Information for record number MWA10207:
Overhead Tramway at Burton Dassett

Summary Overhead Tramway identified from 2nd edition OS map of 1905.
What Is It?  
Type: Tramway, Aerial Ropeway
Period: Imperial - Modern (1751 AD - 2050 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Burton Dassett
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 39 51
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
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1 Overhead Tramway runs between the East and West Junction Railway near Little Dassett to a quarry at Burton Hills.
2 More information on the aerial ropeway together with additional information on the quarry workings more generally. Includes illustrations. Ropeway constructed in 1871 (apparently - why doesn't it show on 1st edition then?), rebuilt 1895 and dismantled in 1929.
 
Sources
Source No: 2
Source Type: Desk Top Study
Title: The Ironstone Quarries of South Warwickshire
Author/originator: Brace J
Date: 2014
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Source No: 1
Source Type: Map
Title: Second Edition
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date: 1913-1927
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period Modern The Modern Period, about 1915 AD to the present (the 20th and 21st centuries AD)

In recent years archaeologists have realised the importance of recording modern sites. They do this so that in the future people will be able to look at the remains to help them understand the events to which they are related.
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period Imperial 1751 AD to 1914 AD (end of the 18th century AD to the beginning of the 20th century AD)

This period comes after the Post Medieval period and before the modern period and starts with beginning of the Industrial Revolution in 1750. It includes the second part of the Hannoverian period (1714 – 1836) and the Victorian period (1837 – 1901). The Imperial period ends with the start of the First World War in 1914.
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period modern About 1915 AD to the present (the 20th and 21st centuries AD)

In recent years archaeologists have realised the importance of recording modern sites. They do this so that in the future people will be able to look at the remains to help them understand the events to which they are related.
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monument TRAMWAY * A track inlaid into a surface, on which tram cars run for the conveyance of passengers and/or goods or raw materials. back
monument AERIAL ROPEWAY * A system of overhead cables from which cars or containers are suspended (usually driven electrically). back
monument QUARRY * An excavation from which stone for building and other functions, is obtained by cutting, blasting, etc. back
monument RAILWAY * A line or track consisting of iron or steel rails, on which passenger carriages or goods wagons are moved, usually by a locomotive engine. back

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