 It was intended to take Purbeck Ball Clay from his pits near Corfe Castle to a wharf on Middlebere Creek in Poole Harbour, a distance of some .Near contemporary accounts indicate that the line was built in 1805 and opened in 1806, and it is present on a map of 1811.On 16 August 1806, Fayle wrote to Wedgwood announcing the opening of the line and a reduction in the price of clay.