Two lengths of rail made of square section wrought iron bar
Two lengths of rail made of square section wrought iron bar, and two stone sleepers; used at Tindell Fell, 1808.
This rail, one of the earliest forms of wrought-iron rail, was in use on a railway at Tindell (Tindale) Fell in 1808.
The rail was simply a square bar secured to stone blocks by iron spikes, which were driven through the rail into wooden plugs inserted into holes in the stone.