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Solway Light Vessel, Solway Firth
Solway Light Vessel
locality:-   Solway Firth
country:-   England (?)
locality type:-   lightship
1Km square:-   NY0344 (approx) 
10Km square:-   NY04
references:-   Hydrographic Office 1850s-90s

evidence:-   old map:- Geddes 1848
placename:-  Solway Light Ship
source data:-   Chart, uncoloured engraving, Sketch of the English Channel from the Bar up to Port Carlisle, in the Solway Firth, scale about 2 ins to 1 mile, by W Geddes, 1848.
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"Solway Lt. Ship / Red Light"
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 91
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   old map:- Hydrographic Office 1850s onwards
placename:-  Solway Light Vessel
source data:-   Chart, uncoloured engraving, England West Coast sheet XII, Firth of Solway, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, surveyed by C G Robinson, 1837, engraved by J and C Walker, published by the Hydrographic Office, The Admiralty, London, 1841-58.
Admiralty chart 
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"Solway Light Vessel. / Light Red / Lantern 25ft. high. Black Ball at the Fore. / A Bell tolled during Fog."
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"Light Vessel / Red Light 25 ft / Ball by Day"
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 94
Images © Carlisle Library

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