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	Railways of Britain2
		As the north east became the most prolific area for the use of wagonways, possibly because of the difficulty with the terrain for the construction of canals but by 1800 it had about 150 miles of way, with over two million wagon movements each year I thought it was worth a separate mention here.
		Wagonways in the North East were more commonly called ‘Newcastle roads’ due to their prolific use in that area and were built to carry the coal from the pits in the Durham and Northumberland hills to Staithes at on the Tyne and Wear rivers.
		The North east wagonways saw developments in stationary engines at the end of the 18th and beginning of the 19th centuries with the use of self acting inclines, where heavy wagons being lowered haul empties up the hill, being constructed in 1790.
	groups.msn.com /RailwaysofBritain2/introductiontowagonways.msnw (1156 words)

	Wagonway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Wagonways are the horses, equipment, and tracks used for hauling wagons which preceded steam powered railways.
		In 1604 Huntingdon Beaumont completed a wagonway, (the Wollaton Wagonway) built to transport coal from the mines at Strelley to Wollaton just west of Nottingham, England.
		The transition from a wagonway to a fully steam powered railway was a gradual evolution.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wagonways (1190 words)

	Railway - Search View - ninemsn Encarta
		By the 18th century workers in several European mining areas had discovered that movement of a loaded wagon was easier if its wheels ran on, and were guided by, a crude track of metal plates, because friction was thereby reduced.
		The wagonways served only to move goods from their source to the nearest waterway, then the principal means of bulk transport.
		Builders in Europe—and North America—generally adopted the 1,435-mm (4 ft 8y in) gauge of George Stephenson, which he is thought to have copied from wagonways in his neighbourhood that had found it empirically the most manageable dimension for human or horse haulage.
	au.encarta.msn.com /text_761557841__1/Railway.html (3531 words)

	Railroads - Printer-friendly - MSN Encarta
		The precursors of modern railroads were the wagonways, or tramroads (a tram was originally a coal wagon), built in England as early as the 16th century to facilitate the hauling of coal, ore, or stone from mines or quarries to ports or waterways.
		Although the first wagonways consisted merely of parallel lines of planks, they enabled draft animals to achieve greater speeds and pull much heavier loads than was possible over the bare surfaces of rutted and often muddy roads.
		Crossties were introduced in early tramroads to hold the timbers that made up the tracks in place.
	encarta.msn.com /text_761557841___2/Railroads.html (1120 words)

	Sunniside Local History Society
		As the demand for coal increased during the eighteenth century, new collieries had to be sunk further away from the rivers, and wagonways built to carry the coal to staithes on the river for shipment.
		In c1830 the area of north-west Durham between the River Tyne and the Pontop- Tanfield Beamish region some eight miles to the south was traversed by a number of wagonways engaged in moving coal from mines to riverside staiths.
		The wagonways and the staiths are all consigned to history, with the exception of a small section of Tanfield railway acting as a scenic and historic journey for visitors and ending at Sunniside.
	www.sunnisidelocalhistorysociety.co.uk /wagonways.html (1614 words)

	Swalwell Railways
		The wagonways serving the coal mines of the northeast were the first railways and horses were used to pull the coal wagons along tracks from colliery to river for shipment and take the empty wagons back for the next load.
		In 1712 a wagonway owned by Clavering and Brummel linked the Byermoor, Lintz and Bucksnook collieries to Derwenthaugh via Burnopfield and Swalwell but was abandoned in 1726 when in 1721 a rival wagonway (the Western Way) operated by the Bowes family opened.
		Apart from the early nearby wagonways alongside the Derwent to the Tyne near Derwenthaugh, the first railway to actually reach Swalwell village was a branch from the line running through from Blaydon to Derwenthaugh, on the original route of the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway (see Branches).
	www.swalwelluk.co.uk /railways.html (3239 words)

	Train (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Roads of rails called Wagonways were being used in Germany as early as 1550.
		These primitive railed roads consisted of wooden rails over which horse-drawn wagons or carts moved with greater ease than over dirt roads.
		Wagonways evolved into Tramways and spread though out Europe.
	library.thinkquest.org /04oct/01793/Train.htm (187 words)

