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Wagonway — Wagonways are the horses, equipment, and tracks used for hauling wagons which preceded steam powered railways. There are two styles of waggonway and two spellings. Wagonway tends to relate to examples based on the smaller Shropshire model, and… … Wikipedia
wagonway — That part of a street ordinarily used for the passage of vehicles within the curb lines. Delaware, L. & W. R. Co. v. Chiara, C.C.A.N.J., 95 F.2d 663, 666 … Black's law dictionary
wagonway — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun archaic : tramroad … Useful english dictionary
Wollaton Wagonway — The Wollaton Wagonway (or Waggonway), built between October 1603 and 1604 in the East Midlands of England by Huntingdon Beaumont in partnership with Sir Percival Willoughbycite book |last=Hylton |first=Stuart |title=The Grand Experiment: the… … Wikipedia
History of rail transport — The history of rail transport dates back nearly 500 years, and includes systems with man or horse power and rails of wood or stone. Modern rail transport systems first appeared in England in the 1820s. These systems, which made use of the steam… … Wikipedia
Huntingdon Beaumont — ( c. 1560 1624) was an innovative entrepreneur in coal mining, who built what is currently credited as the world s first wagonway. Regrettably he was less successful as a businessman and died having been imprisoned for debt. Huntingdon Beaumont… … Wikipedia
Timeline of railway history — This is a timeline of rail transport history.Seealso| Timeline of steam power.* ca. 600 BCVerdelis, Nikolaos: Le diolkos de L Isthme , Bulletin de Correspondance Hellénique , Vol. 81 (1957), pp. 526 529 (526)] Cook, R. M.: Archaic Greek Trade:… … Wikipedia
Charnwood Forest Canal — The Charnwood Forest Canal, sometimes known as the Forest Line of the Leicester Navigation , was opened between Thringstone and Nanpantan, with a further connection to Barrow Hill, near Worthington, in 1794 It marks the beginning of a period of… … Wikipedia
Rail transport — Railroad and Railway both redirect here. For other uses, see Railroad (disambiguation). Rail transport is the conveyance of passengers and goods by means of wheeled vehicles specially designed to run along railways or railroads. Rail transport is … Wikipedia
Wollaton — Infobox UK place official name= Wollaton country= England region= East Midlands population= os grid reference= latitude= 52.95010 longitude= 1.2349 map type = Nottinghamshire post town= NOTTINGHAM postcode area= NG postcode district= NG8 dial… … Wikipedia
