Waggonways in North East England

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The 1951 plan to demolish coal mining villages in County Durham.

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Acknowledgements

Maps of wooden waggonways from the 2 volumes of
A Fighting Trade: rail transport in Tyne coal, 1600-1800
by G Bennett, E Clavering and A Rounding.
Published by Portcullis (Gateshead Council) 1990, ISBN 0901273147

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