Chaldron wagon, Stockton & Darlington Railway
- Made:
- 1815-1825 in Darlington
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Chaldron wagon, Stockton & Darlington Railway, tare weight 1-18-3, two wheels marked 'Darlington Wagon & Engineering Co.' and one wheel 'Blaydon'.
A ‘chaldron’ is an archaic term for a measure of coal; this measure varied regionally, but in the North East was 53cwt. ‘Chaldron Waggon’ as a name therefore has its origins in the North East coal industry. They were the first form of rail vehicle on the above ground coal railways and developed from the pre-railway coal wain.
Well into the 20th Century, waggon / wagon remained a regional spelling difference, with two ‘g’s in Scotland and the North, one ‘g’ in the Midlands and below.
Details
- Category:
- Locomotives and Rolling Stock
- Object Number:
- 1979-7004
- type:
- railway wagon
- taxonomy:
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- vehicles and vehicle components
- vehicle
- rolling stock
- coal wagon
- coal hopper wagon
- credit:
- British Rail, Historical Relics
