Two shots of Devil's Elbow (SLNSW)
Type : Construction siding and wharf
Line : North Coast Line
Distance from Sydney : 371.000km (approximate)
Opened : Prior to April 1910
Closed : 1916
Status : Closed
Name meaning : Named after the location on the Manning River
Location of Devil's Elbow around 4km north of Wingham (at the 371km mark). It is mentioned in the primary sources as a loading area for material in the early 1920s for the Grafton section of the NCL with steamships collecting here. It is unlikely that there was ever passenger facilities here though.
Plan of the area
13/02/2021 (Lance Lyon)
Plan of the siding at Devil's Elbow
Devil's Elbow c. 1912 (Manning Valley Historical Society)
This location was the limit for ship navigation on the Manning River when ocean-going coastal ships ran up and down the NSW North Coast before completion of the North Coast Railway line.