Old Cumbria Gazetteer
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| placename:- | Glasson Bridge | |
| parish |
Bowness parish, once in
Cumberland
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| county:- | Cumbria | |
| canal bridge; bridge | ||
| coordinates:- |
NY25396061 | |
| 10Km square:- |
NY26
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| References |
Listed Buildings 2010
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| 1Km square | NY2560 | |
| database:- |
Listed Buildings 2010
Listed Buildings 2010 | |
| courtesy of English Heritage | ||
| GLASSON BRIDGE / / / BOWNESS / ALLERDALE / CUMBRIA / II / 71910 / NY2539360612 | ||
| courtesy of English Heritage | ||
| Bridge over canal, later railway bridge. 1819-23 for the Carlisle Canal; additions of 1853-4 for the Port Carlisle Dock and Railway Company. Squared and coursed red and calciferous sandstone; cast-iron parapet. Plinth with rounded corners was originally the supporting structure for a canal drawbridge. Increased in height to convert this to a railway bridge. Port Carlisle branch closed 1932. | ||
| placename:- | Glasson Bridge | |
| district:- | Allerdale | |
| listed building | ||
| coordinates:- |
NY25396061 | |
| date:- | 2010 | |
| period:- | 2010s | |
| Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008 | ||
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