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| Harraby Cutting, Carlisle | ||
| Harraby Cutting | ||
| site name:- | Newcastle and Carlisle Railway | |
| locality:- | Harraby Hill (?) | |
| locality:- | Harraby | |
| locality:- | Carlisle | |
| civil parish:- | Carlisle (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | railway cutting | |
| coordinates:- | NY41155495 (estimate) | |
| 1Km square:- | NY4154 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY45 | |
| SummaryText:- | Uncertain location | |
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| evidence:- | old drawing:- placename:- Harraby Cut |
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| source data:- | Drawing, Harraby Cut, Carlisle in the Distance, Looking West, Newcastle and Carlisle
Railway, Cumberland, by John Wilson Carmichael, 1835. click to enlargePR1004.jpg Summertime; in centre foreground two men, one sitting whilst the other stands, pause at the top of a steep railway cutting; several figures below walk along the tracks which have been laid. To left of composition lies wooded countryside; to right lies a distant view of Carlisle. Carmichael executed 22 pencil drawings of the construction of the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway at the suggestion of the Rail Company. inscribed at bottom centre:- "Harraby Cut Carlisle in the distance. Looking West" item:- Tullie House Museum : 1968.16.5 Image © Tullie House Museum |
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