Fortification, New Zealand
Fortificationis a locality in the western part ofthe Catlinsregion ofSouthlandin New Zealand'sSouth Island.[1]Nearby settlements include Quarry Hills andWaikawato the southeast,Tokanuito the southwest, andWaimahakato the west. It is over 50 km east of Southland's main centre,Invercargill.
The area was logged by timber companies which included Fortification Timber Co 1875[2]and Fortification Timber Co Ltd.[3]Subdivisions were created in 1914[4]under the Lands for Settlement Act[5]and the road to Te Peka improved after 1919.[6]
Tramway
[edit]To serve forestry interests in the Fortification area, abush tramwaywas built in the mid-1920s. It ran fromTe Pekarailwaystation on theTokanui Brancheastwards to a sawmill in Fortification, and then divided into a number of branches to logging sites. The tramway's date of closure is unknown, but it occurred prior to the closure of the Tokanui Branch on 31 March 1966.[7]Tramways to a sawmill east of Fortification Hill were shown on 1944 one inch map S183.[8]
References
[edit]- ^"Place name detail: Fortification".New Zealand Gazetteer.New Zealand Geographic Board.Retrieved16 November2007.
- ^"COMMERCE AND FINANCE (Otago Daily Times, 1939-02-04)".paperspast.natlib.govt.nz.Retrieved24 June2018.
- ^"LONDON WOOL SALES (Evening Star, 1933-07-15)".paperspast.natlib.govt.nz.Retrieved24 June2018.
- ^"Page 6 Advertisements Column 5 (Southland Times, 1914-01-22)".paperspast.natlib.govt.nz.Retrieved24 June2018.
- ^"LAND HUNGER. (Mount Ida Chronicle, 1914-02-06)".paperspast.natlib.govt.nz.Retrieved24 June2018.
- ^"GOVERNMENT GRANTS (Southland Times, 1919-06-14)".paperspast.natlib.govt.nz.Retrieved24 June2018.
- ^New Zealand Railway and Tramway Atlas,fourth edition, edited by John Yonge (Essex: Quail Map Company, 1993), 30.
- ^"Sheet S.183 Tokanui".mapspast.org.nz.Retrieved24 June2018.
46°31′S169°00′E/ 46.51°S 169.00°E
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