The later years of the Marrawah Tramway Part 2 - more lines, locomotives, rail motors and rolling stock

摘要

In February 1922 Thomas Strickland71 began a government project to clear and drain swamps along the Welcome River, which flows northwards to enter Bass Strait near Woolnorth and which the Marrawah Tramway crossed at 22 miles 42 chains.72 Central to this scheme was the construction of a steel tramway southwards for some 4 1/2 miles from its junction with the Marrawah tram. Individual sawmillers then built several spur lines further to the south and east into an area drained by the Salmon River, which flows into the Arthur River. The branch was initially known as the Welcome Swamp tram, but in later years it was known as the Salmon River tram and its junction with the Marrawah Tramway became Salmon River Junction.