Bell Hill mill tramway was a bush tramway at Bell Hill in the Moana Region of the Grey District on the West Coast of New Zealand. The tramway with a track gauge of was used in the 1910s.
History The Bell Hill mill was owned by Brownlee and Company and opened in the second decade of the 20th century. At times the mill closed down due to lack of water for the mill's boilers and for dampening down sawdust. In 1947 the mill was threatened by fire.
Locomotives The Johnson locomotive was built in Invercargill in 1906.Timber workers by a Johnson steam locomotive, West Coast. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. Reference Number: 1/2-058143-F.
External links Lake Brunner Sawmilling Coy's Mill at Bell Hill "Barclay" bush train, Lake Brunner sawmill, 1960 Bush loco crash, Jack Bros., tram Log hauling tramway from Lake Haupiri to Bell Hill mill Roads Brownlies Band Mill at Bell Hill
Further literature Daniel Reese: Was It All Cricket? George Allen and Unwin Ltd, 1948, London.
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