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Egremont and Sellafield branch railway
civil parish:-   Egremont (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   St John Beckermet (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Lowside Quarter (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   St Bridget Beckermet (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   railway
SummaryText:-   from Egremont at the end of the Whitehave, Cleator and Egremont Railway, through Beckermet, to Sellafield, on the Whitehaven and Furness Junction Railway, Cumberland.
references:-   image
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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.
image
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triple line, light bold light, railway 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
Image © see bottom of page

person:-   railway company
 : Whitehaven, Cleator and Egremont Railway
date:-   1866
 to 1877

goes through:-    Egremont Station, Egremont
 Beckermet Mine Branch Junction, St John Beckermet
 railway bridge, St John Beckermet
 Beckermet Station, Beckermet
 railway viaduct, Beckermet
 railway bridge, Beckermet (2)
 railway bridge, Beckermet
 Sellafield Junction, St Bridget Beckermet
28.6.1866: authorized -  

1869: opened -  

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