Location George Town, Tasmania Annual TEU 47,690 Rail lines Bell Bay Line | Land area 2,000 hectares (20 km) No. of berths 7 Rail gauge Narrow gauge | |
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Bell Bay is an industrial centre and port located on the eastern shore of the Tamar River, in northern Tasmania, Australia. It lies just south of George Town.
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History
Bell Bay Post Office opened on 18 September 1951 and closed in 1973.
Industry
It hosts an aluminium smelter, manganese alloy smelter, and a power station.
Transport
Bell Bay is connected by a 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) narrow gauge railway to the main line at Launceston.
References
Bell Bay, Tasmania Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA