Railway
The Bridgnorth Castle-hill inclined railway | Except as to power and gradient it is an Angarrack incline
Submitted by webmaster on Tue, 01/03/2022 - 01:00.
The Bridgnorth Castle-hill inclined railway unites the high and low towns of Bridgnorth, now joined by a flight of 200 steps and long sloping paths. The rise is one loot in a horizontal length of leet; the length of the rail 210 feet ; the vertical rise or lift 111 feet. Water is the motive power, employed as a balance or counter weight. Except as to power and gradient it is an Angarrack incline : only we would rather break from that and run in trucks to Hayle sandhills than break (and with it dislocate necks) at Bridgnorth or Lynton.
Cornishman - Thursday 28 July 1892
Cornishman - Thursday 28 July 1892
Inhabitants of Angarrack, between Hayle and Gwinear Road, are petitioning Great Western Railway Company to erect a halt
Submitted by webmaster on Sun, 01/08/2021 - 00:00.
Through Phillack Urban Council, inhabitants of Angarrack, between Hayle and Gwinear Road, are petitioning the Great Western Railway Company to erect a halt there.
On 22 April 1915 it was reported
"PROPOSED HALT AT ANGARRACK.
...the proposal had already been under consideration, but the results obtained from the enquiries which had been made were not such as to encourage the view that a halt would prove remunerative to the company. In the existing circumstances, therefore, they did not see their way to proceed further in the matter. "
The Hayle Railway opened in December 1837 between Redruth and Hayle
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The Hayle Railway was opened from Hayle foundry to Pool and Portreath on 23 December 1837. Hayle station at that time being located below the current viaduct opposite the Post Office.
This line came down two inclines from Camborne, one at Penponds, the other at Angarrack. Steam traction was used on part of the route from the outset, but horse traction was used at first at the western end.
Once down to almost sea level the line ran along the north side of Copperhouse creek along what is now King George V Walk. This original line crossed the creek very close to the current, though disused, rail swing bridge and continued alongside Penpol Terrace to the original station site in Foundry Square (Isis Gardens).
The Hayle Railway via the Angarrack incline closed 16 Feb 1852
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The Hayle Railway via the Angarrack incline closed 16 Feb 1852
Accident on 1 September 1843
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On Friday afternoon, as the second afternoon down train from Redruth, laden with ore and passengers, reached the branch line which leads to the north quays of Messrs. SANDYS, CARNE, and VIVIAN, Hayle, a tremendous crash took place. The rail at that part of the line being under alteration, the sleepers were bared, and the rail temporarily laid on them. Before the train arrived at the branch line, the passenger carriages were, as usual, cast off for the terminus, and following the train by the given impetus. The engine proceeded on with the rest of the train to the diverging line, and when it reached the place under alteration, the rail slipped off the sleepers, and the foremost carriage was thrown off, turned upside down, and dashed to atoms. read more »
