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Making-of-the-Railways

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In this double-page black-and-white photograph on pages 8-9 of The Railways of Britain, taken in 1911, miners load a wagon at Lockhampton Hill Quarry near Cheltenham.

In this double-page photograph on pages 8-9 of The Railways of Britain, taken in 1911, miners load a wagon at Lockhampton Hill Quarry near Cheltenham. The wagons ran on a plateway, their flat wheels guided by flanges on the rails.