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| peat works, Solway Moss | ||
| Solway Moss Works | ||
| site name:- | Solway Moss | |
| civil parish:- | Kirkandrews (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | peat works | |
| locality type:- | tramroad | |
| locality type:- | narrow gauge railway | |
| coordinates:- | NY33886821 (etc) | |
| 1Km square:- | NY3368 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY36 | |
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 Click to enlarge BOB14.jpg (taken 31.8.2007)  BOB15.jpg (taken 31.8.2007) |
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| hearsay:- |
Established by Union Moss Litter Co, later Richardson's Moss Litter Co, then L and
P Peat, about 1896 with a 2 foot 6 inch gauge tramroad worked by horses. Diesel locomotives
were used from the 1950s. |
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| Hall, David & Scanes, Ken: 2001: Peat Moss Railways of Great Britain: Moseley Railway
Trust |
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 BOB16.jpg (taken 31.8.2007) |
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