	Sunniside Local History Society
		Also way-leave over the land, to make wagonways not more than 15yds wide, except where they have to cross denes or hollows.
		Coals from the Edge pit went along a narrow wagonway to join the Tanfield way at Burdon Dene, part of which can still be traced.
		By obtaining this land Lord Windsor was able to lay a wagonway down Busty Bank in order to convey his coals from Pontop to Derwenthaugh and to avoid crossing the Gibside estate.
	www.sunnisidelocalhistorysociety.co.uk /andrewshouse.html (5102 words)

	The Land we Made
		Long before the earliest steam railways, horses were being used to haul wagons of coal, on wagonways fitted with rails, from mines to ports and towns.
		The first wagonway, from the Tranent mines to the harbour of Cockenzie, East Lothian, operated from 1722.
		The second, established in the 1750s or 60s, was the Fordell, Fife wagonway.
	sites.scran.ac.uk /kestrel3d/energy/energy2b.html (106 words)

	Untitled Document
		Simple Railroads have been used as far away from New York as Germany and as early as the 1500's.They were called wagonways.
		Wagonways were pulled by horse on trails of wooden tracks.
		Using these "Railed Roads" promised a smoother ride than the original dirt roads.
	www.tqnyc.org /NYC062969/trains.htm (45 words)

	WRC Wagonways sub index (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		A comprehensive overview of the Wollaton Waggonway (Wagonway)
		Basic outline of what the Wollaton Waggonway / Wagonway was together with a list of sources for other articles and features about the Wollaton Waggonway.
		A comprehensive overview of the Wollaton Waggonway (Wagonway) in booklet format.
	www.waggonways.fsnet.co.uk /wrc_wagway_contents.html (222 words)

	Welsh Icons - Burry Port
		Several of these wagonways became plateways and then railways as technology improved.
		The canals continued to expand and wharves and dock facilities were built.
		Fed by a series of chaotic canals and wagonways it finally offered a way to ship Gwendraeth coal out by sea.
	www.welshicons.org.uk /html/burry_port.html (913 words)

	The Unknown God
		Before you ask, the tramways used this same specification (4 foot 8.5 inches) because they were built by the same people who built the wagonways and wagons.
		Wagonways were nothing more than wagons pulled by horses across a primitive wooden rail system.
		Wagons were used for thousands of years and the standard wheel base (4 feet 8.5 inches) has always been the same.
	members.triton.net /kmsrjs/Unknownr.htm (3443 words)

	Sitelines - Local Histories F
		Wagonways served for the transportation of coal, including Fawdon Wagonway (HER 1078) which connected with the Seaton Burn Wagonway at Wideopen.
		One of the last was Felling Wagonway, laid on the line of part of the old Felling Way was opened in 1810 by the Blackett’s to serve Felling Colliery (HER 3801).
		Tyne Main Staiths (HER 3534) at the end of the Friar’s Goose Wagonway (HER 3533), shipped coal from the Tyne Main Colleries (HER 3532 and 3538), via the Tyne Main Wagonway.
	sine7.ncl.ac.uk /sl/Histories/LocalhistoriesF.htm (1157 words)

	History of Indiana, Internal Improvement Movements Preliminary to Law of 1836, Road Conditions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The general result of this expenditure and labor was crude in the extreme.
		The so-called "improvement" was little more than the opening of wagonways through the wilderness and they were hardly more practicable than the drift-chocked streams.
		Of their atrocious character much has been said and yet the subject, seemingly, has never been done justice.
	countyhistory.com /history/177.htm (246 words)

	Sitelines - Local Histories L
		Lemington was important in the coal transport network as the highest point on the River Tyne suitable for staiths.
		Wagonways such as the Newburn-Wylam wagonway (HER 1032), built around 1748 and used up to 1968, from an early date brought in coals from the north and west.
		A number of railway and wagonway bridges (HER 1621-3, 4698 and 4961) were built as part of the communications infrastructure in this crowded industrial zone.
	sine7.ncl.ac.uk /sl/Histories/LocalhistoriesL.htm (416 words)

