| 词条 | Takaka Tramway |
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The Takaka Tramway was a narrow gauge light railway which operated in the Takaka Valley, Golden Bay, New Zealand from 1882 to 1905, linking farms and sawmills of the Takaka Valley with the tidal port of Waitapu at the mouth of the Takaka River. Location and historyIn 1880 John Rochfort surveyed the route of the line.[1] The cost was £ 1350 per mile.[2] The public endorsed the proposal of the millers and the Takaka Road Board to lay a tramline. The government contributed rails and £2000 towards the project. Another £4000 had to be borrowed.[3] Construction began in February 1881, with the track being of {{convert|2|ft|6|in|abbr=on}} gauge with light 22lb/yard (11kg/m) rails. The line ran from Waitapu Wharf on the coast, south to Takaka township via Commercial Street. From there, alongside the Takaka River at Paines Ford (on a raised embankment between the Takaka River and high limestone bluffs) through private land on the plains to join East Takaka Road, then met Loop Road and ended at East Takaka, for a total distance of 13.4km.[4][5] After the inauguration of the tramway in 1882, the steam locomotive Pioneer ran twice daily with a passenger carriage and 2-3 truckloads of timber between East Takaka and the port.[6] The tramway was mainly used for transporting goods and timber to Waitapu for export. By 1905 this traffic had mostly disappeared and the tramway was put up for sale and removed in 1906.[7] Only one locomotive was used on the line, an 0-4-0T named "Pioneer", built at Anchor Foundry in Nelson. It arrived at Waitapu Wharf on June 3rd 1882, had cylinders {{convert|5|in|abbr=on}} by {{convert|10|in|abbr=on}} with {{convert|1|ft|9|in|abbr=on}} diameter wheels.[8] In the mid 1890s, the Takaka Tramway Company came into financial problems due to the decline of the timber industry. The ownership changed hands several times. Serious flooding in 1904 virtually destroyed the track of the tramway. In 1905 the locomotive, rolling stock and rails were sold to a Wellington based company.[3] After the tramway closed "Pioneer" was last noted as being in a Auckland scrap yard.[9] {{Gallery| title = | lines = 1 | width = 200 | height = 150 |File:Main Street, Takaka.jpg|Page & Spurge’s Junction Store in Main Street, Takaka |File:Wool Train of Takaka Tramway (scanned).jpg|"Page & Spurge’s wool for SS Alexander Dec 22nd 1903" |File:Takaka Tramway. Nelson Provincial Museum, Tyree Studio Collection 182143.jpg|Passenger and Goods train under rock ledge beside Takaka River }} References1. ^Wool Train of Takaka Tramway. 2. ^[https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MS18830129.2.10 "The Takaka Tramway" Manawatu Standard, Band 3, Ausgabe 55, 29. Januar 1883] 3. ^1 [https://image.jimcdn.com/app/cms/image/transf/dimension=890x10000:format=jpg/path/s43f928e84fd05874/image/i3ff558f35fec7884/version/1412516505/takaka-tramway-signage-commercial-street-takaka.jpg Takata Tramway signage in Commrcial Street, Takata.] A [https://www.flickr.com/search/?text=Waitapu+Road+Tramline higher resolution image] is available on Flickr. 4. ^{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.co.nz/books/about/New_Zealand_Railway_and_Tramway_Atlas.html?id=OsnRPgAACAAJ|title=New Zealand Railway and Tramway Atlas|last=Yonge|first=John Roger|last2=Company|first2=Quail Map|date=1993|publisher=Quail Map Company|isbn=9780900609923|language=en}} 5. ^[https://www.flickr.com/photos/francisvallance/7089877723/in/album-72157628950279067/ Takaka Tramway signage at East Takaka Terminus.] 6. ^[https://image.jimcdn.com/app/cms/image/transf/dimension=890x10000:format=jpg/path/s43f928e84fd05874/image/iad93b10b708abebf/version/1412516499/takaka-tramway-signage-at-waitapu-wharf.jpg Takaka Tramway signage at Waitapu Wharf.] 7. ^{{Cite web|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TC19060921.2.19.4|title= Colonist, Volume XLVIII,Issue 11738, 21 September 1906|last=|first=|date=|website=Papers Past|issn=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}} 8. ^{{Cite web|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TC18820615.2.24.3|title=Colonist, Volume XXVI, Issue 3482, 15 June 1882|last=|first=|date=|website=Papers Past|issn=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}} 9. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.trainweb.org/loggingz/anchor.html|title=Anchor Foundry Locomotives|last=|first=|date=|website=Logging Locomotives of New Zealand|issn=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}} External links
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