Otago Rail Trail
HERITAGE ASSESSMENT SERIES 4 Otago Central Rail Trail Heritage assessment Paul Mahoney Peer review statement Assessment prepared by Paul Mahoney, Heritage Technical Advisor, Department of Conservation, Hamilton Date: 28 June 2015 Assessment reviewed by Neville Ritchie, Heritage Technical Advisor, Department of Conservation, Hamilton Date: 30 June 2015 Abbreviations used in this report NZR: New Zealand Railways, a government department. OCR: Otago Central Railway in its operating days to 1990. OCRT: Otago Central Rail Trail from Middlemarch to Clyde, established post-1990. TGR: Taieri Gorge Railway from Wingatui Junction to Middlemarch, established post-1990. AMIS: Asset Management Information System This report on the heritage of the Otago Central Rail Trail is dedicated to two Dunedin people who really made a difference to saving this heritage: George Emerson and Robin Thomas. Cover: Poolburn Viaduct, Otago Central Rail Trail, in the 1990s, when the trail was first being developed. This image clearly illustrates the main heritage themes examined in the report: sheep farming and rail, particularly the bridges and culverts with their extensive stone work. Photo: DOC. The Heritage Assessment Series presents research funded by the New Zealand Department of Conservation (DOC). A heritage assessment is the key document used by DOC to identify the heritage values and significance of a place and, in turn, determine its management. Heritage assessments are prepared, and peer-reviewed, by heritage specialists. As they have been commissioned on an individual basis, there will be some variation in the structure of the reports that appear in the series. This report is available from the departmental website in pdf form.
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