Dun Mountain
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Dun Mountain is a mountain in the Richmond Range near the city of Nelson in the Tasman District of New Zealand's South Island. It is located between the catchments of the Pelorus, Maitai and Roding Ri
Dun mountain Nelson New Zealand
Dun Mountain Railway
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The Dun Mountain Railway was a privately owned and operated 3 ft narrow gauge, 21.5 km long horse-drawn tramway from chromite mines in the vicinity of Duppa Lode on the eastern slopes of Wooded Peak t
Dun Mountain
…and named after it. Between 1850 and 1865 small deposits of chromite and copper were mined on the mountain leading to the building of New Zealand's first railway. New Zealand Encyclopedia 1966: Dun Mountain…
Dun Mountain Railway
Stack of wooden ties beside the Dun Mountain Railway in heavily wooded country
Opening of Dun Mountain tramway, 3 Feb 1862
Freight train of the Dun Mountain railway. Trucks were pulled up the grade by horses, and descended by gravity.