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Title: Corsham Wander 7 Miles - Explore the old tramways of Corsham Post by: grahame on August 15, 2016, 17:46:27 10:30 at Leafield Engineering, Corsham. on 21st August 2016
https://www.facebook.com/events/1638092843173606/ I am very tempted to go ... if anyone wants a lift off the train arriving at Melksham at 09:52, please let me know. Title: Re: Corsham Wander 7 Miles - Explore the old tramways of Corsham Post by: grahame on August 21, 2016, 14:02:00 Half a dozen quarries were linked by tramways down to Corsham station, with the last ones closing in the 1950s. This morning's guided wak (thank you, Dave) was researched with maps and old pictures provided, and we covered the ground of some of these old workings.
Where now you see farmland and rural roads .... (http://www.wellho.net/pix/c_farmland.jpg) .... there may be signs of history hidden in the undergrowth ... (http://www.wellho.net/pix/c_hunting.jpg) .... and you'll come across currently operational Bath stone mines .... (http://www.wellho.net/pix/c_newmine.jpg) .... As well as the sealed (but with ventilation ducts) of old ones .... (http://www.wellho.net/pix/c_oldmine.jpg) .... And if you look carefully in the trees you can work out where the track used to go .... (http://www.wellho.net/pix/c_trackbed.jpg) .... with sometimes the sign being as subtle as in a change to the growth on old and new wall sections where the tramways went from one field into another: (http://www.wellho.net/pix/c_wallchange.jpg) This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |