Fallen by the wayside Traditional Cache
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This cache is well hidden. And long arms are required. Wellies or boots recommended as it can be a bit muddy underfoot. A lovely walk that takes you into the countryside. Lots of birds to be seen. My kids love exploring the muddy path at the side of the main track. This path is the remains of an old tramroad. When accessing the cache from Avenham Park, you will cross over the old tram bridge. The five-mile-long tramroad comprised a double-track plateway, except for a short section of single track through a tunnel under Fishergate in Preston, just south of the canal basin. The iron rails were ‘L’ shaped in section and were spiked to large limestone blocks. The wheels on the waggons were not flanged and it was the vertical section on the iron rails that kept the wheels on the track. The gauge was 4 foot 3 inches (1295 mm) between the verticals, which were on the inside of the track. The waggons were pulled by horses, up to six at a time, and each waggon had a capacity of two tons. Originally there were three inclined planes where the waggons were hauled via stationary steam engines and a continuous chain. The 1960s replica bridge across the Ribble The tramroad crossed the River Ribble on a timber trestle bridge. This structure outlived the tramroad by nearly one hundred years and was replaced by a precast concrete structure to the same design in the 1960s (Engineering Timelines, 2007).
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