Early proposals Brechin and Edzell District Railway



system map of brechin , edzell district railway


brechin important town manufacturing output, , requirement coal , agricultural minerals, stifled because of difficulty of transport , nearest harbour coastal shipping available: montrose. robert stevenson commissioned in 1819 report on means of transport between brechin , montrose. brechin natural distribution centre locality, , local sandstone in demand construction of buildings in london. canal proposed topography of district problem, , stevenson recommended consideration of iron railway. primitive locomotives of day inadequate gradients encountered, stevenson proposed several alternatives, including route consisting of level sections intermediate inclined planes worked stationary engines, , route descended brechin on steady gradient of 1 in 414. stevenson admitted of proposals technically unproven, , passenger revenue forecast £50 per annum. stevenson s plan not adopted. promoters in brechin revived idea of railway in 1836, when called in engineering consultants grainger , miller. viable survey presented, not adopted, , revised scheme surveyed in 1839 time new wet dock being built in montrose. 1839 scheme not adopted , once again nothing done.








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