Evidence of Silkstone Waggonway
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Evidence of Silkstone Waggonway
Image: © Neil Theasby Taken: 12 Aug 2021
For fifty to sixty years in the mid-nineteenth century the waggonway facilitated the transport of coal from the Silkstone area to the canal basin at Barnby - two miles north of the village. The coal tubs were pulled along the rails by horses.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.551886
Longitude
-1.558776