY CUTTING LOOKING UPHILL NORTH-EAST 2019 Photo: Alister J Cameron
LOOKING BACK DOWNHILL THE CUTTING CAN BE SEEN HEADING TOWARDS THE CREEK 2019 Photo: Alister J Cameron
CLOSEUP OF FLOOR OF CUTTING 2019 Photo: Alister J Cameron
THE SMALL CREEK CROSSING SITE LOOKING SOUTH-EAST 2019 The eclipse area was uphill to the right. Nothing remains of any bridgework Photo: Alister J Cameron
LOOKING NORTH EAST ALONG PROBABLE TRAMWAY ALLIGNMENT 2019 No signs remained Photo: Alister J Cameron
LOOKING SOUTH-WEST TOWARDS ECLIPSE COLLIERY AND OVENS AREA 2019 Again: no trace of tramway Photo: Alister J Cameron