Catalogue description PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE PENSNETT RAILWAY

A file of photographs of the Pensnett Railway, which served Round Oak Steel Works. It originated in 1829 and eventually became an amalgamation of the Kingswinford Railway and the Pensnett Railway. Its unofficial title was 'the Earl of Dudley's Railway'. Management of the railway came under the control of the mineral agents of the Dudley Estate. The Pensnett Railway began serving Round Oak works in 1852. The railway also served Saltwells Colliery; the Level New Furnaces; and The Wallows, all areas linked to Round Oak. A section of the railway, from Baggeridge to Round Oak, was closed in September 1966 but the railway continued to serve Round Oak Steel Works and handle the traffic of its Works after this date. Gale, W.K.V. A History of Pensnett Railway. 1975.