Английская Википедия:Harlech Tramway

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Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use British English Шаблон:Infobox tram network The Harlech Tramway was a horse drawn railway that ran from near the Cambrian Railways' Harlech station Шаблон:Convert west to the beach from approx 1878 to 1886.Шаблон:Sfn

The tramway was developed by Mr Godfrey Morton of Tremadog (1810–1880).[1] It was probably mainly used to facilitate beach loading of ships with slate from the Noddfa slate quarry,[2] although tourist facilities in the Harlech area were being developed at this time, sponsored initially by Samuel Holland, the county's M.P.[3][4]

Photographs and precise details of the line, its gauge and services have so far eluded historians,Шаблон:Sfn though it is shown on a 6" OS map.[5] This map shows that the tramway started next to Quarry Cottage approximately Шаблон:Convert south of Harlech station, running through what in 2016 was the Royal St. David's golf course.[6] Boyd mentions the line and offers a mapШаблон:Sfn but in later correspondence acknowledges that his map was a misunderstanding.[7]

The line's location south west of the village is corroborated by Rail Map Online, which shows it in the same place as the OS map, but it names the line "Harlech Quarry".[8]

The line is not to be confused with the Second World War Harlech Military Railway which was north of Harlech.

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  1. Y Dydd. 27 August 1880, p. 12.
  2. Шаблон:Cite web
  3. D. Rh. Gwyn: Llanbedr to Harlech Link Main - Archaeological Assessment (G1417). July 1996, p. 4.
  4. Clayton D: The Harlech Tramway in The Narrow Gauge No 84, pp. 20-21 (and correspondence in The Narrow Gauge No 86, pp. 28-29).
  5. Шаблон:Cite web
  6. Presumed line of route from the air, via Britain from Above (login needed to zoom)
  7. Correspondence in The Narrow Gauge No 86, pp. 28-29
  8. Шаблон:Cite web