Port Craig, New Zealand

Port Craig is located along the south coast of the South Island New Zealand near Tuatapere.It was a small logging town born in 1916, with 200+ men women and children living there in its prime.Like other New Zealand bush towns, Port Craig comprised of hardy kiwi bushmen and their families, recent immigrants and a few others trying to keep clear of the law! The Malborough Timber Company had a large scale plan to log one of the countries last significant coastal forests. The company planned big, they built the Dominion's largest sawmill, an extensive tramway system, port facilities and township all with out road access. The bush was worked by the Lidgerwood overhead logging cable system.

Logging Days

The logging days commenced in 1917 and continued till about 1929, when it shut down in the face of the looming depression.

Milling

The Bush

Tramways

Viaducts

Percy Burn Viaduct

hipping

The Village

chool

Incidents & Accidents

Closure

Recent History

Reopening

Doc Hut

The School house

References

* "Viaducts against the sky", Warren Bird 1998

ee also

*Tuatapere

*Hump Ridge Track

*Waitutu Forest