Beneath the peak of Lyell : the Mount Lyell mines and their 2 ft gauge tramways / Ross Mainwaring
- Bib ID:
- 8533223
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Mainwaring, Ross, author
- Description:
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- Surrey Hills, Victoria : Light Railway Research Society of Australia, 2020
- ©2020
- 263 pages : illustrations (some colour), facsimiles, maps ; 31 cm.
- ISBN:
- 9780909340551 (hardback)
- Summary:
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A history of the copper mines of Mount Lyell at Queenstown, Tasmania, and the 2 ft [610 mm] gauge tramways which served them.
- Full contents:
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- Part 1. The Steam Age in the Valley of the Queen. Chpt. 1 The conception of a copper mine
- Chpt. 2 Steam power: transporting the ore
- Chpt. 3 Tee-Poo-Kana to Penghana - the mainline railway
- Chpt. 4 Penghana - the workers' town
- Chpt. 5 The Linda Valley and the Iron Blow - 'a good home'
- Chpt. 6 The narrow gauge steam tramways
- Chpt. 7 The Iron Blow - mining the ore
- Chpt. 8 The Reduction Works - 'The Alchemy of Science'
- Chpt. 9 Fuel for the steam boilers
- Chpt. 10 A marriage of convenience - the Lyells' united
- Chpt. 11 Accidents on the Haulage line
- Chpt. 12 Tramways - for work and pleasure
- Part 2 The Electric Age in the Valley of the Queen. Chpt. 13 Electricity generation: steam and running water
- Chpt. 14 The North Lyell tunnel
- Chpt. 15 The 1930s: the Great Depression - copper in recession
- Chpt. 16 West Lyell: 2 per cent - the new norm
- Chpt. 17 Into the war years
- Chpt. 18 Post-war challenges
- Chpt. 19 'How level main haulage and drainage adit" - the West Lyell tunnel
- Chpt. 20 'Lyell is still a mine of the future'
- Chpt. 21 Times of change - the 1960s
- Chpt. 22 The 1970s - crises and new locomotives
- Chpt. 23 Prince Lyell development
- Chpt. 24 The demise of the 2ft gauge electric railway
- Chpt. 25 Men at work - man and machine
- Chpt. 26 Conclusion
- References
- Glossary - Appendix I Australian copper production for the years 1913-1919
- Appendix II Australian copper production for the years 1928-1935
- Appendix III 2ft gauge Krauss steam locomotive roster of MLM & R Co
- Appendix IV Electric locomotive roster for MLM & R Co
- Appendix V Training course for battery loco drivers
- Selection of wage rates at Mount Lyell mine.
- Notes:
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- Illustrations on endpapers.
- Includes bibliographic references and index.
- NLApp88014
- Subject:
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- Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company -- History
- Railroads, Local and light -- Tasmania -- Queenstown
- Mines and mineral resources -- Tasmania -- History
- Locomotives -- Tasmania -- Queenstown -- History
- Railroad trains -- Tasmania -- Queenstown -- History
- Steam locomotives -- Tasmania -- Queenstown -- History
- Baldwin locomotives
- Copper mines and mining -- Tasmania -- Queenstown -- History
- Copper mines and mining -- Accidents -- Tasmania -- Queenstown
- Mine accidents -- Tasmania -- Queenstown -- History
- Mount Lyell Mine (Tas.) -- History
- Australian
- Other authors/contributors:
- Light Railway Research Society of Australia, issuing body
- Copyright:
-
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- Publication date:
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