Side Tipping Wagon - W. G. Allen & Sons (Tipton) Ltd

Historical information

Built by W. G. Allen & Sons (Tipton) Ltd.,
Tipton, Staffordshire, England.

This vehicle was used on the construction of dams, etc., and the Jindivick tunnel at Tarago in Gippsland for the state Rivers & Water Supply Commission of Victoria.

The small wheel located on the side ran up a suitably located ramp automatically tipping the hopper and emptying the contents.

Significance

Historic - Industrial Narrow Gauge Railway - side tipping wagon used by the State Rivers & Water Supply Commission of Victoria - Jindivick tunnel at Tarago, Victoria, Australia

Physical description

Side Tipping Wagon made of Iron, steel and wrought iron

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