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Story: Bush trams and other log transport

Bush tram viaduct

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Bush tram viaduct

Rails were a major way of transporting logs, and often required long and fairly shaky viaducts. This example on the West Coast carried logs from Lake Haupiri up to the Bell Hill mill, inland from Greymouth.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, West Coast Historical and Mechanical Society Collection

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Paul Mahoney, Bush trams and other log transport – Bush tramways, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/12229/bush-tram-viaduct (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Paul Mahoney, published 1 March 2009.