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Tanfield Railway

Category: Sightseeing + Tours

Old Marley Hill, Sunniside, NE16 5ET

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Tanfield Railway
The Arch was constructed in 1725 and was needed to convey the waggonway across the Causey Burn which flows in a narrow valley with steep sides. To that date, nobody had constructed a single span bridge of this size (45 metres). It was built by a local stone mason, Robert Wood, who had never undertak...
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Tanfield Railway - Newcastle and Gateshead City Guide venues & listings
The Railway's original purpose was the movement of coal from nearby colleries to ships o­n the River Tyne. The oldest part, c1647, was the Lobley Hill section, it had over 300 years of coal traffic when closed in 1964. The surviving 1725 Sunniside to Causey section is now the World's Oldest Wor...
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Ian Britton - FreeFoto.com Photoblog: Tanfield Railway
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