Furzebrook Railway
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The Furzebrook Railway, also known as the Pike Brothers' Tramway, was a narrow gauge industrial railway on the Isle of Purbeck in the English county of Dorset. It was built by the Pike Brothers, to take Purbeck Ball Clay from their clay pits near Furzebrook and West Creech to a wharf at Ridge on the River Frome.
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Headquarters | Furzebrook |
Locale | England |
Dates of operation | c.1840ā1957 |
Successor | Abandoned |
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Track gauge | c.4 ft (1,219 mm) (1840) 2 ft 8 in (813 mm) (1866) |
Length | 3.5 miles (5.6 km) |
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