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	Wagonway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		This caused more wear on the wooden rollers of the wagons, and, towards the middle of the 18th century, led to the introduction of iron wheels, the use of which is recorded on a wooden railway near Bath in 1734.
		In South Wales again, where in 1811 the railways were in connected with canals, collieries, iron and copper works had a total length of nearly 150 miles, the plateway was almost universal.
		On the Liverpool and Manchester Railway they were usually 12 or 15 ft (4 or 5 m) long and weighed 35 lb/yd (17 kg/), and they were fastened by iron wedges to chairs weighing 15 or 17 lb (7 or 8 kg) each.
	www.secaucus.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Wagonway (1133 words)

	Rail transport article - Rail transport WikiProject trains transport trains steel wooden concrete Rail - What-Means.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In the late 18th century, iron rails began to be employed: British civil engineer William Jessop designed edge rails to be used with flanged wheels for use on a scheme in Loughborough, Leicestershire (in 1789 and subsequently opened an iron-works to produce more rails).
		Railways soon spread throughout Britain and through the world, and became the dominant means of land transport for nearly a century, until the invention of aircraft and automobiles, which prompted a gradual decline in railways.
		In Britain the term railway is often used to refer to the complete organisation of tracks, trains, stations, signaling, timetables and the organising companies which collectively make up a coordinated railway system, while permanent way or p/way refers to the tracks alone.
	www.what-means.com /encyclopedia/Railway (1268 words)

	London Borough of Croydon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		It was once a Surrey Urban District Council, but in 1889, through its growing economic importance, it was made into a County Borough exempt from county administration.
		The first, opened in 1803, was the horse-drawn Surrey Iron Railway from Wandsworth which was later in 1805 extended to Merstham, as the Croydon, Merstham and Godstone Railway.
		The lake at South Norwood is the former reservoir for the canal.
	www.1-free-software.com /en/wikipedia/l/lo/london_borough_of_croydon.html (1598 words)

	London Borough of Croydon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The first, opened in 1803, was the horse-drawn Surrey Iron Railway from Wandsworth which was later in 1805 extended to Merstham, as the.
		The London and Croydon Railway (an atmospheric and steam-powered railway), opened between London Bridge and West Croydon in 1839 and other connections to London and the south followed, using much of the route of the canal, which had closed in 1836.
		A new church was designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott, one of the greatest architects of the Victorian age, and opened in 1870.
	www.hartselle.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Croydon (2821 words)

	Tramway Engineering
		Railways were a worthy successor to the 48,500-mile network of Roman roads in Europe.
		Railways would have the advantage over canals in speed, because the resistance to movement was independent of speed, while it increased as the square of the speed on a canal.
		Lewis, Early Wooden Railways (London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1970) is a modern survey of British and Continental wooden railways, prior to the iron plateways, with a glossary and sources.
	www.du.edu /~jcalvert/railway/woodtred.htm (3929 words)

	Rail transport - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A railway (or railroad) track consists of two parallel rail tracks, usually of steel, generally mounted upon cross beams (termed "railroad ties" or "sleepers") of timber, concrete or steel.
		Like other forms of public transport, many railways are having to make considerable investment in order to meet new requirements for security in the face of recent terrorism incidents, for instance the Madrid train bombings of 11 March 2004.
		In the late 18th century iron rails began to appear: British civil engineer William Jessop designed edge rails to be used with flanged wheels for use on a scheme in Loughborough, Leicestershire in 1789 and subsequently opened an iron-works to produce more rails.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Railway (1912 words)

	Directory - Reference: Encyclopedias: Subject Encyclopedias: Spartacus Educational: Railways in the 19th Century (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Midland Railway · iweb · cached · Formed by George Hudson with amalgamation of the York and North Midland, Midland Counties, North Midland Railway, and the Birmingham and Derby.
		Rack Railways · iweb · cached · Patented by John Blenkinsop in 1811 and involved the combination of a locomotive cogwheel and toothed rack rail.
		Was a branch of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway.
	www.incywincy.com /default?p=40313 (2480 words)

	General Section (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Surrey Iron Railway linked Wandsworth in south London and Croydon in Surrey via Mitcham, was constructed in the early years of the 19th century (opening on 26 July 1803), and was (arguably) Britain's, if not the world's, first public railway — albeit horse-drawn.
		The railway by the Wandle (which was called the Surrey Iron Railway) was the very first Public one in the World.
		The Surrey Iron Railway ran from Croydon to Wandsworth where goods could be loaded on to barges for the journey into London.
	www.curator.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk /general.htg/sirailway.htm (576 words)

