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    By: Robert Alexander12th May 2023 1:09PMThis 0-4-0VBT locomotive was built by Thomas Green & Son Ltd. Leeds, England in 1883, order No.1272 to a standard Wilkinson patented vertical boiler type tram locomotive. Ordered by J.S. Lee (saw-miller) for Duck River (Leesville), Tasmania . It initially operated taking sawn timber from the mill to the jetty for shipment over a 2km. steel railed tramway. Named "Coffee Pot".
    By: Phil Rickard19th Oct 2020 9:02PMLeesville, Tasmania
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    Sawmill yard scene, with 0-4-0T vertical boiler locomotive, Leesville, Tasmania [n.d.]

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