JBN was married to Clarissa Mary Hack in the Pitt St Congregational Church Sydney on Tuesday 13th February 1855. Clarissa, a year younger than JBN, had come out to Australia in 1851, and JBN arrived aboard The Senator on 18th Feb 1852. Their first son, John George North was born in December 1855 in Newcastle. They went on to have 10 children, 8 of them surviving into adulthood.
Mr Phil Hammon had a very interesting month in May/June 2024 trying to track down just how J B North unloaded his coal output at Katoomba Station as a result […]
There were two overrope tramways one from the bankhead of today’s Scenic Railway (the incline) to the “Shoots” where the coal and shale was loaded into NSWGR trucks.
Chapter Three – Building the Railway Siding. In 1882 J B North was setting up “The Shoots”, the area where the coal from his mine in the Jamison Valley would be transshipped into NSWGR rail trucks to be railed to Sydney.
John Britty North leases all his mines, beds, seams, measures and strata to the Company along with the right to erect and demolish plant and cut and sell any timber on the land. Dated 2/11/1881 numbered 128748.
A quick Trove history of the short lived Blackheath Coal Company from 1885 to 1897.
Ian D’Arth of Australian Winch and Haulage P/L offered to do the calculations on loads, track ropes and catenaries. He has based his calculations on field measurements and satellite data. […]
In May of 1925, Harry Williams, who was the main shareholder in Katoomba Colliery Ltd. syndicate succeeded in buying the winder, steam engine, rails ropes and some coal skips from […]
Scenic Railway Souvenir Booklet from 1940 was gifted to us and is in pristine condition.
History in Power Point. A short history of Katoomba’s famous Scenic Railway is now available under Members Projects.
