Linstead to New Works railway |
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The Linstead to New Works railway was a railway in Jamaica constructed in 1921 to serve a citrus growing region to the north east of Linstead.[1]
Gradients
Linstead is at 400 feet[2] while New Works is close below the 500 foot contour,[3] so the line must have risen around 79 feet in its three miles for an average gradient of 1 in 200 or thereabouts.
Stations and Halts
There must have been at least 2 stations on the line:[3]
- Linstead Station (Branch Terminus)
- New Works Station (Terminus)
Tunnels
There were no tunnels on the line.[3]
Bridges
There were probably no significant bridges on the line as its junction with the Spanish Town to Ewarton line would have been north of the Rio Magno Gully Bridge[4] (~75m)[5] and there are no other significant water courses between Linstead and New Works.[3]
See also
Notes and references
- ^ The rise and fall of railways in Jamaica 1845-1975 page 7 Archived 2007-11-02 at the Wayback Machine, Veront M Satchell & Cezley Sampson, The Journal of Transport History, March 2003.
- ^ Linstead, Falling Rain Genomics.
- ^ a b c d UK Directorate of Overseas Surveys 1:50,000 map of Jamaica Sheets G (1973), K (1966) & L (1967).
- ^ Magno may well be a corruption of Mango but is the spelling used on UK Directorate of Overseas Surveys 1:50,000 map of Jamaica Sheet K (1966).
- ^ Bridge lengths were obtained using Wikimapia's GeoTools.
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- Cross Roads/Ivy Store
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- Duck Pond halt
- Esher
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- Fort Stewart halt
- Four Paths
- Frankfield
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- Grange Lane
- Grays Inn halt
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- Gregory Park
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- Windsor Castle halt
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Notable personnel | - H R Fox
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