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| civil parish:- |
Great Clifton (formerly Cumberland) |
| civil parish:- |
Workington (formerly Cumberland) |
| county:- |
Cumbria |
| locality type:- |
tramroad |
| 1Km square:- |
NY0329 (etc) |
| 10Km square:- |
NY02 |
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hearsay:-
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Built as a wooden waggonway from the Clifton pits for Lowther, in the late 1730s.
It was closed in 1781.
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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:-
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Ran from Workington Harbour, east to near Great Clifton; opened about 1750. No traces
remain. Owned by Sir James Lowther.
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Baxter, Bertram: 1966: Stone Blocks and Iron Rails: David and Charles (Newton Abbot,
Devon)
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