STANDARD GAUGE RAILWAY 1946 FREMANTLE TO KALGOORLIE SURVEY MAP REF: SG119/3 R3 SHEET 1 CCE 35932/3
1946Avon River South Bank Contour Survey Map 1946 for Standard Gauge Railway
Map references SG119/3 R3 Sheet 1 CCE 35932/3
Mileage 34m 10ch - 36m 12ch (miles/chains). (54.96 - 58.18 Km)
Mileages on maps are believed to be calculated from Midland Station.
Within Shire of Toodyay Boundary.
Shows land contours and river bank with streams entering and roads or tracks.
Flood levels marked. Track and road marked.
4P and netting fencing.
Basket springs. Good permanent water.
Three possible railway alignment shown.
Surveyors notes.
Surveyor HT Williams.
Survey in 1946 by HT Williams, HS Marriott and RC Rowe for Chief Civil Engineer WAGR for standard gauge link to Trans Australia Railway at Kalgoorlie.
Without an agreement in 1960 with BHP for an iron and steelworks at Kwinana to process iron ore for Koolyanobbing this project may not have taken place.
Project eventually started 5th November 1962 and the first standard gauge trains ran through Toodyay 11th November 1966 from Merredin. Completion to Kalgoorlie to join up with the Trans Australia SG Railway happened in 1968.
Originally part of the Railway Heritage WA Museum collection, this map had been deaccessioned and was then passed on to the Newcastle Gaol Museum by a Railway Heritage volunteer in c2015.
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Historic: Survey in 1946 by HT Williams, HS Marriott and RC Rowe for Chief Civil Engineer WAGR for standard gauge link to Trans Australia Railway at Kalgoorlie.
Without an agreement in 1960 with BHP for an iron and steelworks at Kwinana to process iron ore for Koolyanobbing this project may not have taken place.
Project eventually started 5th November 1962 and the first standard gauge trains ran through Toodyay 11th November 1966 from Merredin. Completion to Kalgoorlie to join up with the Trans Australia SG Railway happened in 1968.
Other items from Shire of Toodyay
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STANDARD GAUGE RAILWAY 1946 FREO TO KAL SURVEY MAP REF: SG119/3 R4 CCE 35932/3
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STANDARD GAUGE RAILWAY 1946 FRE TO KAL SURVEY MAP REF: SG120/2R CCE 35998
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STANDARD GAUGE RAILWAY 1946 FREO TO KAL SURVEY MAP REF: SG122/2R CCE 36165
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STANDARD GAUGE RAILWAY 1946 FREO TO KAL SURVEY MAP REF: SG123/1R CCE 36212
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STANDARD GAUGE RAILWAY 1946 FREO TO KAL SURVEY MAP REF: SG125/1R CCE 36252
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STANDARD GAUGE RAILWAY 1946 FREO TO KAL SURVEY MAP REF: SG127/1R CCE 36298
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STANDARD GAUGE RAILWAY 1946 FREO TO KAL SURVEY MAP REF: SG127/2R CCE 36298
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STANDARD GAUGE RAILWAY 1946 FREO TO KAL SURVEY MAP REF: SG117/2R CCE 35840
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STANDARD GAUGE RAILWAY 1946 FREO TO KAL SURVEY MAP REF: SG128/1R CCE 36327/2
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STANDARD GAUGE RAILWAY 1946 FREO TO KAL SURVEY MAP REF: SG129/2R CCE 36329
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STANDARD GAUGE RAILWAY 1946 FREO TO KAL SURVEY MAP REF: SG130/1R CCE 36344
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STANDARD GAUGE RAILWAY 1946 FREO TO KAL SURVEY MAP REF: SG131/1R CCE 36378
