 The manner of the carriage is by laying rails of timber, from the colliery, down to the river, exactly straight and parallel ; and bulky carts are made with four rowlets fitting these rails ; whereby the carriage is so easy that one horse will draw down...  Dictionary of dates, and universal reference - Page 435by Joseph Timothy Haydn - 1845 - 80 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Timbs - Astronomy - 1859 - 248 pages
...since Railways were employed in the Newcastle collieries. Lord-Keeper North, in 1676, writes : ' ' The manner of the carriage is by laying rails of timber...and bulky carts are made with four rollers fitting these rails, whereby the carriage is so easy, that one horse will draw four or five chaldrou of coals... | |
 | Charles Knight - Great Britain - 1859
...coal-workers of Newcastle, whose " manner of carriage was, by laying rails of timber, from the colliery down to the river, exactly straight and parallel ; and bulky carts are made with four rowlets fitting these rails ; whereby the carriage is so easy that one horse will draw four or five... | |
 | Charles Knight - Capitalism - 1859 - 423 pages
...ground ; and so dear that the owner of a rood of ground will expect 20?. per annum for this leave. The manner of the carriage is by laying rails of timber, from the colliery down to the river, exactly straight and parallel ; and bulky carts are made with four rowlets fitting... | |
 | Walter White - Borders Region (Scotland) - 1859 - 472 pages
...ground ; and so dear that the owner of a rood of ground will expect 201. per annum for this leave. The manner of the carriage is by laying rails of timber from the colliery down to the river exactly straight and parallel, and bulky carts are made with four rowlets fitting... | |
 | George Palmer Putnam - Chronology, Historical - 1860 - 840 pages
...RAILROADS. There were short roads called tram-ways in and about Newcastle so early as the middle of the 17th century; but they were made of wood, and were used...those rails whereby the carriage is so easy that one hurts« will draw down four or five chaldrons of coals and is an immense benefit to the coal-merchants."... | |
 | Robert Ross - 1860
...the existence of railroads in connexion with the collieries, as early as the reign of Charles I.: " The manner of the carriage is by laying rails of timber, from the colliery, down to the river, exactly straight and parallel; and bulky carte are made with four rowlets fitting... | |
 | JOHN TIMBS - 1860
...of drawing coals from the pits to the place of shipment. Lord-keeper North, in 1676, describes such rails of timber from the colliery to the river, exactly straight and parallel, with the rollers of bulky carts made to fit the rails. This " oaken way" first consisted of pieces... | |
 | Chambers's journal - 1861
...1602 by Mr Beaumont, in the vicinity of Neweastle. Roger îiorth alludes to them in 1676 ; he says : ' The manner of the carriage is by laying rails of timber...and bulky carts are made with four rollers, fitting these rails, whereby the carriage is so easy, that one horse will draw down four or five chaldrons... | |
 | Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland - Engineering - 1861
...introduced in the north of England between 1632 and 1649. In 1676 they are described as being made by laying rails of timber from the colliery to the river, exactly straight and parallel. Within the last twenty years, railways formed with hardwood timber alone, or of timber covered with... | |
 | Metallurgy - 1862
...introduced in the north of England between 1632 and 1049. In 1676 they are described as being made by laying rails of timber from the colliery to the river, exactly straight and parallel. Within the last twenty years, railways, formed with hard-wood timber alone, or of timber covered with... | |
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