Line of tramroad, Sconce Hills
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Line of tramroad, Sconce Hills
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust Taken: 14 Sep 2012
The clearly defined flat strip marks the line of the tramroad which linked Hawton Gypsum Works http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3138273 with a wharf on the River Trent in the area now covered by the marina. Originally horsedrawn, it was upgraded in 1901 with locomotives and operated until 1951 http://www.sconceanddevonpark.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13&Itemid=27
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Image Location
Latitude
53.070276
Longitude
-0.820443