Redlake Tramway

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The Redlake Tramway was a railway built to carry supplies and workers between the clay workings at Redlake and Bittaford, the nearest settlement. It was built in 1911 to a gauge of 3 feet 0 inches (910 mm), and ran for a circuitous 7.5 miles (12.1 km).

[edit] Sources

  • Harris, Helen (1992). The Industrial Archaeology of Dartmoor. Newton Abbot: Peninsula Press. ISBN 1-872640-21-4. 
  • Wade, E A. The Redlake Tramway & China Clay Works. Twelveheads Press. ISBN 0-906294-56-8. 


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