Redruth and Chasewater Railway, the Glossary

Table of Contents

1. 29 relations: Basset Mines, Bissoe, British industrial narrow-gauge railways, Carharrack, Carrick Roads, Cast iron, Chacewater, Consolidated Mines, Copper, Cornwall, Devoran, Great County Adit, Great Flat Lode, Gwennap, John Taylor (mining engineer), Lanner, Cornwall, Narrow-gauge railway, Neilson and Company, Plateway, Portreath, Portreath Tramroad, Restronguet Creek, Steamship, Swansea, Thomas Hall (railway engineer), Tugboat, Wagonway, West Cornwall Railway, Wrought iron.

2. 1824 establishments in England
3. 4 ft gauge railways in England
4. British companies established in 1824
5. Rail transport in Cornwall
6. Railway companies disestablished in 1915
7. Railway companies established in 1824
8. Railway lines opened in 1826

Basset Mines

Basset Mines was a mining company formed in Cornwall, England, by the amalgamation of six copper and tin mining setts.

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Bissoe

Bissoe (Besow, meaning birch trees) is a hamlet in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.

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British industrial narrow-gauge railways

British industrial narrow-gauge railways are narrow-gauge railways in the United Kingdom and the Isle of Man that were primarily built to serve one or more industries.

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Carharrack

Carharrack (Karardhek) is a civil parish and village in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.

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Carrick Roads

Carrick Roads (Dowr Carrek, meaning "rock anchorage") is the estuary of the River Fal on the south coast of Cornwall in England.

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Cast iron

Cast iron is a class of iron–carbon alloys with a carbon content of more than 2% and silicon content around 1–3%.

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Chacewater

Chacewater (Dowr an Chas) is a village and civil parish in Cornwall, England, UK.

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Consolidated Mines

Consolidated Mines, also known as Great Consolidated mine, but most commonly called Consols or Great Consols was a metalliferous mine about a mile ESE of the village of St Day, Cornwall, England.

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Copper

Copper is a chemical element; it has symbol Cu and atomic number 29.

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Cornwall

Cornwall (Kernow;; or) is a ceremonial county in South West England.

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Devoran

Devoran (Deveryon) is a village in south Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.

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Great County Adit

The Great County Adit, sometimes called the County Adit, or the Great Adit was a system of interconnected adits that helped drain water from the tin and copper mines in the Gwennap area of Cornwall, in the United Kingdom.

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Great Flat Lode

The Great Flat Lode is a mineral-bearing body of rock under the southern granite slopes of Carn Brea south of Camborne in west Cornwall, UK.

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Gwennap

Gwennap (label) is a village and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.

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John Taylor (mining engineer)

John Taylor (22 August 1779, in Norwich – 5 April 1863, in London) was a British mining engineer.

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Lanner, Cornwall

Lanner (Lannergh) is a village and civil parish in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.

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Narrow-gauge railway

A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge narrower than.

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Neilson and Company

Neilson and Company was a locomotive manufacturer in Glasgow, Scotland.

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Plateway

A plateway is an early kind of railway, tramway or wagonway, where the rails are made from cast iron. Redruth and Chasewater Railway and plateway are horse-drawn railways.

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Portreath

Portreath (Porthtreth or Porth Treth) is a civil parish, village and fishing port on the north coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.

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Portreath Tramroad

The Portreath Tramroad, or alternatively the Portreath Tramway, was opened in 1815, providing a wagonway route from mines near Scorrier in Cornwall, England, to a port at Portreath. Redruth and Chasewater Railway and Portreath Tramroad are early British railway companies, horse-drawn railways, industrial railways in England and rail transport in Cornwall.

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Restronguet Creek

Restronguet Creek is a tidal ria in south Cornwall, United Kingdom.

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Steamship

A steamship, often referred to as a steamer, is a type of steam-powered vessel, typically ocean-faring and seaworthy, that is propelled by one or more steam engines that typically move (turn) propellers or paddlewheels.

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Swansea

Swansea (Abertawe) is a coastal city and the second-largest city of Wales.

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Thomas Hall (railway engineer)

Richard Thomas Hall (31 May 1823 – 21 August 1889) was a British railway engineer.

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Tugboat

A tugboat or tug is a marine vessel that manoeuvres other vessels by pushing or pulling them, with direct contact or a tow line.

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Wagonway

Wagonways (also spelt Waggonways), also known as horse-drawn railways and horse-drawn railroad consisted of the horses, equipment and tracks used for hauling wagons, which preceded steam-powered railways. Redruth and Chasewater Railway and Wagonway are horse-drawn railways.

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West Cornwall Railway

The West Cornwall Railway was a railway company in Cornwall, Great Britain, formed in 1846 to construct a railway between Penzance and Truro. Redruth and Chasewater Railway and West Cornwall Railway are pre-grouping British railway companies and rail transport in Cornwall.

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Wrought iron

Wrought iron is an iron alloy with a very low carbon content (less than 0.05%) in contrast to that of cast iron (2.1% to 4.5%).

