Convict tramway

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A contemporary sketch of the convict tramway

The Convict Tramway[1] was hauled by human power: convicts from the Port Arthur convict settlement.[2] and was created to replace the hazardous sea voyage from Hobart to Port Arthur, Tasmania.[1][3] Charles O'Hara Booth oversaw the construction of the tramway.[4]

It opened in 1836 and ran for 8 km (5 miles) from Oakwood to

Tasmanian Archives, shows four convicts providing the motive power. The date of closure is unknown, but it was certainly prior to 1877.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Taranna - Tasmania". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. 8 February 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Local History - History of the Tasman Peninsula". Tasman Council. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Port Arthur Historic Sites Statutory Management Plan 2008". UNESCO. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
  4. ISBN 9781407054070
    . Retrieved 5 July 2015.
  5. ^ "An excursion to Port Arthur". Fraser's Magazine. Vol. 26, no. 180. London. September 1842. p. 283.
  6. ^ John Yonge, Australian Railway Atlas: No.1 -Tasmania, Quail Map Company, Exeter U.K., 2004
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