Английская Википедия:Blaenavon Railroad

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Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use British English The Blaenavon Railroad was a horse drawn tramroad built to link Blaenavon Ironworks with the Monmouthshire Canal in south east Wales.Шаблон:R

Background

In 1789 most of the building of Blaenavon Ironworks had been completed and the lease for the land was signed in November.Шаблон:R At this time transport of goods between Blaenavon and Newport was by teams of packhorses and mules using hillside tracks and parish roads.Шаблон:R

A more efficient method of transport was needed and Thomas Hill I, the leading partner behind the ironworks, became one of the promoters of the Monmouthshire Canal.Шаблон:Sfn In 1791 a parliamentary bill proposed the canal and was given assent in 1792. The Canal Act also allowed for the building of tramroads to nearby collieries, quarries, and mines.Шаблон:R

Construction

The newly formed Monmouthshire Canal Company appointed Thomas Dadford, Jr. as engineer for both the canal and tramroad.Шаблон:Sfn Construction started in 1793 and the tramroad/canal link to the port of Newport opened in February 1796.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn

The tramroad was originally built with a Шаблон:Track gauge gauge. The route to the canal at Pontnewynydd was Шаблон:Convert and descended Шаблон:Convert.Шаблон:Sfn

Closure

In 1845 the Monmouthshire Canal Company obtained an Act of Parliament to improve the Blaenavon Railroad and connect it to a new railway to Newport under the control of a new company, the Newport and Pontypool Railway.Шаблон:Sfn The completed Шаблон:Track gauge gauge line opened in 1854, replacing the tramroad.Шаблон:R

Remains

Very little evidence of the tramroad is visible but an iron milepost exists on the road that was once the route of the tramroad.Шаблон:R

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