Moreton Bay Tramway Company

The Moreton Bay Tramroad Company was a private enterprise attempt to establish railways in the new colony of Queensland. It was stillborn.

People

Land Grant Railway

It had been proposed to fund it as a Land Grant Railway.[1]

Horse power

The tramway was intended to be operated by horses.[2]

Gradients

The later railway along the route of the tramway has ruling gradients of 1 in 50. This might be rather steep for horse operation.

Nomenclature

The Tramway company is sometimes called a Tramroad.

Timeline

1859

1860

1862

1863

1865

The three are:

References

  1. "Advertising.". The Argus (Melbourne: National Library of Australia). 11 April 1862. p. 3. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
  2. "Advertising.". The Argus (Melbourne: National Library of Australia). 11 April 1862. p. 3. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
  3. "Classified Advertising.". The Moreton Bay Courier (Brisbane: National Library of Australia). 17 April 1860. p. 3. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
  4. "COLONIAL PARLIAMENT.". The Sydney Morning Herald (National Library of Australia). 25 April 1860. p. 5. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
  5. "SYDNEY NEWS.". The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW: National Library of Australia). 8 November 1860. p. 3. Retrieved 6 September 2012.
  6. "Classified Advertising.". The Moreton Bay Courier (Brisbane: National Library of Australia). 10 November 1860. p. 1. Retrieved 6 September 2012.
  7. "Advertising.". The Argus (Melbourne: National Library of Australia). 5 April 1862. p. 3. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
  8. "LATEST INTELLIGENCE.". North Australian and Queensland General Advertiser (Ipswich, Qld.: National Library of Australia). 29 May 1862. p. 2. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
  9. "LATEST INTELLIGENCE.". North Australian and Queensland General Advertiser (Ipswich, Qld.: National Library of Australia). 29 May 1862. p. 2. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
  10. "QUEENSLAND.". The Mercury (Hobart, Tas.: National Library of Australia). 2 January 1863. p. 3. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
  11. "THE GOVERNMENT RAILWAY BILL.". The Courier (Brisbane) (Brisbane: National Library of Australia). 9 May 1863. p. 3. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
  12. "THE RAILWAY BILL.". The Darling Downs Gazette and General Advertiser (Toowoomba, Qld.: National Library of Australia). 20 August 1863. p. 2. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
  13. "QUEENSLAND.". The Mercury (Hobart, Tas.: National Library of Australia). 29 March 1865. p. 3. Retrieved 8 September 2012.


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