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The colliery manager in 1889 was Alexander Ross [53] and during The Great War was Mr G. F. Thomas. [54] Newcastle Coal Mining Co Colliery 'B' Pit, Caldwell St., Merewether, (1882 - 1909 following underground connexions with 'A' pit [55]) - The Newcastle Coal Mining Company Limited.
Access to these collieries was via a private railway which ran from The Junction with the Glebe colliery line past Merewether Beach and through Australia's first two railway tunnels, built in 1861 & 1862 respectively, [5] cut under Merewether Bluff, above the Ocean Baths. Old Burwood Colliery at Glenrock Lagoon was a deep shaft. Murdering Gully ...
A tour of the line as far as Jewells took place using the CPH Rail Motors of the Rail Motor Society (Paterson, NSW) on 28 March 1987. Following the closure of Lambton Colliery at Redhead, the last operating pit in the area in late 1991, the Belmont Branch was closed from 19 December 1991. [3]
European sites include Australia’s first road/tram tunnel (c1846), Australia’s first railway tunnels (c1861 and 1862), remains of Australia’s first commissioned copper smelter (c1851), remains of Burwood Colliery and a coastal railway. [16] The early coal mining sites within the park are listed on the NSW State Heritage Register.
The area was named after a white truss bridge that crosses the Belmont Railway Line later replaced by a concrete bridge now part of Dudley Road. Coal mining was started at Whitebridge in 1888 at the Burwood No.3 Colliery. This mine operated for almost a century and was one of Australia's greatest coal producers. It closed in 1982.
In 1965 it moved to its current home ground at Myamblah Crescent in Merewether. This ground was built on the remnants of the old Glebe Colliery complex, which closed in 1959 due to an industry slump. In 2009 the club launched a team in the inaugural Northern NSW Women's Premier League, although the team was unsuccessful in making the final series.
From 1883 Ralph Snowball worked at the Lambton Colliery as a miner. He worked at the colliery until June, 1884. After leaving the colliery, he began his career as a prolific photographer. [1] In 1889 with the formation of the New Lambton municipality, he was appointed the first Town Clerk. [3] [4] He retired as a professional photographer in ...
Initially ex-Sydney self-propelled D1 class double decked trams were used on the system. Due to the Australian Agricultural Company rail bridge over Hunter Street and the overhead rail bridge to the Lambton Colliery between Hobart and Howe streets, the top deck was removed meaning that the capacity was severely reduced. The self-propelled trams ...