Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,711 pages of information and 247,105 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

North Sunderland Light Railway

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of Westgate Road, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

  • A 4-mile line privately owned that ran between Chathill and Seahouses and opened in 1898. [1]
  • 1892 The company was incorporated.
  • 1898 The line, 4 miles in length, was opened for goods traffic on August 1st and for passenger traffic on December 14th. [2]
  • The last train ran in 1951.


Sources of Information

  1. Encyclopedia of British Railway Companies by Christopher Awdry. Published 1990
  2. The Stock Exchange Year Book 1908