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There is a raised railbed between Martin View Road and Mase Road parallel to
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line with the Ogden Mine terminus at Nolan's Point. The main obstacle to be overcome in construction was
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park. North of the park one structure still stands, the stone viaduct over Milton Road near the former Mahola station. Traces of the line north of Mahola and Glen Road, ending at the former Edison works and abandoned Ogden Mines, are preserved in the Sparta
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