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STOURBRIDGE RAILWAY, a small railway system in Stafford and Worcester; comprising, first, a line from Stourbridge to Old Hill, with branches to Cradley Park and Coingreaves Iron-Works, aggregately 3¼ miles long, authorized in 1860; next, an extension to the Northwestern system at Smethwick, 5 miles long, opened in 1867; next a branch from Stourbridge, ¾ of a mile long, authorized in 1865.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a small railway system" (ADL Feature Type: "railroad features") |
| Administrative units: | Staffordshire Ancient County Worcestershire Ancient County |
| Place: | Stourbridge |
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