Two stone sleepers

Made:: 1834

Two stone sleepers, two chairs, spike and piece of rail used on Bodmin & Wadebridge Railway (1834).

Details

Category:: Railway Infrastructure

Object Number:: 1902-13

type:: permanent way

credit:: London and South Western Railway

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Stone Sleeper for Bodmin & Wadebridge Railway

Stone sleeper used on Bodmin & Wadebridge Railway (1834). Sub square, with two centrally positioned holes set within a shallow rectangular recess, for attachment of a rail chair.

Measurements:: overall: 250 mm x 570 mm x 550 mm,

Object Number:: 1902-13/1

type:: sleeper

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Stone Sleeper for Bodmin & Wadebridge Railway

Stone sleeper used on Bodmin & Wadebridge Railway (1834). Sub square, with two centrally positioned holes set within a shallow rectangular recess, for attachment of a rail chair. One of the holes is very shallow or blocked. The other has a metal spike protruding out of it.