ABERMAIN TRAMWAY FROM ABOVE
QGIS Vectors; early 1900s (Alister J Cameron)
Underlay: Qld Globe (Ausmap)
WORKING PLAN OF ABERMAIN BRANCH; CHURCH ST SOUTH-WEST 1913
It would appear that allignment of tramway pre-dated the building of the branch; but at least the section between mine and coke ovens remained afterwards.
Source: Qld Railways Archives
(B) Distinct Embankment
ABERMAIN RAILWAY CUTTING AT LOCATION OF TRAMWAY BRIDGE CROSSING. 1991
Some of the piles were still visible at this date.
Ipswich Heritage Study 1992 (University of Queensland)
Record number:
205030
SIMILAR POSITION IN 2014
None of the timber remains.
Photo: Alister J Cameron
LOOKING SOUTH-EAST ALONG TRAMWAY EMBANKMENT TOWARDS BRIDGE OVER CUTTING 2014
In the foreground is a gap in the embankment which is probably the site of a small bridge.
Photo: Alister J Cameron
BRIDGE SITE LOOKING SOUTH 2018
Photo: Alister J Cameron
LOOKING NORTH-WEST ALONG EMBANKMENT TOWARDS COKE OVENS 2014
Bridge site is in the foreground.
Photo: Alister J Cameron
FURTHER ALONG THE ALLIGNMENT TOWARDS OVENS 2014
Photo: Alister J Cameron
CONTINUING ON THROUGH A SHALLOW CUTTING, THE ALLIGNMENT HAS CONTINUED TO CURVE AND IS NOW IN A NORTH-EASTERN DIRECTION.
Photo: Alister J Cameron
FURTHER ALONG THE ALLIGNMENT TOWARDS OVENS 2014
Photo: Alister J Cameron
(C+D) Swamp & Dump Area
SWAMP AREA 2021
Tramway ran through here but no evidence remains.
Photo: Alister J Cameron
PART OF LARGE EMBANKMENT OF DUMPED MATERIALS ALONG NORTH-WESTERN EDGE OF SWAMP 2021
Photo: Alister J Cameron
BOILER PROTRUDING FROM BANK 2018
Photo: Alister J Cameron
THICK LAYER OF COAL-SPOIL AT GROUND LEVEL OF SWAMP AREA 2021
Photo: Alister J Cameron
(E) Ovens Area
ABERMAIN COKE OVENS 1910
The headframe over
the "Waterstown" shaft is
visible in the background,
(Queensland Government
Mining Journal, 1910, Vol, 11,
opp p, 167,)
ABERMAIN OVENS AREA 2021
Piles of bricks are evident over a large area.
No intact structures remain.
Photo: Alister J Cameron
A CLOSEUP OF SOME OF THE BRICKS 2021
A typical Waterstown brick can be seen.
Photo: Alister J Cameron
A FURTHER SELECTION OF BRICKS 2021
Some are partly molten showing the evidence of their origin.
Photo: Alister J Cameron
SPORTS FIELD LOOKING NORTH-WEST TOWARDS RAISED FORMER OVENS AREA 2019
Only part of that site remains after excavation for the field.
Allignment crossed the field roughly to the point from where photo was taken.
Photo: Alister J Cameron
FURTHER SOUTH-EAST LOOKING ALONG THE APPROXIMATE LOCATION OF THE ALLIGNMENT 2018
Totally disturbed by open cut mining and now overgrown.
Photo: Alister J Cameron
LOOKING BACK THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION TOWARDS THE RIVER AND FORMER WHARF 2018
Photo: Alister J Cameron
APPROXIMATE WHARF SITE 2018
Nothing remains.
Photo: Alister J Cameron
