Wilsontown Branch
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Wilsontown Branch by Richard Webb as part of the Geograph project.
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Wilsontown Branch
Image: © Richard Webb Taken: 10 Sep 2010
A railway which served the coal mining villages of Haywood and Wilsontown. Wilsontown was originally an iron smelting centre, but isolated from its markets and the sea. The railway arrived after the ironworks had closed.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.774097
Longitude
-3.669199