Teviot (New Zealand)
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| Coordinates | 45 ° 37 ′ S , 169 ° 22 ′ E | |
| Region ISO | NZ-OTA | |
| Country |
 New Zealand
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| region | Otago | |
| District | Central Otago District | |
| Ward | Roxburgh Ward | |
| Residents | few | |
| height | 93 m | |
| Post Code | 9572 | |
| Telephone code | +64 (0) 3 | |
Teviot is a small settlement in the Central Otago District of the Otago Regionon the South Island of New Zealand .
geography
The settlement is located about 9 km south-southeast of Roxburgh and about 41 km northwest of Lawrence in the valley of the Clutha River on the east side of the river. Dumbarton in the northwest, Ettrick in the south, and Millers Flat in the southeast are the closest settlements. The New Zealand Stete Highway 8 on the other side of the river can only be reached via Millers Flat or Roxburgh .
history
The Roxburgh Branch , a branch line of the Main South Line connected the place from April 18, 1928 with Roxburgh and the Main South Line . However, the entire line was closed again on June 1, 1968 and subsequently dismantled.
Attractions
Teviot Woolshed
In Teviot are the remains of the Teviot Woolshed , a former huge shed that was used to shear sheep and store wool. The shed was built in 1870 and burned down to the remains of the wall on November 11, 1924. The structure was 137 m long and 47.30 m wide and could hold 8,000 sheep for shearing. The gable and side walls that have been preserved were made of stone and the roof of the building, originally made of wood, came from a former train station in Great Britain.
Lonely Graves
On the Horseshoe Bent of the Clutha River , south of the settlement, there are two graves marked Somebody's Darling and William Rigney near the former mines . Rigney is said to have found a dead young man on the bank in 1865 after a flood of the Clutha River and buried him with a tombstone with the inscription Somebody's Darling Lies Buried Here . When Rigney died in January 1912, he was buried next to it at his request.
literature
- Helga Neubauer: Teviot . In: The New Zealand Book . 1st edition. NZ Visitor Publications , Nelson 2003, ISBN 1-877339-00-8 , pp. 823 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Topo250 maps . Land Information New Zealand , accessed September 4, 2017 .
- ^ David Leitch, Brian Scott : Exploring New Zealand's Ghost Railways . Grantham House , Wellington 1998, pp. 100 (English).
- ↑ Geoffrey B. Churchman, Tony Hurst : The Railways of New Zealand: A Journey Through History . HarperCollins , Auckland 1991, pp. 204 (English).
- ^ Neubauer: Teviot . In: The New Zealand Book . 2003, p. 823 .
- ↑ Teviot Woolshed . Living heritage , accessed September 4, 2017 .
- ↑ Malcolm McKinnon : Lonely graves near Millers Flat . In: Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand . Ministry for Culture & Heritage , July 29, 2015, accessed September 4, 2017 .