MCIVOR TIMBER & FIREWOOD COMPANY TRAMWAY

TOOBORAC AND PUCKAPUNYAL AND MOORMBOOL WEST AND GRAYTOWN AND MITCHELLSTOWN, MITCHELL SHIRE, STRATHBOGIE SHIRE

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    MCIVOR TIMBER & FIREWOOD COMPANY TRAMWAY - History

    THE MCIVOR TIMBER & FIREWOOD COMPANY COMMENCED OPERATIONS IN 1906.  THE TRAMWAY BRANCHED FROM THE VR HEATHCOTE LINE AT TOOBORAC AND WAS WORKED BY THE TWO BALDWIN LOCOMOTIVES.  FIREWOOD AND MINING TIMBERS WERE CUT FROM THE AREA EAST OF HEATHCOTE, WITH CAMPS ESTABLISHED FOR FIREWOOD CUTTERS AND CHARCOAL BURNERS.  EVENTUALLY, THE LINE EXTENDED AS FAR NORTH AS CHARRINGTON AND AS FAR EAST AS PUCKAPUNYAL.  THE LINE CEASED OPERATING IN 1927

    Interpretation of Site

    MCIVOR TIMBER & FIREWOOD COMPANY TRAMWAY - Interpretation of Site

    Locomotive shed, sawmill and manager's house remain at Tooborac beside junction with (dismantled) VR Heathcote line. Evidence of tramway formation includes embankments, remnant sleepers, culverts, cattle grids and bridge timbers.

    Heritage Inventory Description

    MCIVOR TIMBER & FIREWOOD COMPANY TRAMWAY - Heritage Inventory Description

    Tramway formation, locomotive shed, manager's house.

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