Knox Brothers' quarry, Leongatha

摘要

For many years a Roberts & Sons United Ironworks Cornish boiler lay beside the Great Southern Railway adjacent to a siding VA miles south of Leongatha, Victoria. The siding was situated on Simons Lane, and was in use by 1903 for ballasting purposes. It was also known as Rumpff's siding and was re-named Knox's siding in January of 1922, and closed to all traffic in June 1973.' The boiler had been turned out of Roberts' works stamped '163' on 29 November 1899, tested to 165psi and then embarked on a working career at llOpsi. It received registration MD 44X on 4 April 1912, and was re-registered as BIA 5797 in September 1922 when in the ownership of Knox Brothers, Leongatha. It was then tested every year until 1936. With the railway now converted to a Rail Trail, the boiler has disappeared.