- The
Willington Waggonway was
constructed in 1795 to
carry coal from
Tyneside mines to the river. It was
rediscovered in 2013
during archaeological work...
- L-shaped cast iron rail have been recorded. In
keeping with
other such
waggonways the line was
probably worked by a
combination of gravity, manually, by...
-
Numerous horse-drawn
waggonways were
constructed in
Scotland during the
Industrial Revolution,
mainly in
connection with the iron and coal-mining industries...
- 68154; -1.78393 The Holy
Island Waggonway (sometimes
referred to as the Holy
Island Tramway) was a
network of
waggonways across the
island of Lindisfarne...
- five at
least served by the
waggonway. It is
known that
various sorts of
sleepers were in use at the time on
waggonways or tram roads,
however on the...
- The
Pockerley Waggonway opened in 2001, and
represents the year 1825, as the year the
Stockton and
Darlington Railway opened.
Waggonways had
appeared around...
-
somewhat older than that at Wollaton. In 1610,
Huntingdon introduced wooden waggonways as a form of coal
transport in
South East Northumberland,
waggons with...
-
shorter coal
waggonways existed to the
north of the
present heritage line, in the
Whickham and
Lobley Hill areas, but the
Tanfield Waggonway was a much...
-
thought that the
Wylam waggonway was
opened in 1748 and was
therefore one of the
earliest waggonways in the
North of England. The
waggonway linked the colliery...
- The
Tranent to ****enzie
Waggonway was an
early waggonway,
possibly the
first in Scotland,
opened in 1722. It was 2+1⁄2
miles (4 km)
miles long and connected...
