rogerfarnworth
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Having moved to Telford relatively recently, I have started to look in detail at the railway heritage of the area. This starts with a waggonway being in existence by at least 1605 (but maybe earlier). Over four centuries of various forms of railway!
My first offering on the Railways of Telford was a review of a book by David Clarke with the same title, see this link ....
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This second offering begins a series looking at the waggonways/plateways/tramways/tramroads which preceded the coming of the more modern railways. There is probably a debate to be had over the correct names to use for these lines. I have not decided but I have used the word 'tramroad' in the title of the series. Perhaps 'plateways' would be better as most of these lines were in the end made up of a series of short L-shaped rails sitting on stone blocks and were used by trams/wagons which had wheels without flanges. Others may have firm opinions about this!?
OS Maps seem invariably to use the word 'Tramway' for these old lines.
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The second post in this series has been completed. It covers the Coalbrookdale Company Tramroads which appear on the 6" OS Maps from 1882/83 and later map series, particularly the 25" series from the turn of the 20th century.
I have walked a major part of the network as it existed in around 1882 and have provided present day photographs of the routes where ever possible.
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My first offering on the Railways of Telford was a review of a book by David Clarke with the same title, see this link ....
The Railways of Telford – Part 1 – A Book Review
‘The Railways of Telford’ by David Clarke The landscape of my life is changing! Until the end of 2021, my life essentially focussed on the City of Manchester. The first 5 years of my li…
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This second offering begins a series looking at the waggonways/plateways/tramways/tramroads which preceded the coming of the more modern railways. There is probably a debate to be had over the correct names to use for these lines. I have not decided but I have used the word 'tramroad' in the title of the series. Perhaps 'plateways' would be better as most of these lines were in the end made up of a series of short L-shaped rails sitting on stone blocks and were used by trams/wagons which had wheels without flanges. Others may have firm opinions about this!?
OS Maps seem invariably to use the word 'Tramway' for these old lines.
Early Tramroads near Telford – Part 1 – Tramroads Across the Area
A typical plateway [3] The area around what is now central Telford, and particularly the Severn Gorge and Coalbrookdale are known as the cradle of the industrial revolution. They are significant be…
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The second post in this series has been completed. It covers the Coalbrookdale Company Tramroads which appear on the 6" OS Maps from 1882/83 and later map series, particularly the 25" series from the turn of the 20th century.
I have walked a major part of the network as it existed in around 1882 and have provided present day photographs of the routes where ever possible.
Early Tramroads near Telford – Part 2 – The Coalbrookdale Company Tramroads shown on the 1882/83 6″ OS Maps (published in 1887) and later surveys.
I came across a first reference to a Tramroad in Coalbrookdale in a book by Barrie Trinder published in association with the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust in 1977. Trinder collated a series of refe…
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