	Woodern Wagonway
		Where possible, wagonways were laid out so that loaded wagons could travel downhill to a river or harbour.
		Later that year, Charles Brandling, became the first to have an Act of Parliament passed when he asked for permission to build a wagonway between his Middleton Colliery and Leeds.
		However, the Wylam locomotive weighed five tons, it was too heavy for Blackett's wooden wagonway.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /RAwood.htm (237 words)

	Untitled Document
		William Jessup designed the first wagon that has flanged wheels.
		In Germany, 1550 people were using roads of rails that are call wagonways.
		This is consisted wooden rails that were better then dirt roads and are easier to move.
	www.tqnyc.org /NYC063115/webpages/from16century.htm (52 words)

	Nottinghamshire: history and archaeology \| Resources: Links: Organisations
		The Society aims to promote and foster study of the history, archaeology and antiquities of Nottinghamshire for the public benefit.
		These wagonways, or wagonways, were originally made of wood, later evolving into iron L plate tramways or what we today regard as a railway with iron rails.
		The site has a particular bias at present to the history of the World's first recorded cross-country overland waggonway, (the Wollaton Waggonway of 1604) and Huntingdon Beaumont the man who built it.
	www.nottshistory.org.uk /resources/links/organisations.htm (281 words)

	Welcome to Adobe GoLive 6 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Wagonways used horses to pull wagons on rails from coal mines to the ports.
		Cast-iron rails were first use to make rails safer.
		In May, the first intercity passenger train, Amtrak, was created.
	www.promotega.org /AAU06001/rail.html (176 words)

	Railway Association - North Tyneside Steam - Line History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Horses would haul loaded chaldrons (wagons), to the top of the incline and return the empties to the pits.
		These early wooden wagonways enabled loaded chaldrons to run down hill by the force of gravity, controlled by ropes.
		Haulage by ropes and fixed steam engines became common in the first decade of the nineteenth century.
	www.ntsra.org.uk /lhistory.html (575 words)

	Wikinfo \| History of rail transport
		They remained the only practical overland transport for well over 100 years.
		Wagonways were developed in Germany in the 1550s and the use of these tracks, consisting of wooden rails for horse-drawn wagons, spread across Europe.
		By the early 1700s, the wooden tracks and wheels were beginning to be replaced by iron, and these systems became known as tramways.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=History_of_rail_transport (861 words)

	Untitled Document
		In what year did England start using wagonways?
		Wagonways enabled a horse to deliver how much mined coal?
		Why is the railroad the best mode of land transportation?
	www.craven.k12.nc.us /AWE/linkpages/trains/histrailroad.htm (189 words)

	Rising Sun Country Park, Wallsend, Tyne and Wear
		The site is that of the former Rising Sun Colliery, which closed in the 1960's.
		Swallow Pond is a natural lake, and the paths are former colliery wagonways.
		The site also comprises an organic farm, and a visitor centre at Scaffold Hill which is currently being re-furbished.
	www.freshpage.net /Park/index.htm (100 words)

	Safe Haven \| Preservation of Capital \|
		At Killingworth the Grand Allies asked George Stephenson to design a locomotive.
		Stephenson's designs led to a number of engines on the Tyneside wagonways by the early 1820's, but the big breakthrough came with the public demonstration of the Stockton to Darlington railway in 1825.
		The railway allowed further coal mining expansion north of the 90-fathom dyke.
	www.safehaven.com /forums-1758.htm (458 words)

	Tyneside and around - Bike Week 2005
		A challenging 12 mile circular route from Chapel House in west Newcastle, with a few hills to keep you warm.
		We will go down the wagonway to Lemington, along Hadrian's Way to Newburn and beyond, up to Heddon and then back.
		Mostly off-road and some sections may be a bit rough and muddy.
	www.tynebikes.org.uk /bikeweek/index_05.htm (552 words)

	WRC Index page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Due to the interests of the circle members the site has a particular bias at present to the history of the World's first recorded cross-country overland waggonway, (the Wollaton waggonway of 1605) and Huntingdon Beaumont the man who built it.
		Additional material relating to other waggonway (wagonway) and plateway (plate way) history will be added over time.
		(1) We decided to spell waggonway with the double g as used the North East of England but it can also be spelt with the single g as wagonway* if you prefer.
	www.waggonways.fsnet.co.uk (168 words)

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