Route of tramway at Wingate Quarry

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The photograph on this page of Route of tramway at Wingate Quarry by Roger Muggleton as part of the Geograph project.

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Route of tramway at Wingate Quarry

Image: © Roger Muggleton Taken: 21 Feb 2021

Along here a tramway once ran. This connected Wingate Quarry to the railway at Trimdon, via Deaf Hill Colliery. A few old fence posts remain, and recently this area has been re-fenced as a footpath open to the public.

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Image Location

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Latitude
54.729812
Longitude
-1.414868