Dictionary of Sydney

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Gladstone Colliery

Colliery in the Jamison Valley below the Fairmont Resort at Leura. Engineering difficulties meant it was never very successful. The coal was hauled by a ropeway up the cliff and via aerial ropeway across the Valley of the Waters and on to a siding on the main railway.

Milestone
Closed
1887
Type