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| air shaft, Whitehaven (4) | ||
| Street:- | Castle Park | |
| civil parish:- | Whitehaven (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | buildings | |
| coordinates:- | NX97781777 | |
| 1Km square:- | NX9717 | |
| 10Km square:- | NX91 | |
| references:- | Listed Buildings 2010 |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "AIR SHAFT CAP TO FORMER RAILWAY TUNNEL AT NGR / / CASTLE PARK / WHITEHAVEN / COPELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 429198 / NX9778617776" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Air shaft cap to ventilate the Whitehaven &Furness Junction Railway, opened 1852 and running beneath the grounds of Whitehaven Castle. Red brick in English bond with stone coping. Circular in plan. This shaft was the only one visible from the Lowther's Mansion (Whitehaven Castle); consequently it received iron railings (set on a stone plinth) to surround it, the uprights and main verticals with crocketed heads." |
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