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A history of the opening of parts of the Furness Railway was issued by the General
Manager, Alfred Aslet, at Barrow-in-Furness, 1912.
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"Furness Railway"
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"DATES OF OPENING"
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"MAIN LINE"
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"1846 Dalton to Kirkby ... 6m 69ch"
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"1847 Roose to Barrow, Old Passenger Station ... 1m 33ch"
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"1848 Kirkby to Broughton ... 3m 43ch"
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"1849 Ravenglass to Whitehaven ... 16m 61ch"
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"1850 Foxfield to Ravenglass ... 17m 45ch"
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"1851 Lindal to Dalton ... 1m 53ch"
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"1854 Ulverston to Lindal ... 2m 68ch"
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"1857 Carnforth to Ulverston ... 19m 35ch"
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"1867 Millwood Junction to Dalton Junction ... 0m 33ch"
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"1873 Barrow, Old Station, to Ormsgill Junction ... 1m70ch"
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"1881 St Luke's Junction to Barrow Docks ... 1m 42ch"
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"1882 Barrow and Park Loop (Salthouse to Park) ... 5m 41ch"
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"[total] ... 79m 33ch"
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"BRANCH LINES"
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"1846 Goldmire Junction to Piel Pier 6m 13ch"
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"1859 Broughton to Coniston ... 8m 67ch"
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"1863 Hawcoat Branch ... 0m 52ch"
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"1865 Millom to Hodbarrow ... 1m 49ch"
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"1867 Crooklands to Stainton ... 1m 56ch"
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"1869 Levens Junction to Greenodd Junction ... 0m 29ch"
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"1869 Ulverston to Lakeside ... 9m 38ch"
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"1873 Salthouse Junction to Stank ... 1m 74ch"
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"1876 Arnside to Hincaster (Kendal Branch) ... 5m 25ch"
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"1882 Oak Lee and Goldmire Junction ... 0m 31ch"
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"1883 Plumpton Junction to Bardsea (Priory Station) ... 2m 0ch ..."
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"1901 Loco. Junction to Ramsden Dock (South Side) ... 1m 9ch"
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"1906 Cavendish Bridge Junction to Pulp Works Siding ... 1m 6ch"
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"[total] ... 40m 49ch"
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"JOINT LINES"
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"1855-1879 L. &N.W. and Furness Joint Line ... 34m 24ch"
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"1867 (F. &M. Joint) Carnforth to Wennington ... 9m 50ch"
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"1880 Carnforth, F. &M. Curve ... 0m 21ch"
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"[total] ... 44m 15ch"
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"[grand total] ... 164m 17ch"
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"STEAMERS"
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"1859 Coniston Steam Yachts"
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"1871 Windermere Steam Yachts"
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"1901 Barrow to Fleetwood Steamers"
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"1846 Furness Abbey Hotel"
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"1910 George Romney's Early Home (1742-1755) Barrow-in-Furness"
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"General Manager's Office, Barrow-in-Furnes. July, 1912."
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NB: this data has not yet been used in the dated route information recorded for the
railways
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Marsh, John &Garbutt, John: 2002: Images of Cumbrian Railways: Sutton Publishing (Stroud,
Gloucestershire):: ISBN 0 7509 2834 4
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