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Sorell History Society Collection
researching and recording the history of the Sorell district, south east Tasmania

Photographs of the Wielangta Railway, Allport Collection

Timber being shunted up to the Wielangta "Big" Mill building site by locomotive

The schooner "Rooganah" off Rheban Beach with three people on the jetty in foreground

Coffee Pot locomotive on modified rails on the Wielangta tramline with firebox visible

Coffee Pot locomotive on modified rails on the Wielangta tramline shunting and towing log wagons

Towing flywheel to the Wielangta "Big" Mill

Delivery of flywheel to the Wielangta "Big" Mill

Coffee Pot locomotive on Wielangta tramline towing timber wagons carrying Russel Allport & Co's signature

Equipment and supplies dump at the Wielangta "Big" Mill site

Coffee Pot locomotive without spark guard near Rheban Beach on the Wielangta tramline

Travelling on the Wielangta tramline on a "Coffee Pot" locomotive

Coffee Pot locomotive carrying supplies to Wielangta from Rheban Beach

Carrying supplies to Wielangta from Rheban Beach

Coffee Pot locomotive on modified rails on the Wielangta tramline shunting and towing log wagons

Coffee Pot locomotive on modified rails on the Wielangta tramline shunting log wagon

Coffee Pot locomotive on the Wielangta tramline with log wagon in tow