Sleeper from an early tramway leading to the lead mines at Alston in County Durham

Made:: Alston

Sleeper from an early tramway leading to the lead mines at Alston in County Durham, believed c.1740.

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Category:: Railways

Object Number:: 1963-14

type:: railway sleeper

credit:: Lee, C.E.

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Sleeper from an early tramway leading to the lead mines at Alston in County Durham

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