Description
Sawmills of the West Coast Volume 1 Book 1 – Grey and Westland Counties.
This, the first book of a series, covers Greymouth to Stillwater Including Coal Creek and the Grey District Coalfield.
The first in a series of books covering West Coast sawmills and bush tramways, the scene is set with early mills emanating from Greymouth cutting at-hand timber for building and the fledging coal and gold mining industries. The book covers sawmills up to Punakaiki, around the coalfields at Coal Creek, Kaiata, Dobson and Taylorville with additional coverage of some coal mining railways and tramways.
Author: Ian Tibbles. Published: NZRLS. A4 portrait format, softbound, 45 photographs, 12 maps, 64 pages.
