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| Whitbeck Crossing, Whitbeck | ||
| Whitbeck Crossing | ||
| site name:- | Whitehaven and Furness Junction Railway | |
| locality:- | Whitbeck | |
| civil parish:- | Whicham (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | level crossing | |
| locality type:- | railway station (once) | |
| coordinates:- | SD11598388 | |
| 1Km square:- | SD1183 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD18 | |
| SummaryText:- | Station here from 1850 to 1857. | |
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 BMV30.jpg (taken 13.10.2006)  BMV31.jpg View S. (taken 13.10.2006) |
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| Automatic level crossing without gates. |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 87 8) |
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| 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. click to enlargeCSRY0109.jpg Shows a railway bridge and building to the NW. |
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 BMV32.jpg View N. (taken 13.10.2006) |
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