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Curthwaite Station, Westward
Curthwaite Station
site name:-   Maryport and Carlisle Railway
locality:-   West Curthwaite
civil parish:-   Westward (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   railway station
coordinates:-   NY32574925
1Km square:-   NY3249
10Km square:-   NY34
SummaryText:-   Opened 1850; closed 1950.


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BSU53.jpg (taken 23.5.2010)  
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BZO94.jpg  Chimneys.
(taken 1.11.2013)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 29 8) 
placename:-  Curthwaite Station
item:-  railway bridge
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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CSRY0043.jpg
"Curthwaite Station"

evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:-  Curthwaite Station
source data:-   Map of the English Lakes, in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1850s-60s.
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"Curthwaite Sta."
dot by railway 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"WATER TOWER / / / WESTWARD / ALLERDALE / CUMBRIA / II / 72525 / NY3251749246"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Water tower. Dated 1843; built to serve the Maryport and Carlisle Railway (Curthwaite railway station was opened in May 1843). The ironwork carries the inscription 'Hareshaw Ironworks, Hexham, 1843" and the structure was probably designed by John Blackmore (Engineer to the Railway Company). Stone base (Containing a single service room) supports tank. Base, 3xl bays, each bay with round-headed arch, received, with plain capitals divided by unadorned pilasters. Double doors to single end bay; side bays with door, window with glazing bars, and plain masonry respectively. Moulded cornice. Tank, 4x2 panels with cruciform sunken centres. Internall; tank supported by cambered cross girder (I-section), and 2 axiel girders, also of I section with marked alteration. This water tower is understood to be the last surviving original operational structure on the Maryport and Carlisle Railway."


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BSU54.jpg  Water tower:-
"[HARESHAW] WORKS HEXHAM 1843" (taken 23.5.2010)  
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BZO93.jpg  Water tower:-
"[HARESHAW] WORKS HEXHAM 1843" (taken 1.11.2013)  

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