Hercules Haulage
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The Hercules Haulage, also known as the Mount Read Haulage, the Hercules Tram and the Williamsford Haulage Line, was a self-acting 2 ft narrow gauge tramway on the side of Mount Read in Western Tasman
The Hercules Haulage Line connected the Williamsford township to the Hercules Mine above
Williamsford, Tasmania
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Williamsford, Tasmania is the location of a former mining community, south of Rosebery, Tasmania and on the western lower reaches of Mount Read.
Hercules Haulage
…Haulage Line, was a self-acting 2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge tramway on the side of Mount Read in Western Tasmania, that connected the Hercules Mine with Williamsford and then to the North East Dundas Tramway. The Haulage was created to move ores from the Hercules Mine on Mount Read. The mine was operational between…
Williamsford railway station in snow in 1909