Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway
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monkland-and-kirkintilloch-railway-166-8975361
title:
Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway
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The Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway was an early mineral railway running from a colliery at Monklands to the Forth and Clyde Canal at Kirkintilloch, Scotland. It was the first railway to use a rail ferry, the first public railway in Scotland, and the first in Scotland to use locomotive power successfully, and it had a great influence on the successful development of the Lanarkshire iron industry. It opened in 1826. It was built to enable the cheaper transport of coal to market, breaking the m
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Railway in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland (1826–1982)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkland_and_Kirkintilloch_Railway
date created:
2007-02-01T20:45:29Z
date modified:
2024-08-29T20:59:41Z
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