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Stockton aerial ropeway

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In 1953 this aerial ropeway was built at Stockton in the Buller region to bring coal down from mines. When there was renewed demand for Buller coal in the early 2000s, the ropeway allowed production at Stockton to be expanded.

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Reference: Pictorial Parade 12. National Film Unit, 1953

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Alan Sherwood and Jock Phillips, Coal and coal mining – The late 20th and early 21st centuries, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/video/7443/stockton-aerial-ropeway (accessed 24 June 2026).

Story by Alan Sherwood and Jock Phillips, published 2 March 2009.