Tramway, Easdale Island

Date 4 October 2019

Event ID 1089191

Category Recording

Type Desk Based Assessment

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1089191

This is an original tramway route for moving slate to the harbour. It is depicted on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey [OS] 25-inch map (Argyllshire, surveyed 1871, published 1872, sheet CXXI.7). It would have conveyed slate from Windmill and Hill Quarries to the Harbour as well as dumping waste along the western shoreline.

This tramway is depicted on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey [OS] 25-inch map (Argyllshire, surveyed 1898, published 1899, sheet CXXI.7). It is depicted with an extension serving the western quarries (NM71NW 116, 117 and 118) which were 'opened up' after 1872 and before 1899.

Information from Miriam McDonald, Industrial Survey, Survey and Recording Section, Heritage Directorate, Historic Environment Scotland, 4 October 2019.