Site of tramway near Church Knowle, Dorset
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Site of tramway near Church Knowle, Dorset
Image: © Dylan Moore Taken: 28 Jul 2010
The embankment in the foreground was the end of a tramway that moved chalk across the ridge to supply the Wareham Cement Works at Image The tramway descended diagonally across the picture from the left top corner. There was no road over the ridge 100 years ago. An 1882 newspaper article says "marl is lowered by means of a double action drum, saving many miles of cartage by way of Corfe Castle". See Image
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Image Location
Latitude
50.63963
Longitude
-2.097382