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1815 Built along the disused arm of the Somerset Coal Canal to link collieries at Radstock with the canal basin at Mitford some seven miles away
It was on a 3 feet 5½ inch gauge, single-track with passing places and was horse-drawn to begin but steam was introduced in 1827 but proved too heavy for the track.
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