Furness Clough Colliery, the Brickworks and the canal wharf were all linked by a narrow gauge tramway. There is no record of the date of construction although it was certainly in existence in 1810.
The History Society has acquired a plan by the London North Western Railway of a the railway siding constructed to provide a link with the tramway. The map is dated 1918 and was perhaps the time of construction of the siding. Trucks were hauled between the brickworks and siding by a cable system and carried firebricks and firebacks for onward transport by goods train.
There had been an earlier siding at Furness Vale operated on behalf of Levi and Elijah Hall, earlier owners of Furness Colliery. This was sited slightly further north and had a spur which ran back as far as Station Road.
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