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DescriptionSpectacular Beauty of Rewanui - Liverpool 2 Coalmine. 1919-1965.
Date of Photo1919 - 1965Map[1] ContributorTony Kokshoorn
Date of Photo1919 - 1965Map[1] ContributorTony Kokshoorn
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Location (city or town)RewanuiOrganisation (eg business)Liverpool 2 Coalmine
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Category TagCoal Mining
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CommentsDeb Corich
Great photos!
Peter Robertson
Doesn't take long for the Jungle to take over eh?
Gavin Davy
Doesn't take long for the bush to take it back eh?
Rowena Dunn
Great photos.
Ken Campbell
Rewanui was the first and best job I ever had beautiful scenery and great workmates it was an adventure every day.
Gazey Colville
Ken Campbell I work there in 1965 a lot of fond memories
Paul Smith
Ken Campbell Inductions back in 1965?
Ken Campbell
Paul Smith We couldn't spell induction far less know what it meant back then Paul.
David Brown
Doesn't take long for the vegetation to take control eh? .... next
Herb Hart
Great photos Tony. I started work up there as a rope boy in 1957. Looks like bathouse and powerhouse photos.
Marilyn Corson
Where is this place
Tony Kokshoorn
Marilyn Corson In the hills behind Runanga.
Marilyn Corson
Tony Kokshoorn thnx, I hadn't heard of it
Pauline Naylor
Fabulous photos Tony.
Karen Potter
Beaut photos
Mandy Jean Partleton
Karen Potter I agree 100%
Demme Disney
Absolutely stunning!
Robyn Edwards
Wonderful pictures
Runanga Miners’ Hall Project - ‘Restoring the Hall, Restoring the Community
Fantastic
Bob Jamieson
Exp;ores many times in my youth.
Shona Campbell
Wow that is so cool, could spend hours there taking photos. Thank you for sharing.
Helen Green
My husband, Arnold, travelled to that destination for work for many years.
Yvonne Lawson
Helen Green my Dad did just under 40 years there. Worked last day that mine worked
Linda McTigue
Beautiful no wonder my Dad did his working life there.
Karen Potter
Linda McTigue looks like ancient ruins.
Linda McTigue
Karen Potter yes but our ruins
Karen Potter
Linda McTigue aren't we lucky.
Judy Ann Hinde
Wow. Thanks for posting. Didn’t know about this. How difficult is it to access?
Jordyn Coppell
Judy Ann Hinde 6hour walk
Ken Auld
Wonderful
Richard Howe
Stunning photos. I have the book Siberia To the Sea, and will try and see if i can place these ruins with the photos in the book.
Yvonne Lawson
Richard Howe I have that book too. Have read it
Richard Howe
Yvonne Lawson Unfortunately i can't see any photo in the book that can relate to Tony's photos, except possibly the middle brake structure on the last page.
Yvonne Soares
Richard Howe my dad lived up there in Siberia and was in the book. Sadly I lost my copy in the Westport floods last year.
Richard Howe
Yvonne Soares Yvonne, you may be able to get another copy from this address. " The Rewanui Preservation Society 2000 " P O Box 15 Rununga. I think i got mine from a Paper Plus shop in Greymouth, only about five years ago. Perhaps they still have cop… See more
Jocelyn Falls
Richard Howe the ISBN number on the book will help them reference it on the computer at the book shop
Sonia Moore
Fabulous photos
Trish Rennie
I love how Mother Nature reclaims her spaces
Keston Ruxton
Wow!
Thomas Peter Mulligan
Great photos
Valda Mcconnell
Great photos
Paul Davies
Cool pics
Lynnette Walford
Amazing pics, never ever saw these..
Margaret Grant
Just beautiful Tony..Trevor Grant
Judy Cross
Very impressive! Been there anazing
Kerry Slack
Carole, maybe show dad photos, they are pretty cool.
Carole OConnell
Kerry Slack have looked at them. Dad thinks it's the middle brake.
Mark Thomson
When did you take these Tony?
Tony Kokshoorn
Mark Thomson yesterday.
Tony Kokshoorn
Yvonne Lawson
Love the scenery. Makes me homesick
Phillip Lee
Sharyn Symons haven’t been up there for years Sharyn, may have to put it on my list
Ryan Bonner
Where is this ?
Jeff Williams
Dad worked there and I went underground a couple of times. Definitely one of the most spectacular rail journeys in the world in its day.
