Beaumont, Huntingdon
Published: August 18, 2006, 2:41 pm
Updated: August 18, 2006, 2:41 pm
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Huntingdon Beaumont (c.1560-1624) was a British mining entrepreneur who built the first documented railway. Between October 1603 and October 1604, Beaumont built a two-mile wooden wagon-way from his mining concessions near Strelley, UK from the northwest of Nottingham down to Wollaton. These wagon-ways were tracks with wooden or iron rails built to easily move wagons of coal. Beaumont's wagon-way is the earliest-known railway to have been built in the UK, and it allowed for year-round mining and transport of coal. Prior to the construction of wagon-ways, coal mines had been forced to close down during the winter due to impassable road conditions.
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Huntigdon Beaumont (Waggonway Research Circl)
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Cutler J. Cleveland (Lead Author);Tom Lawrence (Topic Editor) "Beaumont, Huntingdon". In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [First published in the Encyclopedia of Earth August 18, 2006; Last revised Date August 18, 2006; Retrieved May 19, 2013 <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Beaumont,_Huntingdon>
The Author
Cutler J. Cleveland is Professor of Earth and Environment at Boston University, where he also is on the faculty of the Center for Energy and Environmental Studies. Professor Cleveland is Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia of Energy (Elsevier, 2004), winner of an American Library Association award, the Dictionary of Energy (Elsevier, 2005), Handbook of Energy (Elsevier, forthcoming), and is the Founding Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia of Earth. He is the recipient of the Adelma ... (Full Bio)
Huntingdon Beaumont (c.1560-1624) was a British mining entrepreneur who built the first documented railway. Between October 1603 and October 1604, Beaumont built a two-mile wooden wagon-way from his mining concessions near Strelley, UK from the northwest of Nottingham down to Wollaton. These wagon-ways were tracks with wooden or iron rails built to easily move wagons of coal. Beaumont's wagon-way is the earliest-known railway to have been built in the UK, and it allowed for year-round mining and transport of coal. Prior to the construction of wagon-ways, coal mines had been forced to close down during the winter due to impassable road conditions.
Further Reading
Huntigdon Beaumont (Waggonway Research Circl)
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