Launceston (/ˈlɒnsɛstən/ ) is a city in the north of Tasmania, Australia, at the confluence of the North Esk and South Esk rivers where they become the...
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locally in Launceston, instead of overseas. The received a Historic Engineering Marker from Engineers Australia as part of its Engineering Heritage Recognition...
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The Launceston Steam Railway is a 1 ft 11+1⁄2 in (597 mm) gauge narrow gauge railway, in Cornwall, England. The 2+1⁄2 miles (4.0 km) long railway runs...
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HMS Launceston Castle (K397) was a Castle-class corvette of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy, named after Launceston Castle in Cornwall. The ship was constructed...
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Duck Reach Power Station (category Recipients of Engineers Australia engineering heritage markers)
Tasmanian city of Launceston with hydro-electric power from its construction in 1895 to its closure in 1955. The site was picked by Launceston city surveyor...
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Launceston City Park is a park in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. Established in the 1820s by the Launceston Horticultural Society and handed over to...
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The Launceston tramway network served the city of Launceston, Tasmania in Australia from 1911 until 1952. Launceston Municipal Tramways, a subsidiary of...
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Workshops, Launceston, modified from M class 1 P class, built by Clyde Engineering 19 Q class 4-8-2, built by Perry Engineering, Walkers, Clyde Engineering 4 R...
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The Launceston Gasworks is a former industrial site located in the CBD of Launceston, Tasmania. The site was the principal supplier of gas to the City...
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South Devon and Tavistock Railway (redirect from Launceston and South Devon Railway)
in Devon; it opened in 1859. It was extended by the Launceston and South Devon Railway to Launceston, in Cornwall in 1865. It was a broad gauge line but...
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Tasmanian Government Railways (redirect from Launceston and Western Railway)
undulating country presented few engineering challenges, with the only major works being a bridge over the North Esk in Launceston, cuttings and embankments...
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Buckfastleigh, Totnes and South Devon Railway Dartmouth and Torbay Railway Launceston and South Devon Railway Lee Moor Tramway Moretonhampstead and South Devon...
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end of June 2006. On 1 August 2006, Qantas replaced its daily Melbourne-Launceston mainline service with a three times daily QantasLink Dash 8 service. This...
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Commonwealth Engineering in Clyde, New South Wales. With seating for 58 passengers, they were initially rostered on the Hobart - Launceston Evening Service...
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(24 September 2015). "University's grand plan". The Examiner Newspaper. Launceston, Tasmania. Longhurst, Jane (7 December 2015). "Tasmanian Institute of...
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Tasmanian Main Line Company (redirect from Hobart to Launceston railway)
Hobart and Launceston, where it connected with the Launceston and Western Railway (L.W.R.). The idea of a railway linking Hobart with Launceston went back...
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car racing in Australia. Chevrolet, Will Brown and Triple Eight Race Engineering entered the championship as defending Manufacturers', Drivers' and Teams'...
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Arthur Hinman (category Australian rules footballers from Launceston, Tasmania)
played for the Launceston Football Club, before studying science at the University of Tasmania. He subsequently studied mining engineering at the University...
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Francis Herbert Wenham (section Other engineering work)
Machines "Wenham Hot Air Engine". hotairengines.org. "A Beautiful Light". Launceston Examiner. Vol. XLV, no. 96. Tasmania, Australia. 23 April 1885. p. 3....
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Landranger map sheet 201 Plymouth & Launceston ISBN 978-0-319-23146-3 GENUKI website; Lezant; retrieved 10 February 2015 Engineering Timelines website; retrieved...
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Australia. It sits on the banks of the South Esk River, 18 km south of Launceston. Named after early colonial explorer and Surveyor-General George Evans...
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Light Railways (154): 7, 8, 9. "THE PRICE OF COPPER". Daily Telegraph (Launceston). 30 December 1901. p. 1. Retrieved 27 September 2024. "Copper-bottomed...
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The Western Line, previously known as the Launceston and Western Line, is a 223 km freight rail corridor that runs from Western Junction to Wiltshire in...
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the Conservatorium of Music and the Hobart Teachers College. In 1971, a Launceston campus of the TCAE was announced. These were fateful decisions, as events...
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proposed that the Tasmanian AFL team instead be based at UTAS Stadium in Launceston, where existing facilities could be upgraded to meet league requirements...
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of the Tavistock line to Launceston. This was done through the medium of a separate company, the South Devon and Launceston Railway, which obtained an...
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Press. p. 506. ISBN 0-521-61826-6. "NAZI PLOT IN URUGUAY - Examiner (Launceston, Tas. : 1900 - 1954) - 13 Aug 1940". Examiner. 13 August 1940. Retrieved...
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Hudson Fysh (category People educated at Launceston Church Grammar School)
A founder of the Australian airline company Qantas, Fysh was born in Launceston, Tasmania. Serving in the Battle of Gallipoli and Palestine Campaign as...
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French settlement. The British settlement of the island soon centred on Launceston in the north and Hobart in the south. From the 1820s free settlers were...
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additional facilities including laboratories and research farms located in Launceston, Burnie, Elliott and Forth. TIA receives funding from its joint venture...
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