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Genre/Form: | History |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Barry O'Donnell |
ISBN: | 0476011191 9780476011199 |
OCLC Number: | 123031013 |
Notes: | "The life and death of New Zealand's last isolated railway 1876-1955"--Cover. |
Description: | 288 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 22 x 29 cm |
Responsibility: | by Barry O'Donnell. |
Abstract:
This book tells the fascinating and frustrating story of the Nelson Section, and of the men and women who worked on the railway. The Government, having abandoned its promise to complete the connection, closed the railway in June 1954. A storm of local protest saw the railway offered a reprieve, but unable to attain the level of tonnage the Government required for it to remain open, the railway was finally closed in September 1955. Despite further protests - one of which made headlines on the other side of the world - the railway remained closed, and by December 1956 the Nelson Section had ceased to exist.
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