The Piha tramway

Object detail

Accession number

PUB-2017-47.30

Maker

David Lowe

Description

"The bush tramway revolutionised the New Zealand logging industry and for over sixty years they enjoyed a golden age. They were rugged, to the eye of a professional railroader they had a primitive, nightmare quality but over crude track, up sheer grades, round torturous curves and across quaking trestles the bush crews rode their trains into the legent and history of New Zealand. This is the story of one such line, the Piha tramway." - introduction

Media/Materials

Processed Material/Paper

Physical description

32 pages : illustrations ; 22 x 14.5 cm

Edition

First

Collection

Rex Mirams Collection

Credit line

David Lowe. Unknown. The Piha tramway, PUB-2017-47.30. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).

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Classification

Book Communication Artefacts Documentary Artefacts Other Documents

Production place

Auckland New Zealand

Subject: all levels

New Zealand Logging railroads New Zealand Narrow gauge railroads Piha (New Zealand)

Collection type

Published Titles Walsh Memorial Library

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Name/Title: The Piha tramway Maker: David Lowe Production date: 1985 Accession number: PUB-2017-47.29 See full details

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