Moreton Bay Tramway Company
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The Moreton Bay Tramroad Company was a private enterprise attempt to establish railways in the new colony of Queensland. It was stillborn.
Contents
People
- Coote,
- Stephens,
- Buckley.
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
- Queensland separated from New South Wales on 6 June 1859. Some very preliminary railway plans had been prepared by the New South Wales Government which were handed over to the new Queensland Government.
1860
- April – An early mention in a political platform of the need for railways or tramways in Queensland.[3]
- April – An early mention of the constructing firm of Moreton, Peto and Brassey.[4]
- November – An advertisement for the company's propectus in a Sydney newspaper.[5]
- November – An advertisement for the company's prospectus in a Brisbane paper.[6]
1861
1862
- April – coal deposits reported next to the proposed route.[7]
- 29 May – Tramway assets taken over by Government.[8][9]
1863
- Insolvent Court[10]
- 9 May – the Government Railways Bill repeals the Tramway Act, except for court actions already in action.[11]
- 20 August – Railway Bill in parliament[12]
1865
- 29 March 1865 – three large shareholder taken to Supreme Court for not paying calls on contributing shares.[13]
The three are:
- Coote,
- Stephens,
- Buckley.
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