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See also

1824 establishments in England

• All Saints Cathedral, Camden Street
• Athenaeum Club, London
• Bank Bottom Mill
• Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution
• Brighton Regency Synagogue
• Cadbury
• Chance Brothers
• Chester Cup
• Chetwynd Bridge
• Christ Church, Marylebone
• Clerical Medical
• Cramer & Co.
• Darnall New Ground
• Falmouth Grammar School
• Fellows & Co
• Hill & Smith
• Hope Mill
• Ilkeston Rutland Cricket Club
• Imperial Continental Gas Association
• Laird plc
• Lifesaving
• Manchester Royal School of Medicine
• Margate Jetty
• National Gallery
• Newington Academy for Girls
• Oriental Club
• Perry & Co.
• Providence Chapel, Hadlow Down
• Redruth and Chasewater Railway
• Shakespeare Club of Stratford-upon-Avon
• St George's Church, Kidderminster
• Staffordshire Mercury
• University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology
• Ushers of Trowbridge
• William Scott Shipbuilders

4 ft gauge railways in England

• Accrington Corporation Steam Tramways Company
• Accrington Corporation Tramways
• Barrow-in-Furness Tramways Company
• Bath Tramways
• Bradford Corporation Tramways
• Bullo Pill Railway
• Burnley Corporation Tramways
• City of Oxford Tramways Company
• Colne and Trawden Light Railway Company
• Darwen Corporation Tramways
• Derby Corporation Tramways
• Derby Tramways Company
• Furzebrook Railway
• Gloucester Tramways Company
• Joyce Green Hospital
• Keighley Tramways
• Little Eaton Gangway
• Nelson Corporation Tramways
• Potteries Electric Traction Company
• Rawtenstall Corporation Tramways
• Reading Corporation Tramways
• Reading Tramways Company
• Redruth and Chasewater Railway
• Scarborough funiculars
• Stockton and Darlington Steam Tramway Company
• Stockton and District Tramways Company
• York Tramways Company

British companies established in 1824

• Balmenach distillery
• Cadbury
• Chance Brothers
• Clerical Medical
• Cramer & Co.
• Fellows & Co
• General Steam Navigation Company
• Hill & Smith
• Ipswich Steam Navigation Company
• Laird plc
• Miltonduff distillery
• Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway
• Perry & Co.
• Redruth and Chasewater Railway
• The Glenlivet distillery
• The Macallan distillery
• Ushers of Trowbridge
• William Scott Shipbuilders

Rail transport in Cornwall

• Angarrack viaduct
• Atlantic Coast Line, Cornwall
• Bagnall 0-4-0ST "Alfred" and "Judy"
• Bodmin and Wadebridge Railway
• Brownqueen Tunnel
• Camborne and Redruth Tramways
• Cornish Main Line
• Cornish Riviera Express
• Cornwall Minerals Railway
• Cornwall Railway
• Devon and Cornwall Rail Partnership
• Disused railway stations on the Bodmin to Wadebridge line
• Disused railway stations on the Cornish Main Line
• East Cornwall Mineral Railway
• Hayle Railway
• Helston Railway
• Inny Valley Railway
• Lansalson branch line
• Liskeard and Caradon Railway
• Liskeard and Looe Railway
• List of railway stations in Cornwall
• Looe Valley Line
• Lostwithiel and Fowey Railway
• Lostwithiel signal box
• Maritime Line
• Newquay and Cornwall Junction Railway
• North Cornwall Railway
• Okehampton–Bude line
• Par signal box
• Penlee Quarry railway
• Pentewan Railway
• Penzance TMD
• Plymouth, Devonport and South Western Junction Railway
• Portreath Tramroad
• Redruth and Chasewater Railway
• Southern Railway routes west of Salisbury
• St Blazey engine shed
• St Dennis Junction
• St Germans and Looe Railway
• St Ives Bay Line
• St Michael's Mount Tramway
• Tamar Valley Line
• Toldish Tunnel
• Treffry Tramways
• Truro and Newquay Railway
• West Cornwall Railway

Railway companies disestablished in 1915

• Big Stony Railway
• Carolina, Atlantic and Western Railway
• Central Ohio Railroad
• Charleston Southern Railway
• Cleveland Short Line Railway
• Fairmount and Veblen Railway
• Georgetown and Western Railroad
• Georgia Coast and Piedmont Railroad
• Millstone and New Brunswick Railroad
• New South Wales Government Railways
• Pee Dee Bridge Company
• Pemberton and Hightstown Railroad
• Redruth and Chasewater Railway
• Savannah, Augusta and Northern Railway
• Sierra Valley & Mohawk Railway
• Silver Peak Railroad
• Valley Railway

Railway companies established in 1824

• Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway
• Redruth and Chasewater Railway
• Saint-Étienne–Andrézieux railway

Railway lines opened in 1826

• Granite Railway
• Merchant's Railway
• Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway
• Redruth and Chasewater Railway
• Rumney Railway
• Stratford and Moreton Tramway

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redruth_and_Chasewater_Railway

Also known as Redruth & Chasewater Railway, Redruth and Chacewater Railway, Redruth and Chacewater Railway Trail.