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The Earl of Dudley's Railway
Ned Williams
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Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 180 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEMS; 1DBKEMW; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 234 x 10. Weight in Grams: 360.
The Earl of Dudley’s Railway, also known as The Pensnett Railway, was nearly 40 miles of track stretching in all directions from The Earl’s Iron Works (later a steel works) at Round Oak, just outside Brierley Hill. It began life in a spectacular way back in 1829 when a steam locomotive named Agenoria began hauling wagons of coal from pits near Pensnett, out to a basin on the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal at Ashwood. For many years it transported coal from Baggeridge Colliery to the outside world and to Round Oak, and from 1928 until 1939 it carried passengers to ... Read more
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Publisher
The History Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Place of Publication
Stroud, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780752493084
SKU
V9780752493084
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