Old Cumbria Gazetteer |
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| tramroad, Broughton Moor | ||
| locality:- | Ewanrigg | |
| civil parish:- | Maryport (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | tramroad | |
| coordinates:- | NY04743495 (etc) | |
| coordinates:- | NY04623472 (etc) | |
| 1Km square:- | NY0434 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY03 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 45 9) |
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| source data:- | Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25
inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton,
Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948. Visible features. |
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| hearsay:- |
The Broughton Coal Co and John Christian built a 2½mile wooden waggonway to Maryport
Harbour, 1755. This ran over 'arches' at Ewanrigg, a brick viaduct 18 feet high. |
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| The wayleave for the line from the arches to the harbour expired in 1786, and from
that date the coal had to be taken on by cart. |
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| Lewis, M J T: 1970: Early Wooden Railways: Routlegde and Kegan Paul (London):: ISBN
0 7100 7818 8 |
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| hearsay:- |
Waggonway from coal pits on Broughton Moor to The Arches, Ewanrigg, near Maryport;
opened 1755. |
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| Bridge at White Gill. Visible earthworks. |
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| Baxter, Bertram: 1966: Stone Blocks and Iron Rails: David and Charles (Newton Abbot,
Devon) |
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