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ST6674 : Where waggons rolled and horses sweated

near to Soundwell, South Gloucestershire, Great Britain

Where waggons rolled and horses sweated

They did up to about 1860.
All that remains of a horse-drawn dramway (correct spelling) linking the mines of Coalpit Heath with a wharf on the River Avon east of Hanham Mills. It also served places between. Closed when the steam railway out of Bristol and Bath arrived.
A gentleman I met there told me there is a small museum a few hundred yards north of this spot devoted to local history. Must get there.

"The local colliery owners were always unhappy about road transport and by the 1820s demand for coal in the glass, sugar and soap industries of Bristol made a better transport link essential."
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Grid Square: ST6674, 10 images (more nearby)
Photographer: Maurice Pullin (find more nearby)
Image classification: Geograph
Date Taken: Monday, 12 October, 2009 (more nearby)
Submitted: Friday, 23 October, 2009
Category: Tramway (remains of former) (more nearby)
Subject Location: OSGB36: ST 664 744 [100m precision]
WGS84: 51:28.1026N 2:29.0544W
Photographer Location: OSGB36: ST 664 744
View Direction: North-northwest (about 337 degrees)