Lake Lock Rail Road
The Lake Lock Rail Road was an early, approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) long, horse-drawn narrow gauge railway built near Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England.[4] These were purchased by a broad range of people including a lawyer, banker, doctor, clergyman, merchant and widow.[6] The railway commenced at Lake Lock, near Stanley, Wakefield on the Aire & Calder Navigation[7] and ran broadly in a westerly direction to Outwood,[8] a distance of approximately 3 miles (4.8 km).[4] In 1804 the route was changed to avoid a steep incline and this resulted in the terminus relocating from Lake Lock to nearby Bottom boat.The line gradually declined and was closed in 1836 when the major colliery owner J & J Charlesworth built an alternative railway.