I am trying to research some very odd plate rails which were laid on the quays at Morwellham in West Devon in about 1816-17. They are about 30cm wide by 15cm high and have flat bottoms, convex curved shoulders and a central flat bottomed groove for the waggon wheels. They come in straight and curved lengths, about 3 metres long, and are bolted to granite sleeper blocks. They were laid as part of the Tavistock Canal inclined plane, engineered by John Taylor. While there is a fair amount of literature on the history of this undertaking, I can find no references to other examples of these rails elsewhere in Britain. Does anyone know of any, preferably with written references?
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