Allen Taylor & Co Siding

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Type : Siding
Line : Dorrigo Branch
Distance from Sydney : 651.056km
Opened : 24/12/1924
Closed : 26/10/1971
Status : Closed
Name meaning : After the mill owner
Notes: A 948' siding half a mile to the Down side of Glenreagh station on the branch line that serviced the Allen Taylor mill, it is noted on the 1946 diagram of the location

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Location of the mill and siding (Six Maps)

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Allan Taylor's sawmill on the eastern side of the Orara River, on the southern side of the road on the way to the Railway Station after the traffic bridge. Mr Albert Johnson was the manager, he is the gentleman in the tie, second from the left, in this group of workers. The gentleman on the right is Tom Wilson and it is believed that the man, third from the right, is Percy Dun, who was the mill's accountant and the last manager at the sawmill. The railway bridge can be seen in the background on the left. The bullock team is still hitched to the jinker that holds the timber logs on it. The man on the far left is most likely the bullocky with his bullock whip