Hawkesbury People & Places
Jacob's Ladder
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Described by a correspondent in the Australian Town and Country Journal of June 1871 as “a steep rocky pinch” Jacob’s Ladder, on the western pass on Bells Line of Road at Mt Tomah, New South Wales remained part of the route from Kurrajong Heights to Bell until a complete deviation was made by 1900.
Much like its Biblical namesake, a steep staircase linking earth and heaven, the Mt Tomah Ladder was composed of rough steps cut sharply into the sandstone enabling the intrepid traveller to descend from the top of Tomah to the narrow pass below which led to Mt Bell and beyond.
Reference: p 17
A very steep section of road on Bell’s Line west of Mt Tomah.
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