Llanelly and Mynydd Mawr Railway
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llanelly-and-mynydd-mawr-railway-162-7104834
title:
Llanelly and Mynydd Mawr Railway
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The Llanelly and Mynydd Mawr Railway was authorised in 1875. It made use of part of the long defunct Carmarthenshire Railway or Tramroad of 1801. The older line began running trains in 1803, and was a plateway of about 4 ft (1,219 mm) gauge, with horse traction, for the purpose of bringing minerals from the Mynydd Mawr to the sea for onward shipment at Llanelly Docks. The Llanelly and Mynydd Mawr line opened in 1881, worked by the contractor, John Waddell, who had built the line and taken a majo
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Early Welsh railway line
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llanelly_and_Mynydd_Mawr_Railway
date created:
2008-04-08T11:04:26Z
date modified:
2024-08-27T21:17:38Z
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