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Causey Arch
DESCRIPTION: Causey Arch... Leaflet printed on both sides and folded in four. In the fourteenth century coal was replacing wood and charcoal as an industrial fuel. The coalfield near the River Tyne was developed rapidly because coal could easily be hauled to the rver by horse and cart. It was then transferred to sea-going ships. By the 1640s horses were pulling carts on wooden waggonways. As mines were opened away from the river these railways were extended. Most routes avoided the need for any cuttings or embankments but the Tanfield Waggonway had them! To reach pits eight miles from the river there was a 100 feet high embankment over the causey Burn. 350 yards upstream the Burn was recrossed by the Arch with a branch line to pits near Tanfield. After an explosion, Tanfield Colliery was closed and the Arch was never used again after the 1780s. Steam engines replaced horses on the route over the embankment in 1881. the line was closed in 1962. The Arch is the world's oldest, surviving railway bridge. It was built in 1725-28 by a local mason, Ralph wood; the span is 100m feet and the deck is 80 feet above the stream.
Causey Arch by Durham County Council
AUTHOR: Durham County Council
ISBN: B00CP3JJB6 BINDING: Folded Paper PAGES: 8
Year: 1982 Size: 99mm x 209mm x 1mm Condition: Used - Very Good
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