Chert Incline

["David Martin" <d_martin@mountains.net.au>]

The mystery is solved.
The following comes from the Local History Librarian at Blue Mountains City
Library.....

"Chert (flintstone), containing silica and quartz and possessing good
binding properties with small amounts of water, was used as road metal in
road construction. In the 1920s the Blue Mountains Shire Council had their
own chert quarry on Mount Victoria Pass. The research officer of the Mount
Victoria & District Historical Society has researched and written an article
on this quarry, a copy of which is held in the library's local studies
collection.

"Concerning the chert incline mentioned in your correspondent's email, I
also have a copy of an article, "Chert Incline, Mt. Victoria, NSW" by F.
John Reid, published in Light Railways  (Journal of the Light Railway
Research Society of Australia) No.63, January 1979. The tramway incline was
built in 1924 and operated by the Mount Victoria Chert Road Metal & Timber
Co. Ltd."

Can anyone send me a copy of the LRRSA article?
--
David Martin
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