Port Erin Breakwater Railway, the Glossary
The Port Erin Breakwater Railway was a construction line built in Port Erin on the Isle of Man in 1863 and had the distinction of being the first steam railway on the island, as well as the only broad gauge line.[1]
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5 relations: Broad-gauge railway, Henry Loch, 1st Baron Loch, Isle of Man, Port Erin, Transport in the Isle of Man.
- 1863 establishments in the United Kingdom
- 7 ft gauge railways
- Railway lines in the Isle of Man
Broad-gauge railway
A broad-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge (the distance between the rails) broader than the used by standard-gauge railways.
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Henry Loch, 1st Baron Loch
Henry Brougham Loch, 1st Baron Loch, (23 May 1827 – 20 June 1900) was a British soldier and colonial administrator.
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Isle of Man
The Isle of Man (Mannin, also Ellan Vannin) or Mann, is an island country and self-governing British Crown Dependency in the Irish Sea, between Great Britain and Ireland.
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Port Erin
Port Erin (Purt Çhiarn 'lord's port' or originally 'Irish port') is a seaside village in the south-west of the Isle of Man, in the historic parish of Rushen.
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Transport in the Isle of Man
There are a number of transport services around the Isle of Man, mostly consisting of paved roads, public transport, rail services, sea ports and an airport.
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See also
1863 establishments in the United Kingdom
- Alpine Journal
- Associated Metalworkers' Union
- Baron Annaly
- Birketts
- Britannia Royal Naval College
- Memorial to the Great Exhibition
- Port Erin Breakwater Railway
- Rich baronets
- Royal Navy Cricket Club
- St Peter's Italian Church
- Thames Sailing Barge Match
- The Arts Club
- The British Trade Journal
- The Improved Industrial Dwellings Company
- The Reader (weekly)
- The Stamp-Collector's Magazine
- The Stamp-Collector's Review and Monthly Advertiser
- Universal Building Society
- Witton Cemetery
7 ft gauge railways
- Berks and Hants Railway
- Brentford branch line
- Bridport Railway
- Bristol and Exeter Railway
- Bristol and Gloucester Railway
- Bristol and South Wales Union Railway
- Buckfastleigh, Totnes and South Devon Railway
- Bullo Pill Railway
- Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway
- Chard branch line
- Cheddar Valley line
- Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway
- Cornwall Railway
- Dartmouth Steam Railway
- Dartmouth and Torbay Railway
- Dean Forest Railway
- Devon and Somerset Railway
- East Somerset Railway
- Ely Valley Railway
- Exeter and Crediton Railway
- Forest of Dean Railway
- Great Western Railway
- Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway
- Holyhead Breakwater
- Llynvi and Ogmore Railway
- Lostwithiel and Fowey Railway
- Maritime Line
- Marlow branch line
- Metropolitan Railway
- Moretonhampstead and South Devon Railway
- Newquay and Cornwall Junction Railway
- North Devon Railway
- Port Erin Breakwater Railway
- Portishead Railway
- Railway Regulation (Gauge) Act 1846
- Riviera Line
- Severn and Wye Railway
- South Devon Railway Company
- South Devon and Tavistock Railway
- South Wales Mineral Railway
- South Wales Railway
- St Ives Bay Line
- Torbay and Brixham Railway
- Vale of Neath Railway
- West Cornwall Railway
- West Somerset Railway
- Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway
- Wycombe Railway
- Yeovil–Taunton line
Railway lines in the Isle of Man
- Breakwater Crane Railway
- Foxdale Railway
- Groudle Glen Railway
- Isle of Man Railway
- Isle of Man Railway rolling stock
- Knockaloe railway station and branch line
- Manx Northern Railway
- Orchid Line
- Port Erin Breakwater Railway
- Ramsey Quayside Railway
- Snaefell Mountain Railway
- Upper Douglas Cable Tramway
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Erin_Breakwater_Railway