Millerton.ca.1940`s.

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DescriptionDescribed as "a place either loved or hated - but always with a passion", the people living and working on the 'hill' back in those early days were extremely isolated, with the perilous incline and steep windy tracks forming the only modes of access and transportation.

Denniston was a working town through and through, existing purely for the benefit of extracting black gold from the earth`s depths. It was definitely not a place for the fainthearted. The work was dangerous and a number were injured or died as a result of accidents in the mine or riding the infamous incline. But amid the notorious climate and bleak living conditions on the barren windswept plateau, these people "living on the edge" forged a close-knit community to be proud of.
From the "Denniston Experience"..(see external link below)Date of Photoca.1940`sMap^[1]External LinkNelson MuseumDenniston Experience

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Location (city or town)Denniston

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Millerton.ca.1940`s.

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