	The Wandle Valley Railway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Surrey Iron Railway declined in use in the 1830s and the suburban sprawl needed to support a railway network was still decades away.
		As a consequence of the routing of this line, largely on the track bed of the Surrey Iron Railway, the core of the town has never been served by a railway line, either surface or by the later Northern line of the Underground.
		Reference to the railway lines are very sparse in the local history books, and the period from the opening of the line until the 1920s is largely unrecorded.
	www3.sympatico.ca /lsw.lbsc/HISTORY.HTM (569 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Cast iron L-shaped plates are laid by John Curr at a colliery near Sheffield.
		Cast iron edge rails are laid by William Jessop on the Loughborough and Nanpanton Railway.
		Opening of the horse-powered Surrey Iron Railway (Croydon to Wandsworth) - the 1st public freight railway.
	www.smr.herefordshire.gov.uk /post-medieval/railways/railway_timeline.htm (661 words)

	Surrey Iron Railway 200th
		Opened on 26th July 1803 the Surrey Iron Railway ran south from the Thames at Wandsworth (South London) towards the Wandle Valley industrial area.
		It was the first public railway in Britain and was therefore a significant milestone.
		The Society will build a section on the SLS website to publicise and coordinate interest in these early railways and their upcoming anniversaries if there is sufficient enthusiast interest to provide material.
	www.stephensonloco.fsbusiness.co.uk /surreyiron.htm (571 words)

	Surrey Iron Railway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The S.I.R would be authorised by the first Railway Act to pass through Parliament, this paved the way for all subsequent railway Bills.
		The Surrey Iron Railway was formally opened on the 26th of July 1803, thus becoming the world's first public railway.
		The Surrey Iron Railway was the first transport project to come under the Parliamentary Bill procedure; the last one was the Croydon Tramlink Bill passed on 21st July 1994.
	www.curator.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk /aboutus.htg/displays.htg/railway/info.htm (669 words)

	Croydon Natural History and Scientific Society - Archives
		The partners were generally the mine owners served by the railway, but there were examples of mine owners using lines without having a share in their ownership.[7] The partners in some railways held 'shares',[8] and in some cases were described as a 'company',[9] but in law they were unincorporated partnerships.
		The latter status was commonly used by canal companies, some of which included railways as a part of their undertaking, but the Surrey Iron Railway Company was the first railway company set up by Act of Parliament, and the vast majority of our public railways followed its example.
		The Surrey Iron Railway was the first to be clearly open to any suitable vehicle in the same way as a turnpike road.
	www.greig51.freeserve.co.uk /cnhss/bull102b.htm (768 words)

	BBC - southerncounties - History - The lost railways of Surrey
		The first line to be built was the 8 mile long Surrey Iron Railway from Wandsworth to Croydon.
		By the 1830s, railway lines were spreading rapidly across the county, freight depots were being built and goods traffic was becoming a regular feature at every station.
		It was called Surrey Railways Remembered and it followed a book Sussex Railways Remembered which had proved an unexpected success.
	www.bbc.co.uk /southerncounties/history/lost_railways_of_surrey/lost.shtml (650 words)

	Brunel and The Great Western Railway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Isambard Brunel's railway was among his greatest engineering successes and established him as one of Victorian Britain's brightest lights--one that continue to shine and inspire today.
		The Surrey Iron Railway (1803) and the Stockton and Darlington (1825) might vie for this title, but the Liverpool and Manchester was the first to carry passengers and freight solely by the of steam power.
		Some were landowners who either objected to railways for the simple reason that they were new or because it was alleged that they would terrify their livestock; others hoped to bid up the price of the land the railway would need.
	www.thehistorynet.com /bh/blbrunelwesternrailway (1006 words)

	Surrey Iron Railway -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		It was constructed in the early years of the (Click link for more info and facts about 19th century) 19th century (opening on 26 July 1803), and was the world's first (A body of people sharing some common interest) public (Line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a railway system) railway.
		Engineer (Click link for more info and facts about William Jessop) William Jessop was chief engineer and the flat alignment of his route proved more long-lasting than the Surrey Iron Railway itself.
		The advent of faster and more powerful steam (A wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks) locomotives spelled the end for horse-drawn railways, and the SIR closed in 1846.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/su/surrey_iron_railway.htm (278 words)

