Extension Beyond The Head of The Incline
Construction as far as Raleigh's Cross, at the head of the incline, had cost £82,000 c0ompared with the estimate of £65,000 for construction of the entire line. Further construction was delayed, therefore, but it resumed in 1863 and reached Gupworthy in September 1864. The goal of reaching Hoult Point, the originally intended western terminal of the line, was abandoned. By now the Ebbw Vale Company Ltd had taken over the Iron Works company, and also the mines, and a new lease of the line to them, until September 1919, was made.
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