Gentle Annie Tramway
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 Replica of "Annie" locomotive, Groudle Glen Railway, Isle of Man | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Line length | 19.3 km (12.0 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Track gauge | 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Gentle Annie Tramway or Gisborne Borough Council’s Gentle Annie Metal Supply Tramway was a narrow gauge railway which formerly ran from Gisborne, New Zealand to the Gentle Annie quarry, a distance of 19.3 km (12.0 mi).[3]
The tramway was built in 1911 by the Gisborne Borough Council to transport road metal to the Council depot in downtown Gisborne and also supply Cook County Council. The track was of 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) gauge and followed alongside the local roads. In September 1911 a further three-quarters of a mile of track extended the line from Stanley Road to the Council yard in Childers Road. The tramway closed in 1916 and all equipment was sold to Moutohora Stone Quarries, which had a short tramway from a nearby quarry to the Moutohora Branch terminus.[4]
