File Records:Timaru Jockey Club

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Name Alt 1 Alt 2 Alt 3 Date Details Railway Rly 2 Reference Source Locality Island Sequence
Timaru Jockey Club Platform - - - 1927 Work of raising the platform to 20 inches for 230 feet has been completed. Fairlie Branch - W2381, 15/3906 WRD Canterbury S 60433
Timaru Jockey Club Platform - - - 13/5/1915 Timaru Racecourse platform is at 1 mile 08 chains, Albury Branch. Fairlie Branch - W2381, 15/3906 WRD Canterbury S 60434
Timaru Jockey Club Platform - - - 13/5/1915 Present length of platform is 472 feet. Fairlie Branch - W2381, 15/3906 WRD Canterbury S 60435
Timaru Jockey Club Platform - - - 26/8/1915 Timaru Racecourse siding between Washdyke and Levels. Fairlie Branch - W3734/32 WRD Canterbury S 60436
Timaru Jockey Club Platform - - - 16/7/1925 Platform is 470 feet long with a height of 9 inches above rail level. Fairlie Branch - W2381, 15/3906 WRD Canterbury S 60437
Timaru Jockey Club Platform - - - 15/10/1927 Approval to increase the height of the platform to 18 inches for 230 feet to enable horses to be loaded and unloaded at the platform. Fairlie Branch - W2381, 15/3906 WRD Canterbury S 60438
Timaru Jockey Club Platform - - - 28/9/1929 The Timaru Jockey Club platform is 4 miles 20 chains from Timaru. Fairlie Branch - R3, 29/1539 WRD Canterbury S 60439
Timaru Jockey Club Platform - - - 29/7/1931 Approval to raise remaining 240 feet of platform to 20 inches above rail level. Fairlie Branch - W2381, 15/3906 WRD Canterbury S 60440
Timaru Jockey Club Platform - - - 2/10/1931 Work of raising the platform to 20 inches for 240 feet has been completed. Fairlie Branch - W2381, 15/3906 WRD Canterbury S 60441
Timaru Jockey Club Platform - - - 21/10/1932 Mileage 1 mile 8 chains on the Fairlie Branch Fairlie Branch - R3, 29/1539 WRD Canterbury S 60442
Timaru Jockey Club Platform - - - 21/10/1932 Platform is used for loading horses, and there is no siding.  Empty horseboxes are hauled back to Washdyke into the stockyard siding. Fairlie Branch - R3, 29/1539 WRD Canterbury S 60443
Timaru Jockey Club Platform - - - 20/10/1937 Approval to connect platform with telephone. Fairlie Branch - W2381, 15/3906 WRD Canterbury S 60444
Timaru Jockey Club Platform - - - 13/8/1945 Approval to provide electric lighting. Fairlie Branch - W2381, 15/3906 WRD Canterbury S 60445