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| Gatebeck Tramroad | |||
| civil parish:- | Preston Patrick (formerly Westmorland) | ||
| civil parish:- | Preston Richard (formerly Westmorland) | ||
| civil parish:- | Milnthorpe (formerly Westmorland) | ||
| county:- | Cumbria | ||
| locality type:- | tramroad | ||
| locality type:- | narrow gauge railway | ||
| 1Km square:- | SD5485 (etc) | ||
| 10Km square:- | SD58 | ||
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3ft6in tramroad from the Gatebeck Gunpowder Mills, via Crooklands Wharf on the Lancaster
Canal, to Milnthorpe Station. Authorised by Westmorland CC, 1874, completed 1875,
passed for use 1876. Horsedrawn wagons only; this railway was not subject to the Railway
Act, and needed no act of Parliament. |
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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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| mapping:- |  Gatebeck Gunpowder Mills, Gatebeck[canal wharf, Crooklands] Milnthorpe Station, Milnthorpe |
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