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Ravenglass Station, Ravenglass
Ravenglass Station
site name:-   Whitehaven and Furness Junction Railway
locality:-   Ravenglass
civil parish:-   Muncaster (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   railway station
coordinates:-   SD08539649
1Km square:-   SD0896
10Km square:-   SD09
SummaryText:-   Opened 1849.


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BMB91.jpg (taken 11.5.2006)  
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BTE27.jpg  Station building; now The Ratty Arms.
(taken 13.7.2010)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 82 11) 
item:-  railway signalcrane
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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CSRY0106.jpg
"Railway Station / Coal Depot / Crane / S.P."
etc 


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BTE26.jpg  View N.
(taken 13.7.2010)  
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BTE29.jpg  Footbridge; view S.
(taken 13.7.2010)  
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BTE28.jpg  Goods shed; now workshops for the RandER
(taken 13.7.2010)  
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BTE30.jpg  Signal box.
(taken 13.7.2010)  
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BMB92.jpg  Signal box.
(taken 11.5.2006)  
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BMB93.jpg  Signal box.
(taken 11.5.2006)  
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BMC13.jpg (taken 11.5.2006)  
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BST72.jpg  Train from Whitehaven
(taken 14.5.2010)  
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BST55.jpg  Train to Barrow.
(taken 14.5.2010)  
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BST71.jpg  Railway milepost.
(taken 14.5.2010)  

Paley and Austin series
person:-   architect
 : Paley, Edward G
person:-   architect
 : Austin, Hubert J
date:-   1885
New station.

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