Agent TypeOrganisationActivities & OccupationsRailway companiesHistoryCompany formed by two existing syndicates in May 1886 to connect Broken Hill to the South Australian rail terminus at Cockburn, facilitating the transportation of silver, lead and zinc concentrates to the smelters and port at Port Pirie. Rail via Cockburn reached Silverton September 1887; connection to Broken Hill formally opened in January 1888.Search records of this agent
