A historic canal tramway built more than 200 years ago is being restored – with volunteers welcoming a grant of nearly £15,000 in support.
The Shropshire Union Canal Society said it had been given £14,600 from the Association for Industrial Archaeology towards the cost of restoring the historic tramway wharf on the canal at Crickheath.
The wharf wall is now being restored as it was originally built, with members of the Dry Stone Walling Association contributing their expertise to ensure durable and high quality repairs.The wall is topped with large copings of buff and yellow sandstone/gritstone that supported the tramway rails and wagons from where stone was tipped into moored narrowboats.
The tramway, built by the Earl of Powys in around 1797, was originally known as the Porthywaen Iron Railway and was horse-drawn.
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