STANDARD GAUGE RAILWAY 1946 FREMANTLE TO KALGOORLIE MAP REFERENCES SG112/3R CCE 36028

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1946

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Overview

Avon River South Bank Contour Survey Map 1946 for Standard Gauge Railway
Map references SG112/3R CCE 36028 Mileage 22m 33ch - 23m 60ch (miles/chains). (36.69 - 38.22 Km).
Mileages on maps are believed to be calculated from Midland Station.
Shows contours and river bank.
Indicates flood levels from 1945.
Roads and streams marked.
Surveyor's notes added.
Surveyed by R.C. Rowe.
NB: Adjacent map SG113 is missing.

Historical information

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.
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.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-37-2018.10d

Item type

Documents

Width

79 cm

Height or length

201 cm

Keywords

Avon River

Standard Gauge Railway