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Surrey Iron Railway

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The location here is a plaque commemorating the railway and some of the original bricks.  It is considered one of the worlds first public railways. 

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Surrey Iron Railway

The Surrey Iron Railway (SIR) was a horse-drawn plateway that linked Wandsworth and Croydon via Mitcham, all then in Surrey but now suburbs of south London, in England. It was established by Act of Parliament in 1801, and opened partly in 1802 and partly in 1803. It was a toll railway on which carriers used horse traction. The chief goods transported were coal, building materials, lime,manure, corn and seeds.

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