An Act to enable Her Majesty's Secretary of State for the War Department to lay down and use a Tramway or temporary Railway across certain public Roads in the County of Devon.
WHEREAS in the Construction of Works for the North-eastern Defence of Plymouth, by Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the War Department, upon Lands acquired by the said Principal Secretary under the Powers of the Defence Act, 1860, it has been found necessary to lay down a Tramway or temporary Railway to connect the Sites of the several Forts or Batteries, and during the Construction of such Works of Defence to use a Locomotive Engine for the drawing or propelling of Waggons and ...