Old Cumbria Gazetteer |
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| tramroad, Ravenhill Pit | ||
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| locality:- | Ravenhill Pit | |
| locality:- | Saltom Pit | |
| locality:- | Croft Pit | |
| locality:- | Wilson Pit | |
| locality:- | Kells Pit | |
| locality:- | Whitehaven | |
| civil parish:- | Whitehaven (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | tramroad | |
| 1Km square:- | NX9618 (guess) | |
| 10Km square:- | NX91 | |
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| hearsay:- |
Carlisle Spedding, agent to Sir James Lowther, built a half mile wooden waggonway
from Ravenhill Pit to Whitehaven Harbour, first used 15 November 1735. The gauge was
4 ft 10 ins. |
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| "we led Coals & carry'd the wagns. round the stage in the Steath &the Empty Waggons
the Backway" |
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| The tall staiths, called hurries, were built at Howgill by the harbour in that year. |
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| The waggonway was run by gravity taking the coals to harbour, and by horse pulling
the empties back to the pit. It was rebuilt with iron rails about 1810. There is unclear
evidence that John Peile, the colliery agent, obtained an 8 wheel geared steam locomotive
from Ouseburn Foundry, Newcastle upon Tyne, which was tried on the tramroad in 1817.
The locomotive broke the cast iron track, and was abandoned. |
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| Joy, David: 1983 & 1990: Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain &Lake Counties,
The: David and Charles (Newton Abbot, Devon):: ISBN 0 946537 56 9 Lewis, M J T: 1970: Early Wooden Railways: Routlegde and Kegan Paul (London):: ISBN 0 7100 7818 8 |
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| hearsay:- |
From South Harbour, Whitehaven, south south west to Ravenhill Pit and Saltom Pit,
extended to Croft Pit and to Wilson Pit. No traces remains. Wooden rails, rebuilt
with iron edge rails about 1810. Owned by Sir John Lowther.. Etc. |
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| Baxter, Bertram: 1966: Stone Blocks and Iron Rails: David and Charles (Newton Abbot,
Devon) |
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| Finlay, Michael: 2006: Mining and Related Tokens of West Cumberland and their Issuers:
Plains Books |
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