The Manning River breakwater railway Part 2 - The NSW Public Works Department era (1900-1927)

摘要

Part one of this history appeared in Light Railways No. 219, June 2011. It covered the period from 1895 to 1900 when private contractors were building the Manning River breakwaters. The establishment and operation of Crowdy Head Quarry and the Breakwater railway were detailed, and insights were given into the problems faced by breakwater contractors and ships' captains alike as they battled the common foes of storm waves and shifting sandbars