Looking west along Smithson's Tramroad, Wakefield
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Looking west along Smithson's Tramroad, Wakefield
Image: © Christine Johnstone Taken: 28 May 2020
Or at least the route of it. Smithson's Tramroad brought coal down from Low Laithes to Thornes Wharf, just ahead on the River Calder. The horse-drawn railway opened in 1798 and had L section rails on stone sleepers. It was still operating in 1850, but by the late 1880s mining had ceased at the old Low Laithes sites. A stub of the tramroad still operated in the late 1880s, from a quarry near Denby Dale Road to sidings below the Kirkgate railway line. By 1904-07 even this stub had gone. This section [from Waldorf Way to New Brunswick Street] is now a public footpath.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.675408
Longitude
-1.496027