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| Blackbeck Gunpowder Mills, Colton | ||
| Blackbeck Gunpowder Mills | ||
| site name:- | Black Beck Tramway | |
| locality:- | Bouth | |
| civil parish:- | Colton (formerly Lancashire) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | gunpowder mill | |
| coordinates:- | SD334854 | |
| 1Km square:- | SD3385 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD38 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Lan 8 13) placename:- Black Beck Gunpowder Manufactory |
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| source data:- | Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25
inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton,
Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948. OS County Series (Lan 12 5) "Black Beck Gunpowder Manufactory" |
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Begun 1860, near Bouth; tramroad on site, and standard gauge rail link to Lakeside;
worked till 1929. |
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| Tyler, Ian: 2002: Gunpowder Mills of Cumbria: Blue Roc Publications (Threlkeld, Keswick,
Cumbria):: ISBN 0 9523028 8 8 |
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