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1758: The Middleton Railway built by Charles Branding was the first ever railway that was quick and good use for transportation which used John Blenkinsop’s Salamanca for rack propulsion.
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1768: The Wagon way was constructed by the Erskine’s of Mar in Alloa, to carry coal from the Clackmannanshire.
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1789: The Charnwood Forest Canal, sometimes known as the “Forest line of the Leicester Navigation.” -
1793: The Butterley Gangroad, or the “Crich Rail-way” was built by Benjamin Outram. -
1798: Lake Lock Rail Road was used to carry coal from the Outwood area to the Aire and Calder navigation -
1802: The Carmarthenshire Railway or Tramroad, a horse-drawn goods line, located in South west Wales, was an act of parliament. -
1803: The Surrey Iron Railway, London opened it linked the towns of Wandsworth and Croydon.
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1808: The Kilmarnock Troon Railway was the first railway in Scotland.
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