Pockerley Waggonway
Railway engineers seen here at Beamish, working on the early steam locomotive 'Puffing Billy'. The 'great shed' of the waggonway is in the background.
The Pockerley Waggonway at Beamish represents the rail industry in the year 1825. Waggonways date from around 1600, and by the 1800s were common in mining areas, though prior to the invention of the steam engine they had been either horse or gravity driven.
Pockerley Waggonway
Railway engineers seen here at Beamish, working on the early steam locomotive 'Puffing Billy'. The 'great shed' of the waggonway is in the background.
The Pockerley Waggonway at Beamish represents the rail industry in the year 1825. Waggonways date from around 1600, and by the 1800s were common in mining areas, though prior to the invention of the steam engine they had been either horse or gravity driven.