Telegraph Point

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Type : Station
Line : North Coast Line
Distance from Sydney : 472.500km
Location : -31.321929, 152.802008
Opened : 27 November 1917
Closed : 23 February 1983
Status : Open (station closed), loop in use
Name meaning : No primary reference
Notes : The original Up platform was 111.25 metres in legth and held a standard A4 station building, there was a standard G3 goods shed and a J2 station masters cottage. A water tank with a 203mm bore jib was sited to the north of the platform and is still in situ, water was pumped from the Wilson River via an oil engine. An ash pit was 35.9 metres to the north of the platform. Opened with a central interlocked loop. 3/12/1917 wharf siding laid in.  25/6/1926 5 tonne yard crane installed. 1947 electric lights installed at the station. 1963 ashpit out of use and filled in. 30/3/1984 station building removed for re-use nearby but never re-erected, the remains could be seen decaying away for some years. The platform was reduced to 91.1 metres prior to 1961. Curiously, the platform appears to have been rebuilt in concrete after closure and then later demolished, construction of the short platform with a waiting room started in March 1984 and cost $70k. Telegraph Point has a 1600 metre crossing loop. Circular No. 181 of 1917 — 65 years as the base diagram (1917–1982). This is the longest-lived base circular documented anywhere in the North Coast collection, surpassing Circular No. 581–13 of 1933 at John's River (48 years) and Circular No. 309.33 of 1935 at Melinga (47 years). 1917 — Opened 27 November 1917; Signal-box A; Loop 459 Yards; Frame B; Wharf Siding

### Opening Arrangements — W.N. — 1917 (Circular No. 181 of 1917)
> **Telegraph Point** — A Platform is provided on the Up side and a Loop Line, Goods and Stock Sidings on the Down side of the line.
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> There are **459 yards standing room** in the Loop Line.
### Water Tank Out of Commission — 1946
> **Telegraph Point** — [Water tank at] Telegraph Point is **out of commission until further notice**. (G.W. 46–64935.) *(Source: 1946 Weekly Notices)*

### Water Tank Back in Commission — 1946
> **Telegraph Point** — [Water tank at] Telegraph Point is **again in commission**. (G.W. 46–64935.) *(Source: 1946 Weekly Notices)* ### Frame B and Frame E Removed — 15 May 1982 — W.N. 24–1982
> **Telegraph Point (North Coast) — Removal of 2B and 2E Points** — Since **15th May, 1982**, the connection Main line to Stock siding (Grafton end) worked by No. 2 Lever in **Frame B** and the Loop line to Goods siding crossover worked from No. 2 lever in **Frame E** together with Frames B and E were removed. The Stock siding is now a **dead-end facility (facing to Down trains)**.
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> **Circular No. 181, Telegraph Point, of 1917** and diagram attached, to be amended accordingly. (S&C 186170.) *(W.N. 24–1982)* ### New Frame C — Loop–Goods Siding Crossover — 29 May 1982 — W.N. 24–1982
> **Telegraph Point (North Coast) — Provision of New Crossover Loop Line to Goods Siding** — Since **29th May, 1982**, a new connection has been brought into use between the **Loop line and Goods siding** (facing to Up trains) and located approximately in the same area as former Frame E crossover. ### Stock Siding Deleted from Intermediate Sidings Table — W.N. 32–1982
> **Page 36 — Intermediate Sidings — System of Working** — Delete: **472.906 — Telegraph Point Stock (B)** and all particulars. (A1 82 72611.) *(W.N. 32–1982)* ### Station Closed; Wagon Loads Only — W.N. 2–1983
> **Page 80** — Please insert before Telegraph Point **"\*"**.
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> Please insert after Telegraph Point **(Wagon Loads only)**.
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> Please insert after Telegraph Point in controlling station column: **Wauchope**. (FBS 82 LK:LAF.) *(W.N. 2–1983)* and also **Hornsley Sawmill Pty Ltd Siding (Telegraph Point)** — Delete

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Telegraph Point, undated

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Telegraph Point, 1982 (Greg Lee)

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Telegraph Point 1982, Greg Lee

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Demolition of Telegraph Point station prior to (supposedly) being relocated, 28/2/1984 - the building was supposed to have been rebuilt and restored adjacent to the Old Butter Factory restaurant. Pretty sure it never happened though.

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Location of Telegraph Point station (Six Maps)

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Telegraph Point station (uncredited), opened 1917, closed 1983.


The station was re-used after closing but has since been demolished, the water tower remains.

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Wilson River at Telegraph Point, new road bridge being constructed in 1973. The railway line is in the foreground and shows the manned crossing that was typical of the line. (RMS)

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Derailment Telegraph Point (Claude Nolan)

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Telegraph Point (1961, Jenkins Family Collection)

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44233 leads the down North Coast Daylight into Telegraph Point, 1980 (Graeme Skeet)

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The lever frame inside the signal box. (1982)
[Copyright: Graeme Skeet]

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A close-up view of the automatic staff exchanger which was ready for a north bound freight. (1982)
[Copyright: Graeme Skeet]

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Taken in 1982 shows the how the Station Master was proud of his green thumb and received some local awards for his vegetation displays. (1982)
[Copyright: Graeme Skeet]

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Telegraph Point (1968, Dick Dawes)