Monument record MDO19732 - Verne Construction Railway, Portland

Temporary railway used in excavation of the Verne Citadel ditch, which also provided stone for the breakwater and other government works, c1863-80.

Temporary railway used in excavation of the Verne Citadel ditch, which also provided stone for the breakwater and other government works. Course survives alongside east cliff. The 1863 map shows the line starting at the top of the Admiralty/Breakwater Incline, passing along just below the top of the east cliff, then around the north side of the Verne, ending in two sidings at the north west corner. (1) Published photographs show a more temporary tramway in the Verne ditch during the construction of the South Gate in 1865 and was still there in 1877. (2)

Jackson, B L, 1999, Isle of Portland Railways, vol. 1. The Admiralty and Quarry Railways, pp77 & 79 (Monograph). SDO10248.

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1864, 1886, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one (Map). SDO10239.

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