Stann Creek Railway
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.jpg) Up the Stann Creek R. R. (near the stone Quarry, Maccaroni hill) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Line length | 15 miles (24 km) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Track gauge | 3 ft (914 mm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Stann Creek Railway was used from 1908 to 1938 as a 25 miles (40 km) long 3 ft (914 mm) gauge narrow gauge railway from Commerce Bight to Middlesex in Belize.
The British Honduras Syndicate opened a mule-drawn railway in 1892 from its main office in Melinda to Sacred Heart Church at the pier in Stann Creek Town, which proved to be useful.[1]
Construction
The route was built by the colonial government of British Honduras, with the help of Jamaican immigrant workers, for a well above budget total of BH$ 846,140 or about £ 123,000, or about € 15 million, adjusted for inflation. It had a gauge of 3 feet (914 mm) and was opened in sections from 17 October 1908 to 31 March 1911. It took a detour through the banana plantations on Melinda Road and Old Mullins River Road. The bridges were designed as steel bridges with concrete foundations.[1]
