Otway Districts Historical Society
Photograph, Brucker, Pile Siding: horse-drawn timber tram, c.1920, c.1920
... Pile Siding: horse-drawn timber tram, c.1920...pile siding; weeaproinah; railways; tramways;...Pile Siding was opened in December 1915 because...B/W. A six horse-drawn timber tram at Pile Siding station...Pile siding station, near Weeaproinah, Otways, Victoria... Forest great-ocean-road Pile Siding was opened in December 1915 ...
Pile Siding was opened in December 1915 because of the Pettit Brothers sawmill and pile extraction operation. The siding was a spur with points facing Beech Forest with a timber tramway feeding the siding. During 1916/17 Pettit's sent away 5,000 tonnes of timber before moving to another site, after which loading dropped to insignificant proportions. Pettit's again occupied the site from 1924 and traffic rose to major levels again.B/W. A six horse-drawn timber tram at Pile Siding station in c.1920. Two timber workers are seated at the centre. Stacks of timber are awaiting collection. Note the bare tree trunks in the background. pile siding; weeaproinah; railways; tramways;
Otway Districts Historical Society
Otway Districts Historical Society