	Encyclopedia: Surrey Iron Railway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Grid reference: TQ288533 Merstham is a village in the Reigate and Banstead borough of Surrey, England and is part of the London commuter belt.
		William Jessop (23 January 1745 - 18 November 1814) was a noted English civil engineer, particularly famed for his work on canals, harbours and early railways in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
		The London and Brighton Railway (LandB) was incorporated in 1837.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Surrey-Iron-Railway (649 words)

	AustralAsia Railway Corporation
		Iron and steel were plentiful, and railways were built using cast iron rails and flanged iron wheels.
		Railways were needed to bring wheat and mining produce to Port Augusta and Adelaide, but these early lines were seen as the start of a transcontinental line that would foster the development of mining, tropical agriculture and trade with Asia.
		By 1891, South Australia had spent 10 million on railways, the colony's bonded debt was 21.5 million pounds, two million of which was incurred in the Territory, and the completion of the northern line coincided with growing disillusionment with its northern colony.
	www.aarc.com.au /aarc/info/history.html (4802 words)

	Story of Wandsworth - The Railway Revolution (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The railways attracted many people to move to the area by providing both employment and swift transport to London.
		Battersea, in particular, was affected as Nine Elms became covered with sidings, workshops, depots and new housing for railway workers.
		Horse-drawn trams and buses were introduced and soon rivalled the railways in popularity by providing a cheap, door-to-door service.
	www.wandsworth.gov.uk /Home/LeisureandTourism/Museum/StoryofWandsworth/railwayrevolution.htm (123 words)

	Surrey Iron Railway - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Surrey Iron Railway - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		It was constructed in the early years of the 19th century (opening on 26 July 1803), and was the world's first public railway.
		Surrey Iron Railway, See also and External links.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Surrey_Iron_Railway (240 words)

	London Borough of Croydon \| Surrey Iron Railway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Thus, the Surrey Iron Railway (SIR) was built from Wandsworth to Croydon by William Jessop - it was probably Britain's first public railway.
		The Railway was owned by shareholders - mainly the factory, mill and quarry owners who used the service.
		A second line, the Croydon, Merstham and Godstone Railway (CMGR) was added by 1805, extending the service from the Croydon Canal basin (now West Croydon Railway Station) through Old Town, parallel to the Brighton Road down through Purley, Coulsdon, and on to the Merstham chalk and limestone quarries.
	www.croydon.gov.uk /leisure/artsentertainmentculture/culture/localhistoryheritage/historicaltopics/surreyironrailway?a=5441 (349 words)

	Railway
		The first steam locomotive to operate on tracks, built by Richard Trevithick was operated in 1804 in Wales, although it was not financially successful, with Trevithick ending bankrupt.
		Futhermore a number of American companies have railway in their names instead of railroad (the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway being the most pre-eminent modern example).
		In Britain the term railway often refers to the complete organisation of tracks, trains, stations, signaling, timetables and the organising companies which collectively make up a coordinated railway system, while permanent way or p/way refers to the tracks alone.
	www.apawn.com /search.php?title=Railway (1782 words)

	Surrey Iron Railway
		The CM&G was bought by the London Brighton and South Coast Railway in 1837 and closed in 1838, with part of the line of the route being used for the London to Brighton line.
		The road is at the bottom of a dry valley, and the line ran slightly to the west on a terrace in the hillside.
		The railway crossed the Brighton Road on the level at Woodplace Lane, and then ran alongside the road on the eastern side.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /paulb143/sir.htm (1110 words)

	Surrey Iron Railway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Surrey Iron Railway linked Wandsworth in south London and Croydon in Surrey via Mitcham, was constructed in the early years of the 19th century (opening on 26 July 1803), and was (arguably) Britain's, if not the world's, first public railway – albeit horse -drawn.
		The nine-mile route followed the shallow valley of the River Wandle,then heavily industrialised with numerous factories and mills, running from the River Thames in the north soutwards to Croydon (a short branch also ran from Mitcham to Hackbridge).
		Jessop's route, however, was retained for use by the Londonand Brighton Railway and remains in use.
	www.therfcc.org /surrey-iron-railway-68471.html (174 words)

	CULG - Croydon Tramlink
		Croydon Tramlink is a new light railway in the south of London, involving a mixture of dedicated alignment and on-street running.
		Part of the route was previously used by the Surrey Iron Railway - a horse-drawn goods route that was one of the first railways in the world and was the first public railway to be sanctioned by Parliament.
		The Mid-Kent Railway was absorbed into the SER in 1864, the same year that the Addiscombe branch was opened.
	www.davros.org /rail/culg/tramlink.html (1074 words)

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