Light Railway passing through Cuckoo Wood
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The photograph on this page of Light Railway passing through Cuckoo Wood by John Baker as part of the Geograph project.
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Light Railway passing through Cuckoo Wood
Image: © John Baker Taken: 19 Jul 2010
The railway is depicted on 1:25000 ordnance survey maps as running from Nutshell Farm to disused pits. The trackbed is composed of concrete, inset with large square wooden blocks to which the steel rails are fixed. The railway was known as the "Otterden and Boardfield" and was laid by Mr Granville Wheler, 1929-2004, (a keen railway enthusiast) of Otterden Place as a method of extracting timber from his woods on the estate. The motive power was horse-drawn.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.242038
Longitude
0.784433