1880's - PROPOSED COAST RAILWAYS - Jacksons to Kumara and Stillwater did not proceed AND unused Taipo rail bridge

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Description1880's--PROPOSED WEST COAST RAILWAYS.
Note. Jacksons to Kumara and Stillwater did not proceed.

Jim Staton
Seddon wanted the railway to go through Kumara for obvious reasons, the railway civil engineer C Y O'Connor wanted the railway to go where it goes now, to appease Seddon O'Connor started building the Taipo River rail bridge, the one we drive over now. In the meantime he was also building the line out towards Inchbonnie.Date of Photo1880`sMap^[1]ContributorTony Kokshoorn

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Location (city or town)West CoastEventPROPOSED WEST COAST RAILWAYS

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Date Created7th August 2025CommentsAndrew John Wilson
Notice also branch line to Motueka and one from Murch

Jim Staton
Seddon wanted the railway to go through Kumara for obvious reasons, the railway civil engineer C Y O'Connor wanted the railway to go where it goes now, to appease Seddon O'Connor started building the Taipo River rail bridge, the one we drive over now. In the meantime he was also building the line out towards Inchbonnie.

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1880's - PROPOSED COAST RAILWAYS - Jacksons to Kumara and Stillwater did not proceed AND unused Taipo rail bridge

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