The gauge ot the early DritLli railways was determined by the width ol the old wooden tramways—or wagon way—of the Northumberland colleries. This width was fixed by tho distance between the wheels of the cans ot the district, and the iron rails were later laid on the tramway timbers.
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Evening Star, Issue 20150, 15 April 1929, Page 10
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