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  • Ohinemuri Regional History Journals1964 - 2012
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  • Historic TextsOld publications
      • Waihi Borough Council Diamond Jubilee Booklet 1902-1962
      • KARANGAHAKE the years of the gold 1875 -1935
      • Diamond Jubilee of the Ohinemuri County 1885 - 1945
      • Karangahake School and District 70th Jubilee 1889-1959
      • Mining and Ore Treatment at the Talisman Mine 1911
      • Horahora Hydroelectric Works Reports
  • Modern TextsRecent publications
      • Bange on the Waihi Borough
      • History Waiorongomai GoldfieldA.G. Matheson
  • Research
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      • Royal Standard Mine
      • Ohinemuri Coal Mines
      • Waihi Street Names
      • Waihi Gladstone Battery
      • Waihi Municipal Water Supply Dams
      • Heritage on the HRT CyclewayWaihi to Waikino
      • Waihi Mill Stream HeritageWaihi Walkways research
      • Isdale on Owharoa
      • Silverton Battery Site
      • Water-Power DamsOhinemuri
      • Samuel Chalton and NethertonNetherton's Naming
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      • Weka Watch files
      • Kokako Lost
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Ohinemuri and Waitawheta Rivers 360°
Waitawheta Suspension Bridge 360°
Karangahake Railway Bridge 360°

HRT Heritage Image

The partly completed Masonry Dam. The coffer dam is flooded. c.1897.

The partly completed Masonry Dam. The coffer dam is flooded. Note the small tunnel where the dam wall meets the dam wing. This is the drainage outlet. Circa 1897. HP Barry Collection photo, WACMA.

Low Level Water Race - Victoria Battery
The partly completed Masonry Dam. The coffer dam is flooded. c.1897.

Contents

  • Introduction
  • Historical Summary
  • Time Line
  • Site Interpretation
  • Location Map
  • Photographs – Present Day
  • Photographs – Historic
  • HP Barry, description of tramway
  • Annual Reports of the Directors, Waihi Gold Mining Company
  • The New Zealand Railway Observer
  • Extracts from Mines Statements

Research Articles

  • Royal Standard Mine

  • Coal Mines

  • Waihi Street Names

  • Waihi Gladstone Gold-mining Company Battery

  • Waihi Municipal Water Supply Dams

  • Heritage on the Hauraki Rail Trail Cycleway

    • Waihi Dredging Plant
    • Low Level Water Race - Victoria Battery
    • Tramway to Victoria Battery
    • Cyclists and Walkers
  • Waihi Mill Stream Heritage

  • Isdale on Owharoa

  • Silverton Battery Site

  • Water-Power Dams

  • Samuel and Ellen Chalton, Netherton

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Tramway to Victoria Battery

Heritage notes

on the

Waihi Gold Mining Company’s

Tramway to Victoria Battery

The "Rake"

1896 – 1952/54

Eric Lens 2005-6

phoca thumb l Locomotive Waikino

Locomotive "Waikino" with rake. c.1940s. Lithgow Collection. 

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Introduction
Historical Summary
Time Line
Site Interpretation
Location Map
Photographs – Present Day
Photographs – Historic
HP Barry, description of tramway
Annual Reports of the Directors, Waihi Gold Mining Company
The New Zealand Railway Observer
Extracts from Mines Statements
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