Ellis and Burnand
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Ellis and Burnand was a New Zealand sawmilling and timber retailing company, formed by businessman John William Ellis and engineer Harry Burnand in 1891.
1905 head office on Bryce St, Hamilton
locations and start dates of sawmills
Mangapehi Sawmill, Ellis and Burnand Ltd
Climax loco with log train on Mangapehi mill tramway about 1922
Ellis and Burnand Tramway
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The Ellis & Burnand Tramway was from 1922 to 1958 a 37 kilometres long bush tramway near Ongarue in the central North Island of New Zealand with a gauge of 3 ft 6 in.
Ellis and Burnand
…During the period of maximum output the annual production was 16m feet of native timber. The mill was still registered in 1961. Since 2011 part of the old tramway has formed the Timber Trail. Ellis & Burnand began its first milling of plantation grown Pinus radiata near Te Aroha, at Herriesville and Waihou, both…
Climax locomotive hauling logs over the Mangatukutuku Viaduct
Today's timber trail in the curved tunnel of the Ongarue Spiral