Vern Pattinson
Jeff Williams what was your dad's name Jeff
Darian Zam
Great set of photos!
Craig Smith
Nice one. Havent been there since about august 99 when my Davey mine project finished
Linzi Woods
Nature reclaiming it's territory - Great pics thanks Tony.
Catherine Keating
Stunning photos Tony
Lisa Richardson
Yes, beautiful photos, thank you.
Karlene Jane Batchelor
Les Holmes Germanicus
Ed Dando
Lv these pics
Heather Don
Amazing photos,
Michele Buchanan
Awesome pictures!
Susan McEnroe
Great photos.
Lynn Hopkins
Great photos Tony my dad was born up in Rewanui
Helen Fitzgibbon
Thank you for sharing these amazing photos .love the Westcoast history
Richard Howe
Thank you Tony Kokshoorn for going to the old mine site and taking these photos. It couldn't have been easy for you to get there. Scenes like these are incredibly interesting, and can stir the mind into wondering what it was like when full production was in progress.
Kym Murdoch
Great photos
Barry Thomas Johnston
Is this in the north or South Island
Richard Howe
Barry Thomas Johnston This is on the West Coast of the South Island on the hills behind Dunollie, and above the former railway station at Rewanui.
Colman Creagh
I worked up there in early 1980 s as storekeeper and coal consigner. great place to to work and a top bunch of workmates. someof the photos are at middle break and some down past the bins of the original store
Crow Bay
Worked their myself. My first job to. Same with my brother Peter DevineMakes me feel old Ken Campbell!! Bruce Anderson. Cheers Herb Hart still a few of us left
Ken Campbell
Crow Bay What year was that photo Jock. The houses on the hill on the left weren’t there when we worked there. I remember exploring around there one day and you could feel the floor through the undergrowth beneath your feet
Susan Shanahan
Emotionally moving photos. Brilliant!
Jacqui Holland
Holland Motor Sport this is where I wanted to walk, out near dunollie
Kascha Heywood-Scudder
Jacqui Holland this is so cool!
Reg Barlow
This is the mine where my father was killed on 5th May 1950
Sharon Cohen-Manley
Stunning Photos, would love to visit. It would have a busy place in its day. Man I love the Coast and its history!!!
Kay Hall
Looks like a mini Ankor Wat!
Bruce Anderson
Hi had some great times working at Rewanui Bins
Great photos!
Peter Robertson
Doesn't take long for the Jungle to take over eh?
Gavin Davy
Doesn't take long for the bush to take it back eh?
Rowena Dunn
Great photos.
Ken Campbell
Rewanui was the first and best job I ever had beautiful scenery and great workmates it was an adventure every day.
Gazey Colville
Ken Campbell I work there in 1965 a lot of fond memories
Paul Smith
Ken Campbell Inductions back in 1965?
Ken Campbell
Paul Smith We couldn't spell induction far less know what it meant back then Paul.
David Brown
Doesn't take long for the vegetation to take control eh? .... next
Herb Hart
Great photos Tony. I started work up there as a rope boy in 1957. Looks like bathouse and powerhouse photos.
Marilyn Corson
Where is this place
Tony Kokshoorn
Marilyn Corson In the hills behind Runanga.
Marilyn Corson
Tony Kokshoorn thnx, I hadn't heard of it
Pauline Naylor
Fabulous photos Tony.
Karen Potter
Beaut photos
Mandy Jean Partleton
Karen Potter I agree 100%
Demme Disney
Absolutely stunning!
Robyn Edwards
Wonderful pictures
Runanga Miners’ Hall Project - ‘Restoring the Hall, Restoring the Community
Fantastic
Bob Jamieson
Exp;ores many times in my youth.
Shona Campbell
Wow that is so cool, could spend hours there taking photos. Thank you for sharing.
Helen Green
My husband, Arnold, travelled to that destination for work for many years.
Yvonne Lawson
Helen Green my Dad did just under 40 years there. Worked last day that mine worked
Linda McTigue
Beautiful no wonder my Dad did his working life there.
Karen Potter
Linda McTigue looks like ancient ruins.
Linda McTigue
Karen Potter yes but our ruins
Karen Potter
Linda McTigue aren't we lucky.
Judy Ann Hinde
Wow. Thanks for posting. Didn’t know about this. How difficult is it to access?
