Monument record 2609/2/1 - Colliery Branch Railway

Opened in 1845. Worked by Manchester and Birmingham (later LNWR) locomotives as far as London Road, with the collieries providing the power from there. The Prince's Incline (1 in 40, then 1 in 19) was worked by balance rope, and then wagons were hauled by horse. Locomotives were used by the collieries after 1882. The 1845 line ran from the Manchester and Birmingham Railway (SJ 9111 8379) to Albert Pit (SJ 9375 8412), and was bought by Lord Vernon by the end of 1845. It was extended to Canal Pit (SJ 9480 8394) in 1848. LNWR used the western end, up to the Poynton Coal Station as a siding, when not in use by the Collieries. Single track, with passing loop at Tower Yard. The section from Albert Pit to Canal Pit replaced an earlier plateway (1).

<1> Shercliff W H, Kitching D A & Ryan J M, 1983, Poynton, A Coalmining Village, /50-1 (Monograph). SCH2683.

<2> Ashmore, O, 1982, The Industrial Archaeology of North West England, /55 (Book). SCH3181.