page_title: Grubb's Tramway (Zeehan)
section_title: Transfer of ownership, nationalisation and closure
hierarchical_section_title: Grubb's Tramway (Zeehan) / Transfer of ownership, nationalisation and closure
caption_attribution_description: The Company was founded in 1899 by taking over all properties from the Grubb's Company and teh Colonel North Mining Company. The new company issued 200,000 shares of 10s. each. The key objective was mining, development of ther properties and extending the company's railway to the Comstock District.
context_page_description: Grubb's Tramway was a more than 4 miles long horse-drawn light railway in Western Tasmania. It was opened in 1891 from Zeehan to Summit and the Colonel North Mine. It became the Colonel North Tramway in 1899 and closed in 1927. Three times a day, a "Goods Truck" carrying passengers ran every day. The uphill journey lasted at least 90 min or more. The return journey from the hill summit to Zeehan, a distance of 2.150 miles, was accomplished in six minutes.
context_section_description: The Grubb's Tramway became the Colonel North Tramway in 1899. The Company was founded in 1899 by taking over all properties from the Grubb's Company and the Colonel North Mining Company. The new company issued 200,000 shares of 10s. each. The key objective was mining, development of the properties and extending the company's railway to the Comstock District.
  The ownership of tramway was later transferred to the government. On 27 January 1912, J. E. Ogden protested against an easement being granted on the Old Colonel North tram, Zeehan, which belonged to the Government. The Minister, Hon. A. Hean, said he would make full enquiry before granting the concession asked for. The tramway closed in 1927.
caption: Certificate of The Colonel North Mines & Railway Company, Zeehan, Tasmania, 1 November 1899
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