Jordyn Coppell
Judy Ann Hinde 6hour walk
Ken Auld
Wonderful
Richard Howe
Stunning photos. I have the book Siberia To the Sea, and will try and see if i can place these ruins with the photos in the book.
Yvonne Lawson
Richard Howe I have that book too. Have read it
Richard Howe
Yvonne Lawson Unfortunately i can't see any photo in the book that can relate to Tony's photos, except possibly the middle brake structure on the last page.
Yvonne Soares
Richard Howe my dad lived up there in Siberia and was in the book. Sadly I lost my copy in the Westport floods last year.
Richard Howe
Yvonne Soares Yvonne, you may be able to get another copy from this address. " The Rewanui Preservation Society 2000 " P O Box 15 Rununga. I think i got mine from a Paper Plus shop in Greymouth, only about five years ago. Perhaps they still have cop… See more
Jocelyn Falls
Richard Howe the ISBN number on the book will help them reference it on the computer at the book shop
Sonia Moore
Fabulous photos
Trish Rennie
I love how Mother Nature reclaims her spaces
Keston Ruxton
Wow!
Thomas Peter Mulligan
Great photos
Valda Mcconnell
Great photos
Paul Davies
Cool pics
Lynnette Walford
Amazing pics, never ever saw these..
Margaret Grant
Just beautiful Tony..Trevor Grant
Judy Cross
Very impressive! Been there anazing
Kerry Slack
Carole, maybe show dad photos, they are pretty cool.
Carole OConnell
Kerry Slack have looked at them. Dad thinks it's the middle brake.
Mark Thomson
When did you take these Tony?
Tony Kokshoorn
Mark Thomson yesterday.
Tony Kokshoorn
Yvonne Lawson
Love the scenery. Makes me homesick
Phillip Lee
Sharyn Symons haven’t been up there for years Sharyn, may have to put it on my list
Ryan Bonner
Where is this ?
Jeff Williams
Dad worked there and I went underground a couple of times. Definitely one of the most spectacular rail journeys in the world in its day.
Vern Pattinson
Jeff Williams what was your dad's name Jeff
Darian Zam
Great set of photos!
Craig Smith
Nice one. Havent been there since about august 99 when my Davey mine project finished
Linzi Woods
Nature reclaiming it's territory - Great pics thanks Tony.
Catherine Keating
Stunning photos Tony
Lisa Richardson
Yes, beautiful photos, thank you.
Karlene Jane Batchelor
Les Holmes Germanicus
Ed Dando
Lv these pics
Heather Don
Amazing photos,
Michele Buchanan
Awesome pictures!
Susan McEnroe
Great photos.
Lynn Hopkins
Great photos Tony my dad was born up in Rewanui
Helen Fitzgibbon
Thank you for sharing these amazing photos .love the Westcoast history
Richard Howe
Thank you Tony Kokshoorn for going to the old mine site and taking these photos. It couldn't have been easy for you to get there. Scenes like these are incredibly interesting, and can stir the mind into wondering what it was like when full production was in progress.
Kym Murdoch
Great photos
Barry Thomas Johnston
Is this in the north or South Island
Richard Howe
Barry Thomas Johnston This is on the West Coast of the South Island on the hills behind Dunollie, and above the former railway station at Rewanui.
Colman Creagh
I worked up there in early 1980 s as storekeeper and coal consigner. great place to to work and a top bunch of workmates. someof the photos are at middle break and some down past the bins of the original store
Crow Bay
Worked their myself. My first job to. Same with my brother Peter DevineMakes me feel old Ken Campbell!! Bruce Anderson. Cheers Herb Hart still a few of us left
Ken Campbell
Crow Bay What year was that photo Jock. The houses on the hill on the left weren’t there when we worked there. I remember exploring around there one day and you could feel the floor through the undergrowth beneath your feet
Susan Shanahan
Emotionally moving photos. Brilliant!
Jacqui Holland
Holland Motor Sport this is where I wanted to walk, out near dunollie
Kascha Heywood-Scudder
Jacqui Holland this is so cool!
Reg Barlow
This is the mine where my father was killed on 5th May 1950
Sharon Cohen-Manley
Stunning Photos, would love to visit. It would have a busy place in its day. Man I love the Coast and its history!!!
Kay Hall
Looks like a mini Ankor Wat!
Bruce Anderson
Hi had some great times working at Rewanui Bins
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