Dawson Valley Colliery
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Dawson Valley Colliery is a heritage-listed former coal mine at Morgan Street and The Esplanade, Baralaba, Shire of Banana, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1921 onwards. It is also known as B
Coal Bin and Headframe, Dawson Valley Colliery, 2008
The Dawson Valley Branch Railway was a railway line in Central Queensland, Australia. It branched from the Central Western railway line at Kabra in the Rockhampton Region and went via Mount Morgan to
Dawson Valley Colliery
…were disappointing. The Queensland Government developed the first coal mine at Baralaba. Development of the mine was dependent on construction of the Dawson Valley railway line, which began into the valley in 1910 and was approaching the river in 1917. The State Coal Mine opened in 1916, supplying coal to the Railway Department…
Abt rack railway up the Razorback Range, near Mount Morgan ~1905
Rack loco descending from Mt Morgan, 1905
Passenger train ascending the Rack section, 1910
Passenger train ascending the Rack section, 1913. Note that adjacent track, with a grade of 1 in 5 (20%)