page_title: Silkstone Waggonway
section_title: Route
hierarchical_section_title: Silkstone Waggonway / Route
caption_attribution_description: English: Sketch of the track used in the Silkstone Waggonway, 1809
context_page_description: The Silkstone Waggonway was a narrow-gauge industrial wagonway serving the Barnsley Canal, in England, at Silkstone in South Yorkshire.
context_section_description: The waggonway ran 2.5 miles (4.0 km) from Silkstone Cross to Barnby Basin. The lower section, between the Basin and Barnby Furnace, followed the route of the Low Moor Wagonway. From there it passed by Norcroft Bridge, at the north end of Silkstone.
  It was built with stone block sleepers, probably supplied from local quarries owned by Walter Spencer Stanhope. Cast iron, L-shaped rails were laid on the sleepers. Rough stones were packed around the sleepers to hold them in place, with a layer of ash covering them to make a suitable surface for the horses to walk on. Where the waggonway crossed public roads, unusual U-shaped rails were used.
caption: Sketch of the U-shaped track used in the Silkstone Waggonway, 1809
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