The gauge of the early British railways was determined by the width o£ the old wooden tramways—or waggon"way—of the Northumberland collieries. This width was fixed by the distance "between the wheels of; the carts of the district and the iroti rails were later laid on the tramway timbers.
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 56, 9 March 1929, Page 26
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