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STANDARD GAUGE RAILWAY 1946 FREMANTLE TO KALGOORLIE MAP REFERENCES SG116/2R CCE 35839

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Avon River South Bank Contour Survey Map 1946 for Standard Gauge Railway
Map reference SG116/2R CCE 35839 Mileage 29m15ch - 30m64ch (miles/chains). (46.97- 49.57Km
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 shown and steep rocks indicated.
One possible railway alignment shown.
Surveyor HT Williams.

Historical information

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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cwa-org-37-2018.10g

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79 cm

Height or length

201 cm

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HT Williams

Keywords

Standard Gauge Railway

Western Australian Government Railways

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Shire of Toodyay

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