THE SOUTH DEVON 



MONTHLY MUSEUM. 



PLYMOUTH, MARCH 1. 1836. 

 No. 39.] Price Sixpence. [Vol. VII. 



THE PLYMOUTH AND DARTMOOR RAILWAY. 



This magnificent undertaking (and it truly deserves 

 the name) was first projected by Sir Thomas 

 Tyrwhitt, of Tor Royal, fi)r the cultivation of the 

 moor, and the application of its granite to architec- 

 tural and other purposes, who employed Mr* William 

 Shillibeer, of Walkhampton, surveyor, to mark out 

 a line of connection between Dartmoor and Crabtree, 

 about two miles from Plymouth. In the earliest 

 part of 1818, Sir Thomas, having matured his plans, 

 submitted them to a special meeting of the Chamber 

 of Commerce, at Plymouth, and they being viewed 

 with a favoralDle eye by that useful body, Sir Tho- 

 mas published them in a pamphlet. 



He next exerted himself in obtaining subscribers, 

 with pecuhar success, to the extent of £27,783., 

 being the estimated expense under the first act 

 (passed July 2nd., 1819) for carrying the road from 

 Dartmoor to Crabtree, and under which they were 

 incorporated as the Plymouth and Dartmoor Rail- 

 way Company. 

 p . On the 20th of September, in the same year, the 

 first general meeting of the proprietors took place, 

 when a managing Committee was elected, and Sir 

 WilHam Elford, Bart., appointed Treasurer, Mr. 

 Burt, Clerk, and George Day Wood, Collector, Mr. 

 William Stuart, Superintendent of the Plymouth 

 Breakwater Works, being Engineer, and Mr. Hugh 

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