Bicentenary Weekend Staying 'On' the Rails ; Two Hundred Years After the Creation of a Tramroad in Cornwall, Villagers Are to Hold a Bicentennial Festival Celebrating Its History and Heritage.

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Two hundred years after the creation of a tramroad in Cornwall, villagers are to hold a bicentennial festival celebrating its history and heritage.

In 1809, Francis Basset, Lord De Dunstanville, laid the first piece of track on the Portreath to Poldice tramroad. It was the first tramroad in the county, linking Cornwall's inland mines with Portreath harbour.

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Bicentenary Weekend Staying 'On' the Rails ; Two Hundred Years After the Creation of a Tramroad in Cornwall, Villagers Are to Hold a Bicentennial Festival Celebrating Its History and Heritage.

At Portreath, Cornish copper ore was transported to South Wales for s...

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