Former tramway to the Aston plaster pits
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Former tramway to the Aston plaster pits
Image: © Ian Calderwood Taken: 31 Jul 2010
This footpath is on the line of a tramway or railway built in 1811 to carry gypsum from the plaster pits at Brickyard Plantation (in the background, to the left) to a wharf on the Trent and Mersey Canal. It was later extended to other pits around Aston and continued to operate until some time before the First World War.
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Image Location
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52.870293
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-1.384921