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Railway map, Bacon's Map of Cumberland and Westmorland,
scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by Edward Weller, published
by George W Bacon and Co, London, 1870s?.
The railways shown are - Newcastle and Carlisle Railway,
open 1836; Maryport and Carlisle Railway, open 1840-45;
Lancaster and Carlisle Railway, open 1846; Kendal and
Windermere Railway, open 1846-47; Whitehaven Junction
Railway, open 1846-47; Furness Railway, open 1846-48;
Caledonian Railway, open 1847; Cockermouth and Workington
Railway, open 1847; Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway,
open 1848; Whitehaven and Furness Junction Railway, open
1849-50; Alston branch railway, open 1852; Port Carlisle
Dock and Railway, open 1854; Whitehaven, Cleator and
Egremont Railway, open 1856-57 and 1864-66; Carlisle and
Silloth Bay Railway, open 1857; Ulverstone and Lancaster
Railway, open 1857; Coniston Railway, open 1859-60; Border
Union Railway, open 1861; Low Gill and Ingleton branch
railway, open 1861; South Durham and Lancashire Union
Railway, open 1861; Eden Valley Railway, open 1862;
Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway, open 1864-65;
Egremont and Sellafield branch railway, open 1869; Lakeside
branch railway, open 1869; Solway Junction Railway, open
1869-70; Settle and Carlisle Railway, open 1876; and the
Arnside to Hincaster branch railway, open 1876 shown dotted.
This suggest a map date about 1870s.
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