Wagonways (also spelt Waggonways), also known as horse-drawn railways and horse-drawn railroad consisted of the horses, equipment and tracks used for... 23 KB (2,814 words) - 15:17, 12 January 2024 |
The Wollaton Wagonway (or Waggonway), built between October 1603 and 1604 in the East Midlands of England by Huntingdon Beaumont in partnership with Sir... 6 KB (703 words) - 09:55, 25 April 2024 |
The Seaton Burn Wagonway (originally known as the Brunton and Shields Railway) was from 1826 to 1920 a partially horse-drawn and partially rope-operated... 8 KB (785 words) - 12:47, 21 April 2023 |
Tanfield Railway (redirect from Tanfield Wagonway) Railway (Causey Extension) Light Railway Order 1991 History of the Tanfield Wagonway Sunniside Local History Society Wikimedia Commons has media related to... 21 KB (1,619 words) - 13:23, 15 January 2024 |
Killingworth (redirect from Killingworth wagonway) up a hill at 4 mph (6.4 km/h). It was used to tow coal wagons along the wagonway from Killingworth to the Wallsend coal staithes. Although Blücher did not... 20 KB (2,370 words) - 07:10, 28 March 2024 |
The Victoria Tunnel Newcastle opened in 1842, is a 2.4 mile subterranean wagonway with a maximum depth of 85 feet (26 m) that drops 222 feet (68 m) from... 98 KB (11,941 words) - 11:31, 30 April 2024 |
Trade route (section Wagonway routes) A trade route is a logistical network identified as a series of pathways and stoppages used for the commercial transport of cargo. The term can also be... 68 KB (7,742 words) - 05:25, 22 January 2024 |
and roads, with coastal vessels employed to move heavy goods by sea. Wagonways were used for conveying coal to rivers for further shipment, but canals... 241 KB (29,158 words) - 06:28, 27 April 2024 |
The earliest form of railways, horse-drawn wagonways, originated in Germany in the 16th century. Soon wagonways were also built in Britain. However, the... 21 KB (2,694 words) - 09:47, 25 February 2024 |
referred to as the track gauge. The earliest form of railway was a wooden wagonway, along which single wagons were manhandled, almost always in or from a... 54 KB (5,384 words) - 22:07, 10 March 2024 |
in Babylon, circa 2,200 B.C.E. This took the form of wagons pulled on wagonways by horses or even humans. Freight trains are almost universally powered... 5 KB (434 words) - 15:47, 11 April 2024 |
Seaton Sluice was a "station" on the wagonway from Hartley Pit at its terminus in the village of Seaton Sluice. The "station" was served intermittently... 2 KB (126 words) - 17:20, 18 February 2023 |
on the tracks. There are many references to wagonways in central Europe in the 16th century. A wagonway was introduced to England by German miners at... 108 KB (13,445 words) - 16:36, 27 March 2024 |
Phoenicia (Modern Lebanon) or Lydia Late 7th or early 6th century BC: Wagonway called Diolkos across the Isthmus of Corinth in Ancient Greece 6th century... 223 KB (23,108 words) - 01:54, 29 April 2024 |