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| Port Carlisle Dock and Railway | |||
| civil parish:- | Carlisle (formerly Cumberland) | ||
| civil parish:- | Beaumont (formerly Cumberland) | ||
| civil parish:- | Burgh by Sands (formerly Cumberland) | ||
| civil parish:- | Bowness (formerly Cumberland) | ||
| county:- | Cumbria | ||
| locality type:- | railway | ||
| SummaryText:- | from Canal Junction N, Carlisle, through Kirkandrews, Burgh, Drumburgh, Glasson, to Port Carlisle on the Solway Firth, Cumberland. | ||
| references:- |  click to enlargeRWY020.jpg |
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 BPQ84.jpg Dandy car no.1 built by North British Railway, St Margaret's Works, Edinburgh, 1863; used to 1913. (taken 2008) courtesy of the National Railway Museum. |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H |
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| 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. GAR2NY26.jpg triple line, light bold light, railway  GAR2NY36.jpg  GAR2NY25.jpg  GAR2NY35.jpg item:- JandMN : 82.1 Image © see bottom of page |
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| hearsay:- |
The Carlisle Canal Co was re-incorporated to convert the canal to 11 miles of railway,
opened 1854, with a 12¾mile extension to Siloth Bay, opened 1856. It was leased to
the NBR 1862, and taken over 1880. |
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| Passenger services were still horse drawn in 1914. |
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| person:- | canal company : Carlisle Canal Co |
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| date:- | 1853 |
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| person:- | railway company : Port Carlisle Dock and Railway |
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| date:- | 1853 to 1880 |
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| person:- | railway company : North British Railway; NBR |
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| date:- | 1880 to 1923 |
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| person:- | railway company : London and North Eastern Railway; LNER |
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| date:- | 1923 to 1948 |
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| person:- | railway company : British Railways; BR |
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| date:- | 1948 to 1964 |
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| goes through:- |  Canal Junction N, Carlisle Caldcoats Bridge, Carlisle Canal Station, Carlisle[railway bridge, Beaumont] [Kirkandrews Station, Beaumont] Burgh Station, Burgh by Sands[railway bridge, Burgh by Sands (2)] [railway bridge, Burgh by Sands] Boustead Hill Bridge, Boustead Hill Easton Bridge, Easton railway culvert, Easton Drumburgh Junction, Bowness Glasson Bridge, Glasson Glasson Station, Glasson[railway bridge, Bowness (3)] [railway bridge, Bowness (2)] Port Carlisle Station, Port Carlisle4.8.1853: authorized - 1854: opened - 1932: closed, passengers - 7.9.1964: closed, goods - |
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