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Arche de Causey
L'Arche de Causey est le plus ancien pont au monde construit pour porter des rails. Haut de 20 mètres, il fut bâti en 1727 dans la région de Newcastle par une association de producteurs charbonniers de la région. Construit sur le chemin de fer de Tanfield, le plus ancien du monde, à l'endroit où il franchit une étroite vallée, c'est le premier ouvrage d'art ferroviaire, édifié en 1727 par Ralph Wood, à une époque où n'existait pas encore de locomotives, mais simplement des wagonnets circulant sur des rails en bois avec l'aide de la traction humaine ou animale.
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Causey, County Durham
Causey is a village in County Durham, in England. It is situated a short distance to the north of Stanley.
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Causey Bank Mires
Causey Bank Mires is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Derwentside district of County Durham, England. It lies alongside and to the west of the Tanfield Railway, just under 1 km north of the Causey Arch.
The site consists of a series of flushes with scrub, surrounded by acid and neutral grassland, a habitat with a restricted distribution in County Durham. A number of locally rare plant species are found in the area, including globe-flower, Trollius europaeus.
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Tanfield, County Durham
Tanfield is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Stanley, in the County Durham district, in the ceremonial county of Durham, England. It is near Stanley, and the location of Tanfield Railway, the Causey Arch and Tanfield School. The village was formerly a mining village.
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Tanfield Railway
The Tanfield Railway is a 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge heritage railway in Gateshead and County Durham, England. Running on part of a former horse-drawn colliery wooden waggonway, later rope & horse, lastly rope & loco railway. It operates preserved industrial steam locomotives. The railway operates a passenger service every Sunday, plus other days, as well as occasional demonstration coal, goods and mixed trains.
The line runs 3 miles (4.8 km) between a southern terminus at East Tanfield, Durham, to a northern terminus at Sunniside, Gateshead. Another station, Andrews House, is situated near the Marley Hill engine shed. A halt also serves the historic site of the Causey Arch. The railway claims it is "the world's oldest railway" because it runs on a section dating from 1725, other parts being in use since 1621.
The volunteer-staffed railway is run by three bodies: Friends of Tanfield Railway, Tanfield Railway Trust which owns the railway, the locomotives and rolling stock, and The Tanfield Railway Company which operates the railway.
The Tanfield Railway Company is split into four departments; each has a manager and director: Engineering who maintain locomotives, Operations including drivers and guards, Carriage & Waggon who preserve carriages, and Commercial which operates shops, events and the passenger side of operations.
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Beamish Hall
Beamish Hall is a mid-18th-century country house, now converted to a hotel, which stands in 24 acres (97,000 m2) of grounds near the town of Stanley, County Durham. It is a Grade II* listed building.