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Denniston Information:
The
Denniston Rose written by Jenny Pattrick is your introduction to
Denniston and perhaps the West Coast of New Zealand and,
hopefully,soon to be a movie. it is the story of a pioneering mother
and daughter
struggling in 1880s in Denniston and reveals how life must have been in
those early pioneer days. One of the best books I have ever read and
there is now a sequel!
High
upon the mountain of coal at 600
metres above sea level today you can take your vehicle to the top on a
good road. Sometimes
as you go along you are looking down at aircraft. The sea is far below
as seen along the way. A dramatic and most scenic outlook.
The story of of one of the world's greatest engineering feats with the
building of the incline to bring the coal down. From 1880 to 1967
12 1/2 million tons of coal were brought down this incline so steep it
was unbelievable as you look at it even today.
There
was no road in the early days and the incline was the only way to get
there. There were many who wouldn't come back down after getting on top
of the mountain. When they died their bodies were taken down. There is
a graveyard near the ocean across from the mounatin worth visiting to
see the inscriptions on the stones.
A
not to be missed site.................unless it is coverd
in cloud.
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