Old Cumbria Gazetteer
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| placename:- | Port Carlisle Dock and Railway | |
| parish |
Carlisle city, once in
Cumberland
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| parish |
Beaumont parish, once in
Cumberland
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| parish |
Burgh by Sands parish, once
in Cumberland
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| parish |
Bowness parish, once in
Cumberland
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| county:- | Cumbria | |
| railway | ||
| from Canal Junction N, Carlisle, through Kirkandrews, Burgh, Drumburgh, Glasson, to Port Carlisle on the Solway Firth, Cumberland. | ||
| References | ||
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 Port Carlisle Dock and Railway -- Carlisle and Beaumont etc -- Cumbria / -- Dandy car no.1 built by North British Railway, St Margaret's Works, Edinburgh, 1863; used to 1913. -- 2008 -- courtsey of the National Railway Museum. | ||
| old map:- |
Garnett 1850s-60s H
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| Map of the English Lakes, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1850s-60s. | ||
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| triple line, light bold light, railway | ||
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| date:- | 1850=1869 | |
| period:- | 19th century, late; 1850s; 1860s | |
| old map:- |
Railway Clearing House 1914
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| Book, reproduction railway maps, Pre Grouping Railway Junction Diagrams 1914, published by Ian Allan, London, late 20th century? originally published by the Railway Clearing House, London, 1914? | ||
| NORTH BRITISH | ||
| placename:- | North British Railway | |
| date:- | 1914 | |
| period:- | 1910s | |
| hearsay |
The Carlisle Canal Co was re-incorporated to convert the
canal to 11 miles of railway, opened 1854, with a 12 3/4
mile extension to Siloth Bay, opened 1856. It was leased to
the NBR 1862, and taken over 1880.
Passenger services were still horse drawn in 1914. | |
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goes through
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| mapping:- |
Canal Junction N, Carlisle
Caldcoats Bridge, Carlisle Canal Station, Carlisle railway bridge, Beaumont Kirkandrews Station, Beaumont Burgh Station, Burgh by Sands railway bridge, Burgh by Sands (2) railway bridge, Burgh by Sands railway bridge, Boustead Hill railway bridge, Easton Drumburgh Junction, Bowness railway bridge, Glasson Glasson Station, Bowness Port Carlisle Station, Bowness 4.8.1853: authorized 1854: opened 1932: closed, passengers 7.9.1964: closed, goods | |
| Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008 | ||
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