Gulworthy: Devon Great Consols Railway
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Gulworthy: Devon Great Consols Railway
Image: © Martin Bodman Taken: 16 Sep 2010
The course of the 4.5 mile long mineral railway is now a 'Tamar Trail'. The line was built in 1858 at a cost of £10,355. It linked Devon Great Consols mine in the north with Morwellham Quay to the south and was used to aid the export of copper for processing in smelters at Swansea in south Wales. At the Morwellham end of the line there is a 700m long inclined plane that took waggons down to the quay by gravity. Materials were hauled up the plane by a stationary steam engine. On the right can be seen a linear mine dump, probably part of the Bedford United sett
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