PLYMOUTH
 DATA
www.plymouthdata.info

The Encyclopaedia of Plymouth History
Click here to return to the Home page      Click here for more information about this website       Click here to go to the A - Z Contents page       Click here to go to the Links page       Click here to go to the Disclaimer page       Click here to link to the Can you help? page


RAILWAYS

EDDYSTONE TRAMWAY

Updated:  09 January 2011 

Mr John Smeaton was employed to reconstruct the Eddystone Lighthouse after Mr John Rudyerd's wooden one had been destroyed by fire in 1755. 

A timber rail road or tramway was constructed at West Hoe Quarry in 1756 to help with the cartage of stone blocks using four-wheel trucks.

Sources:

Thomas, David St John, "A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: Volume 1 - The West Country", David & Charles Ltd, Newton Abbot, Devon, 1973, ISBN 0 7153 6208

©  Brian Moseley, Plymouth, UK

Any problems viewing this webpage should be notified to the webmaster at plymouthdata dot info