Fawley Refinery Railway
Fawley Refinery Railway, Fawleyparish:
county:
coords:
Fawley
Hampshire
SU4_0_
One of the ic locomotives, a Motor Rail 20hp engine is now owned by the Hampshire Narrow Gauge Railway Society.
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Fawley Refinery RailwayFawley Refinery Railway, Fawley |
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railway, contractor's railway, narrow gauge railway |
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Fawley Oil Refinery Fawley Hampshire SU4_0_ |
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Cooper, Frederick W: 1988: Calshot and Fawley Narrow Gauge Railways: Plateway
Press (Brighton, East Sussex):: ISBN 0 9511108 7 X |
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Narrow gauge railway; 2foot gauge, initially with steam locomotives but
latterly worked with internal combustion engines. The railway was first a
contractor's tramroad used to transport materials from a wharf at Ashlett Creek
for building the refinery. It the served the refinery for further construction
work and for internal movements of stores and equipment, run first by Anglo Gulf
West Indies Petroleum, and latterly by Esso Petroleum Co. One of the ic locomotives, a Motor Rail 20hp engine is now owned by the Hampshire Narrow Gauge Railway Society. |
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oil company: Anglo Gulf West Indies Petroleum |
| person |
oil company: Esso Petroleum Co |
| date | 1920-1961 |
Old Hampshire Gazetteer - JandMN: 2001