Briandale bins at Ten Mile

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DescriptionBriandale bins at 10 Mile, I think that's Fauth's bins on the right. The Briandale party put a rail track in 1927 to work the nth side of river and allowed other parties to travel in that wayThe parties had jiggers with Harley Davidson engines . There were 8 Briandale mines from 1927 to 55.In 1930 Briandale a private mine but not a co op had 55 men working there.Date of PhotoBetween 1st January 1927 and 31st December 1955Map^[1]ContributorMoe Bowes

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Location (city or town)Ten MileLandmark (Place)Briandale Mine bins, Ten Mile Creek, Coast Road.Eventcoalmining

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Linkhttps://www.facebook.com/photo.php?.....2671554702&type=3&theaterCommentsBrett McLean Amazing historical photo Moe, is that right beside the present day 10 mile bridge?
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Lyn Moe
Lyn Moe Brett McLean Hi Haggis ,Yep around there.
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Stephen Roberts
Stephen Roberts The tram line is still there and further up on the right the tracks can still be found in the banks of the creek .Rumour has it the steam engine is still in the bush somewhere but havent found it yet
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Paul Maciulaitis
Paul Maciulaitis The little steam engine suffered from a boiler issue that put it out of action. The workers came to work one morning and all the water had leaked out of the boiler from a heavily corroded seam
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Lyn Moe
Lyn Moe That would be a good find,I believe it was bought from Chandlers Reefton.They used a tractor with rail wheels to start with.

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