Discover "Tyrwhitt's Tramway" (The Plymouth and Dartmoor Railway)
In the 1820's Thomas Tyrwhitt, founder of Princetown and builder of Dartmoor Prison, created a horse-drawn tramway from Princetown to Plymouth - a forerunner of the Great Western Railway. Join Simon Dell to discover what this little-known Dartmoor feature is all about.
Part of the Dartmoor Outdoor Festival.
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