Fishbelly rail

A recent discovery at Endon Wharf, Kerridge, is a piece of fishbelly rail from the tramroad built by William Clayton in the later 1830s to carry stone from his Endon Quarries to the sawmill by the Macclesfield Canal. The rails are 6ft long and fixed into the chairs with an iron pin as a wedge. The chairs were mounted onto the stone sleeper blocks using two spikes. Excavation of some track left in situ has revealed that the gauge of this tramway was 3ft 6ins.