Dalkey Quarry Tramway
Introduction
This tramway connected Dalkey Quarry with the harbour at Dun Laoghaire (Kingstown), stone from the quarry being used in the harbour construction. It was a double track tramway.
Its route was used by the Dalkey Atmospheric Railway (Dublin and Kingstown Railway), initially using the course of one of the two tracks.
Dates
| / /1817 | Dalkey Quarry Tramway Double track tramway, to carry granite for the Kingstown Harbour construction, laid from Dalkey Quarry (Killiney) to the harbour at Dunleary. (Approximate date.) |
| / /1831 | Dublin and Kingstown Railway Incorporated. The first railway in Ireland. This was a 4ft 8.5in line. The Act allows the company to buy the Dalkey Quarry Tramway. |
| /09/1842 | Dalkey Atmospheric Railway (Dublin and Kingstown Railway) Company to extend south from Kingstown Harbour to Dalkey [1st] using the course of one of the tracks of the granite tramway, Dalkey Quarry Tramway. No Act was required. |
