Quarrying for iron ore began west of the road to
Harby at the top of the
scarp face. The quarrying began in 1880. The ore was taken down the scarp face by
narrow-gauge tramway on a rope-worked incline to sidings on the
Great Northern and London and North Western Joint Railway near Harby where it was tipped into standard gauge wagons for transport to the iron works of the owning companies, the
Staveley Coal and Iron Company and the Bestwood Coal and Iron Company. In 1881 the first steam locomotive was delivered to work the tramway between the quarries and the top of the incline. The tramway was lengthened as the quarries got further away from the incline. By 1899 the tramway and quarries had extended to White Lodge. Two of the Eastwell Tramway locomotives survive, Lord Granby and
Nancy in working order at the
Cavan and Leitrim Railway. == References ==