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Ruabon Brook Tramway, Abernant 1936
The new line climbed up to a higher level to cross Trefynant Brook by a three arch viaduct. Here,
a weigh house was erected. This railway was initially worked by locomotives belonging to the New
British Iron Company, whose extensive ironworks was at Acrefair. From 1871, the Shropshire Union
brought a LNWR locomotive, ACTON, from Wolverton Works to handle their traffic. The GWR
purchased the tramroad from the Shropshire Union during 1896 and they continued to operate the
line. The GWR linked it up with their system in 1901, when it served as part of the Wrexham-Rhos-
Acrefair branch. The line to the basin shown here was known as the GWR Pontcysyllte branch. The
original stone block tramway course was on the right. Baxter Collection 24135

Ruabon Brook Tramway,
Cefn 1949
The original plateway
was laid towards the
Plaskynaston Foundry
and then continued on
towards Cefn where the
line divided. The main
route to Ruabon Brook
(Afon Eitha) turned
north, whilst the route to
the collieries at
Plaskynaston continued
on to pass under this
road bridge.
Bertram Baxter 24170

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