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| locality:- |
Castle Carrock Reservoir |
| civil parish:- |
Castle Carrock (formerly Cumberland) |
| county:- |
Cumbria |
| locality type:- |
tramroad |
| locality type:- |
narrow gauge railway |
| coordinates:- |
NY543547 (etc) |
| 1Km square:- |
NY5454 |
| 10Km square:- |
NY55 |
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notes:-
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The first contract in building Castle Carrock Reservoir was awarded to William Kennedy
Ltd for work on the intakes, filter beds, etc, 1904-06. He used a 3 foot gauge works
railway. There was a said to be a vertical boiler contraption used near the filter
beds. The main part of the line used an 0-4-0ST locomotive built by Hudswell Clark,
maker's number 718, 1904, named Kuroki.
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The second contract was awarded to Harry Arnold and Sons to build the dam, etc, 1905-09.
They had 2 foot gauge lines for moving clay from diggins to a pug mill. They also
had a mile and a quart of 3 foot gauge works railway from the clay fields to the dam
site, using at least two locomotives: an 0-4-0ST built by Peckett, maker's number
959 of 1902, named Swansea; and an unnamed 0-4-0ST which might have been Bagnall no.1704
named Penwhyllt.
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Bowtell, Harold: 1994: Dam Builders' Railways from Durham's Dales to the Border: Plateway
Press:: ISBN 1 871980 19 4
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