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Holmes Bay Tramway

Holmes Bay Tramway

Holmes Bay is located on the west side of Pigeon Bay inlet near Pigeon Bay on Banks Peninsula. It was first settled in the early 1840s along with the Pigeon Bay township. Timber was milled in Holmes Bay by George Holmes, a railway contractor who built the Lyttelton railway tunnel, and his descendants, until 1886. A tramline was used to carry the timber onto a wharf for shipping. Today, various relics can still be seen including a large number of rails and remains of wharf piles, but the actual route of the tramway is not readily located. The bay foreshore is on private land and permission must be obtained to visit it.

Pictures taken by Patrick Dunford December 2002 - January 2003.

Ferrymead Wharf built by George Holmes	Rails at Holmes Bay	Railway buffer at Holmes Bay	Unknown relic at Holmes Bay

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