Date: 19/10/2021

It was the first state-owned passenger-carrying railway in Britain; a product of Victoriana which ferried criminals to a place of hard labour in the north-east of Scotland.

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New large-scale railway model shows how Peterhead Prison line linked with lost village of Burnhaven

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It was the first state-owned passenger-carrying railway in Britain; a product of Victoriana which ferried criminals to a place of hard labour in the

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Remains of the Peterhead Prison Railway.
Location: Peterhead
Company: Peterhead Prison Railway
// Ewan Crawford

What the Peterhead Prison Railway was used to build; the breakwaters of Peterhead Harbour.
Location: Peterhead Harbour
Company: Peterhead Prison Railway
// Ewan Crawford

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