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Knockaloe
(1915 - 1920)
Following the outbreak of war in 1914, holiday visitors to the island dropped dramatically. An internment camp called Knockaloe was built at Partick, a mile south of Peel to house alien
civilians and prisoners of war. In order to transport the prisoners, a short branch railway was built from the Peel to Douglas line to serve the camp with the first passenger traffic
reached Knockaloe on September 1 1915
The camp was originally designed to house 5000 people, but by the end of the war it held almost male 24,500 internees in a 22 acre site
The last traffic on the line was in October 1920, a year after the camp closed. Most of the internees were deported, many unwillingly as they had British wives or had settled in Britain before the war. After closure, the site was returned to its former state as Knockaloe Farm where an experimental agricultural station was established. The track was lifted in 1923/4
The camp was originally designed to house 5000 people, but by the end of the war it held almost male 24,500 internees in a 22 acre site
The last traffic on the line was in October 1920, a year after the camp closed. Most of the internees were deported, many unwillingly as they had British wives or had settled in Britain before the war. After closure, the site was returned to its former state as Knockaloe Farm where an experimental agricultural station was established. The track was lifted in 1923/4
