Drawing by Thomas Harrison Hair of Wideopen Colliery from 1844, and remnants of a dismantled railway bridge, 2005
Overview
Dates of operation
Approx. 1818 (Approx. 1818)–1826 (1826)
Technical
Length
1.375 miles (2.213 km)
The Fawdon Wagonway was from 1818 to 1826 a 1 mile 3 furlongs (2.2 km) long horse-drawn and partially rope-operated industrial railway in Fawdon near Newcastle upon Tyne. It was the first cable car employing a moving rope that could be picked up or released by a grip on the cars.
The FawdonWagonway was from 1818 to 1826 a 1 mile 3 furlongs (2.2 km) long horse-drawn and partially rope-operated industrial railway in Fawdon near Newcastle...
High Fawdon, Fawdon Square and Low Fawdon. Fawdon Square was the birthplace of 19th-century poet and songwriter Marshall Cresswell. The FawdonWagonway (1818–1826)...
redeveloped into Havannah Nature Reserve. FawdonWagonway served the local collieries during the 19th century; the Wagonway lends its name to a street in the...
produced its first coal in May 1827. The coal was transported by the FawdonWagonway to Scotswood. The colliery was sketched by Thomas Harrison Hair in...
Council. The railway runs along the alignment of various former coal wagonways, which were later used by the Tyne and Wear Metro Test Centre; the museum...
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