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tramroad, Moorbanks Pit
locality:-   Moorbanks Pit
civil parish:-   Workington (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   tramroad
coordinates:-   NY00032782 (?) 
1Km square:-   NY0027
10Km square:-   NY02

hearsay:-  
A wooden waggonway was built by Curwen, from Moorbanks Pit to Workington harbour, 1771.

Lewis, M J T: 1970: Early Wooden Railways: Routlegde and Kegan Paul (London):: ISBN 0 7100 7818 8

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