... One was laid down in 1602 in the neighborhood of Newcastle by Beaumont, and was in use in 1676. It is not likely that they would be disused until superseded by railways. They are described by Roger North in 1676 as being rails of wood grooved to form tracks for the wheels which traversed therein. An iron tram-road was laid between Wandsworth and Croydon, in England, in 1802. A flagstone tram-...