Portreath Tramroad Wagon, possibly from 1809 (2a)
Photographed in May 1954 at the Holman Museum, Camborne.
The carriage is now in the Royal Cornwall Museum. It is a passenger vehicle, and is generally accepted as the oldest original railway passenger carriage in the world. It probably dates from the earliest years of the tramroad and has been restored with a PRISM (Preservation of Industrial and Scientific Material) grant.
The carriage is now in the Royal Cornwall Museum. It is a passenger vehicle, and is generally accepted as the oldest original railway passenger carriage in the world. It probably dates from the earliest years of the tramroad and has been restored with a PRISM (Preservation of Industrial and Scientific Material) grant.
ROMA ID: 021459E