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| Crooklands Junction, Dalton-in-Furness | ||
| Crooklands Junction | ||
| site name:- | Furness Railway | |
| site name:- | Stainton branch railway | |
| locality:- | Dalton-in-Furness | |
| civil parish:- | Dalton Town with Newton (formerly Lancashire) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | railway station | |
| locality type:- | railway junction | |
| coordinates:- | SD23577412 | |
| 1Km square:- | SD2373 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD27 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Lan 16 13) placename:- Crooklands Junction |
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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. |
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| hearsay:- |
Crooklands, ½mile east of Dalton, was the original terminus of the line, 1845, which
didn't at first reach Lindal. The railway served several inclined tramroads from iron
ore mines in the mountains. |
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