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Corporation Dam, Carlisle
Corporation Dam
locality:-   Caldew, River
locality:-   Carlisle
civil parish:-   Carlisle (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   mill race
1Km square:-   NY4055 (etc) 
10Km square:-   NY45

evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, 3x2 sheets, The County of Cumberland, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by Thomas Donald, engraved and published by Joseph Hodskinson, 29 Arundel Street, Strand, London, 1774.
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river, along a street, and small bridges 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

hearsay:-  
Came off the Caldew on the east side and flowed alongside, serving several mills, till it ran into the Eden somwhere near The Sauceries.

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