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| Haig Colliery railway | ||
| Haig Colliery Railway | ||
| site name:- | Haig Colliery | |
| site name:- | Howgill Brake | |
| locality:- | Whitehaven | |
| civil parish:- | Whitehaven (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | railway | |
| coordinates:- | NX968182 (roughly) | |
| 1Km square:- | NX9618 | |
| 10Km square:- | NX91 | |
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 BPM13.jpg The bottom of the Howgill Brake. (taken 15.7.2008) |
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| evidence:- | old print:- |
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| source data:- | Print, uncoloured engraving, Whitehaven, Cumberland, drawn by W H Bartlett, engraved
by J C Redaway, published 1840s. click to enlargePR0077.jpg Probably from Findens Views of the Ports, Harbours, Coast Scenery, and Watering Places of Great Britain, as continued by W H Bartlett. printed at bottom left, right, centre:- "W. H. Bartlett. / J. C. Redaway. / WHITEHAVEN, / (with St. Bees-head.)" item:- Dove Cottage : 2008.107.77 Image © see bottom of page |
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| hearsay:- |
Rope incline, Howgill Brake, serving the Haig Colliery on south side of Whitehaven. |
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