RE: RE: now Christchurch - what's this?
  'Bob Pearce' frerrick


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Thanks Dave,


You have more photos I believe?


Cheers


Bob in Perth


 


From:
TramsDownUnder@... [mailto:TramsDownUnder@yahoogroups.com]

Sent: Tuesday, 28 March 2017 4:08 AM

To:TramsDownUnder@...

Subject: [TramsDownUnder] RE: now Christchurch - what's this?


 

No Bob,   though these ideas crossed our minds -  another clue - it was described by those who
found it as  " It is located above and slightly offset from the wastewater trunk and located in a "timber tomb".


 


Dave in ChCh, where not much still survives of our early 20th century tramway system

 


   , 

 


 


From: TramsDownUnder@... [mailto:TramsDownUnder@yahoogroups.com]


Sent: Tuesday, 28 March 2017 12:28 a.m.

To:TramsDownUnder@...

Subject: RE: was RE: [TramsDownUnder] Portland today [1 Attachment] - now Christchurch - what's this? [1 Attachment]


 


Hi Dave and all,


Was this to do with drainage for the tram lines?


 


OR, was it the trench for the tram power supply or –ve return?


 


Bob in Perth


 


From: TramsDownUnder@... [mailto:TramsDownUnder@yahoogroups.com]


Sent: Monday, 27 March 2017 6:48 PM

To:TramsDownUnder@...

Subject: was RE: [TramsDownUnder] Portland today [1 Attachment] - now Christchurch - what's this? [1 Attachment]


 

Sticking to the cable car theme,   I was asked last Friday to have a look at a post-earthquake
excavation in Riccarton Road where the contractor (installing a new sewer line) had discovered what they thought might be old tram infrastructure with a helpful comment from a Council colleague  "it
does look a bit cable car related"     Of course Christchurch never did have cable cars, but this was found along the centre line of
Riccarton Rd which until 1953 had double track tram lines in this part of the street. The tram lines are long gone,  but  this trench (?) is still there and GPR (ground penetrating radar) suggests that there is more to be exposed.       


 


SO what is it?        Clue -   the main north railway line crosses Riccarton Rd in the very near vicinity.          (No
response please from those in ChCh who have been discussing this over the last couple of days).


 


Dave in ChCh,  surprised to discover this  and  who has some more photos  to show if more clues are needed.


 


 


From: TramsDownUnder@... [mailto:TramsDownUnder@yahoogroups.com]


Sent: Monday, 27 March 2017 11:01 p.m.

To:TramsDownUnder@...

Subject: Re: [TramsDownUnder] Portland today [1 Attachment]


 


 


On 27/03/2017 8:33 PM, prescottt@... [TramsDownUnder] wrote:


 

I've never seen a tramline so well integrated into the landscape (grassed track) that it's almost impossible to spot from the air on Google maps! If you go into streetview you start to see it, just. It looks
like an interesting line that I would like to ride one day. The loop and wye are still there. I hope the diesel isn't too fumey. 

 

Not at all fumey - and barely audible.

It's well worth the visit.

The wye has been altered.

It originally was on the cliff side of the water tower.

See my pic from 13 years ago at:
http://tdu.to/a34847/PortlandCableSet_5March2004.jpg

This pic shows the first grip car and the other trailer (No95).  The first grip is a little too tall - probably due to scale errors in translating the drawings.

The cliff has had major slips, so the wye is now on the road side of the tower.

The attached pic shows a car set arriving at the North Portland terminus this week.

http://tdu.to/Portland-cable-tram.jpg

The track visible in the foreground is part of the wye.

Mal Rowe - impressed by the effort of this town


 


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