Dunedin and Port Chalmers Railway

Stock Code:
BAE4829
Price:
$20.00

Description

Dunedin and Port Chalmers Railway. New Zealand's First 3ft. 6in. Gauge Line by T. A. McGavin. 'Although New Zealand's first railways were built 1862 and 1864, it was the end of that decade before serious thoughts were being given to the development of a railway system in a national sense. These thoughts were crystallised in Julius Vogel's famous immigration and public works proposals of June 1870, which embodied the adoption of a standard 3ft. 6in. gauge railway for practically all future railway construction in the country. Meanwhile, in 1869, plans had been prepared in Dunedin for a 4ft. 8.5in. gauge railway to Port Chalmers, but under the influence of the national proposals it was actually built to the narrower gauge. Thus it came about that a provincially inspired railway project became the first in New Zealand to use the new standard of 3ft. 6in. gauge, and ultimately to become an important part of the country's railway system.'

Details

  • Author:
    McGavin, T. A. (Compiler)
  • Book Condition:
    Good
  • Publisher:
    NZRL Society
  • Edition:
    First
  • Jacket Condition:
    None
  • Binding:
    Soft Cover
  • Location:
    Railways0
  • Size:
    8vo
  • Pages:
    21
  • Publish Date:
    1973
Stock Level:
1 In Stock
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