A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
DARTMOUTH AND TORBAY RAILWAY, a railway in Devon; from the Torquay branch of the South Devon railway southward to the neighbourhood of Dartmouth. It was authorized in 1857; and a bill for extending the time for completing it was lodged in December, 1861. The length of it is fully 9 miles. A part, to Paignton, fully 3 miles, and including 20 bridges, a viaduct, and a tunnel, was opened, in August, 1859; another part, to Brixham-Road, fully 2 miles, was opened in April 1861; and the rest was opened in August, 1864. The terminus is at Kingswear, on the Dart, opposite Dartmouth; and includes arrangements for floating-bridge communication across the river. The original capital was £90, 000; additional, £114, 750.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a railway" (ADL Feature Type: "railroad features") |
| Administrative units: | Devon AncC |
| Place: | Dartmouth |
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