Lealt Valley Diatomite Railway

Lealt Valley Diatomite Railway
Overview
HeadquartersInvertote
LocaleIsle of Skye, Scotland
Dates of operation1890–1915
SuccessorAbandoned
Technical
Track gauge2 ft (610 mm)
Length2+3⁄4 mi (4.4 km)
Lealt Valley
Diatomite Railway
Legend
 Loch Cuithir
River Lealt
 Lealt (Lethallt)
A885
 Invertote
Sound of Raasay

The Lealt Valley Diatomite Railway was a 2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge tramway on the Isle of Skye, Scotland, which ran parallel with the River Lealt.

Work was underway to lay the tramway in March 1889.[1] At the opening, the line was worked by gravity – the line being on a falling gradient – and manpower. Later, the line began the use of a steam locomotive.

The western end of the line was at Loch Cuithir, where diatomite - known locally as Cailc (Scottish Gaelic for chalk) - was taken out from the lochbed and dried on wire nets. The seaward terminus had warehouses on the cliff-top at Invertote. At the base of the cliff was a factory where the diatomite was kiln dried, ground and calcined. The line was extended from the factory onto a pier into the Sound of Raasay. Diatomite was also gotten from Loch Valerain and transported by aerial ropeway to Staffin Bay. During its existence, the Skye Diatomite Company extracted 2000 tons of diatomite.

From Invertote, the diatomite was transferred by skiff, onto puffer boats, waiting in the bay, and shipped across to the mainland. The diatomite was turned into kieselguhr which was mixed with nitroglycerine by Nobel Industries, at Ardeer, to make dynamite.[2]

References

  1. ^ "The Loch Quire Diatomite Industry". Inverness Courier. Scotland. 5 March 1889. Retrieved 17 July 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ^ "SKYE DIATOMITE: A LOST INDUSTRY - Stornoway Today". Archived from the original on 13 May 2008. Retrieved 23 September 2008.


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