Kelso (New Zealand)
| Kelso | ||
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| Coordinates | 45 ° 54 ′ S , 169 ° 14 ′ E | |
| Region ISO | NZ-OTA | |
| Country |
 New Zealand
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| region | Otago | |
| District | Clutha District | |
| Ward | West Otago Ward | |
| Residents | few | |
| height | 143 m | |
| Post Code | 9587 | |
| Telephone code | +64 (0) 3 | |
| Photography of the place | ||
 Memorial and former goods shed |
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Kelso was a small settlement in the Clutha District of the Otago regionon the South Island of New Zealand .
Origin of name
The settlement was named after the Scottish hometown of Kelso, one of the first settlers, James Logan .
geography
The settlement was located around 5 km northwest of Tapanui on the Kelso River , near its confluence with the Pomahaka River .
history
The settlement was first measured in 1875, the first settlement took place in the following year. The place was originally intended as the main settlement of West Otago , but lost this role to the nearby Tapanui . On December 1, 1880, the settlement was connected to Waipahi and the Main South Line via the Tapanui Line and was extended to Heriot on April 1, 1884 .
In the 1960s and 1970s the settlement had almost 300 inhabitants, most of whom were employed in dairy farming and a small dairy farm.
The settlement suffered regularly from floods, especially in 1913, 1917, 1978 and 1980. The flood of 1978 caused such damage that it led to the abandonment of the railway line. The 1980 flood led to the complete resettlement of the population. Apart from a stone monument and fading inscriptions on several remaining buildings, little reminds of the former center of the settlement today.
literature
- G. Conway : In memory of a town that drowned . In: Otago Daily Times . Dunedin May 31, 2008, p. 19 (English).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Topo250 maps . Land Information New Zealand , accessed June 22, 2017 .