Listed Building record MDO22128 - Middlebere Plateway tunnel
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Summary
Plateway tunnel. Coursed stone rubble with dressed stone arch rings, the keystone of the west portal inscribed: B.F. 1807. The tunnel was built for Benjamin Fayle, a London based shipping agent and insurance broker, who leased the Norden clay pits from William Morton Pitt in 1804. By 1806 he had constructed a plateway from the clay pits to Middlebere Quay, on Poole Harbour. Clay was taken from the pits to the quay by horse drawn train. The tunnel became disused in 1845, and was rebuilt in 1848. The plateway remained in use as a horse drawn railway until about 1905, when a new line was built. Middlebere Plateway was one of the earliest railways in southern England.
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| Grid reference | Centred SY 94775 83247 (15m by 13m) |
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| Map sheet | SY98SW |
| Civil Parish | Corfe Castle; Dorset |
| Unitary Authority | Dorset |
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Record last edited
Jun 26 2009 4:06AM
