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Drigg Station, Drigg
Drigg Station
site name:-   Whitehaven and Furness Junction Railway
locality:-   Drigg
civil parish:-   Drigg and Carleton (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   railway station (halt) 
coordinates:-   SD06329890
1Km square:-   SD0698
10Km square:-   SD09
SummaryText:-   Opened 1849.

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BTE12.jpg (taken 13.7.2010)  
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BMV52.jpg (taken 13.10.2006)  
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 82 2) 
item:-  crane; weighing machine; railway signal; 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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"Railway Station / Crane / S.P. / Weighing Machine"
by Drigg 
evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
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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GAR2SD09.jpg
"Station"
dot by railway 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-   old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:-  Drigg Station
source data:-   Post road maps, General Post Office Circulation Map for England and Wales, for the General Post Office, London, 1850s-1900s.
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PF10Cm.jpg
"Drigg Sta."
map date 1892 
evidence:-   old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:-  Drigg Station
source data:-   Post road maps, General Post Office Circulation Map for England and Wales, for the General Post Office, London, 1850s-1900s.
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POF2Cm.jpg
"Drigg Sta."
map date 1890 
evidence:-   old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:-  Drigg Station
source data:-   Post road maps, General Post Office Circulation Map for England and Wales, for the General Post Office, London, 1850s-1900s.
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POF8Cm.jpg
"Drigg Stn."
map date 1873 
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 images courtesy of the British Postal Museum and Hampshire CC Museums

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BTE13.jpg  Station name.
(taken 13.7.2010)  
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BMV54.jpg  View N.
(taken 13.10.2006)  
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BTE14.jpg  Level crossing; view S.
(taken 13.7.2010)  
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BTE16.jpg  Now a coffee and craft shop, Spindle and Craft
(taken 13.7.2010)  
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BMV51.jpg (taken 13.10.2006)  
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BTE17.jpg  Platform shelter.
(taken 13.7.2010)  
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BMV56.jpg (taken 13.10.2006)  
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BTE18.jpg  Request Stop notice
(taken 13.7.2010)  
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BTE19.jpg  Milepost 60.
(taken 13.7.2010)  
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BMV57.jpg  Signal box.
(taken 13.10.2006)  
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BTE20.jpg  Signal box.
(taken 13.7.2010)  
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BTE15.jpg  Goods shed.
(taken 13.7.2010)  
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BMV55.jpg  Goods shed.
(taken 13.10.2006)  
Paley and Austin series
person:-   architect
 : Paley, Edward G
person:-   architect
 : Austin, Hubert J
date:-   1885
New building.
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