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3 unusual facts about Bealey River


Bealey River

This quarry was host to a number of locomotive parts including the frame of V 132, which had been retrofitted with Walschaerts valve gear in 1898 as an experiment by NZR.

Otira

It is on the northern approach to the pass, a saddle between the Otira and Bealey Rivers high in the Southern Alps.

Samuel Bealey

Bealey Avenue in Christchurch, the Bealey River and the settlement of Bealey in Canterbury are named for him.



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