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Hay Tor is a Tor on Dartmoor in the English County of Devon . The tor has been used for Quarry ing Granite , which was then transported 10 Miles horizontally and 1300 Feet vertically by Tram to the Stover Canal . The tramway was built in 1820 and the consulting engineer is unknown. Granite's popularity as a building material was increasing and the reason for the quarry and tramway's creation was most likely a contract for George Temper to use the stone for London Bridge . The tramway itself was built out of the granite it would carry. The stone was suited to this purpose as it can withstand high pressures and was laid in lieu of rails. |
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