Museums · Scottish Lowlands
Bowes Railway
In or near Birtley.
Bowes Railway — British preserved standard gauge cable railway system (built 1826).
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About
Bowes Railway is a museum in lowlands. (British preserved standard gauge cable railway system (built 1826).) Wikipedia notes: "The Bowes Railway, built by George Stephenson in 1826, is the world's only operational preserved standard gauge cable railway system. It was built to transport coal from pits in Durham to boats on the River Tyne.". Coordinates 54.9211°, -1.5606°. Sources are credited at the bottom of this page.
- Coordinates
- 54.9211, -1.5606
- Official site
- www.bowesrailway.co.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q4950957 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Bowes Railway (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Bowes Railway Museum - geograph.org.uk - 221650.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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