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MTC3103 Avoca : NZR House at Avoca
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TitleMTC3103 : NZR house 297 at Avoca
DescriptionNZR built 5 houses in Avoca for maintenance workers. Three were probably built about 1910, about when the Avoca and Cass railway stations opened. They were all sold about 1970. This house was moved to the Flock Hill yards, where it still remains. Three were broken down then rebuilt at 2 6 and 10 Pall Mall Street, Springfield and the fate of the last one is unknown but might have been moved to Oxford.Datec.1940SourceLance Taylor Family PhotographerL G Taylor
DescriptionNZR built 5 houses in Avoca for maintenance workers. Three were probably built about 1910, about when the Avoca and Cass railway stations opened. They were all sold about 1970. This house was moved to the Flock Hill yards, where it still remains. Three were broken down then rebuilt at 2 6 and 10 Pall Mall Street, Springfield and the fate of the last one is unknown but might have been moved to Oxford.Datec.1940SourceLance Taylor Family PhotographerL G TaylorConnections
CollectionL G Taylor CollectionMt Torlesse Collieries Collection
Mt Torlesse Collieries CollectionAttribution
Written ByAlan UpritchardDate WrittenOct 2024
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MTC3103 Avoca : NZR House at Avoca (c.1940). Selwyn Stories, accessed 26/05/2026, https://selwynstories.selwynlibraries.co.nz/nodes/view/6575