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Monument record MDO19579 - Merchants' Incline brake drum, Portland

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Summary

Site of incline brake drum.

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Type and Period (1)

RAILWAY INCLINED PLANE (Georgian to Second World War - 1826 AD to 1939 AD)

Full Description

Site of incline brake drum. Drawing of machinery and description by B.L. Jackson. (1) Marked on maps. (2-6)

Sources/Archives (6)

<1> SDO10248 Monograph: Jackson, B L. 1999. Isle of Portland Railways, vol. 1. The Admiralty and Quarry Railways. 15-61.
<2> SDO10239 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1864, 1886. Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one. paper. 1:2500.
<3> SDO10250 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1889. Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, sheet LVIII.11.
<4> SDO10252 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1901. Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, sheet LVIII.11.
<5> SDO10242 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1929. Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, sheet LVIII.11. 25 inch.
<6> SDO10298 Map: 1960. Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, sheet SY 6873 and SY 6874.

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Event - Interpretation: Isle of Portland Industrial Archaeology Survey 2006 to 2007 (EDO5019)

Location

Grid reference	SY 6887 7376 (point)
Map sheet	SY67SE
Unitary Authority	Dorset

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Record last edited

Aug 31 2007 3:05AM

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