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Whangarei Town Basin Showing Train in Walton Street
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DescriptionEarly Whangarei with the town wharf and Walton Street.
For two years coal trains ran down Walton St from the mine at Whau Valley. After Jonny Rake discovered coal in the area, the Whau Valley mine was opened in 1865 by Henry Walton and William Grahame. It operated for three years. The English engineer William Bedlington, who married Caroline Mair, built the tram line to the Whangarei town wharf.
For two years coal trains ran down Walton St from the mine at Whau Valley. After Jonny Rake discovered coal in the area, the Whau Valley mine was opened in 1865 by Henry Walton and William Grahame. It operated for three years. The English engineer William Bedlington, who married Caroline Mair, built the tram line to the Whangarei town wharf.
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Map AddressQuayside,Whangārei,Whangārei,0110,New Zealand
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Whangarei Town Basin Showing Train in Walton Street (1880's). Northland Room Digital Collections, accessed 16/06/2025, https://wdc.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/372
