The Carlisle Canal opened in 1823, linking Carlisle to the Solway Firth, to facilitate the transport of goods to and from the city. It was a short-lived...
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Firth. The Port Carlisle Dock and Railway Company was opened in 1854, following the route of a former canal, intended to connect Port Carlisle, to which sea-going...
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century, a canal was dug connecting Caldewgate with the sea at Port Carlisle. The canal was later filled in and became a railway line. Carlisle was served...
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the Carlisle Canal it was renamed Port Carlisle. During the lifetime of the canal it was of considerable importance as the sea outlet for Carlisle, handling...
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Carlisle Canal, connecting a basin in Carlisle to Fisher's Cross, on the channel of the River Eden and accessible to the Solway Firth. The Carlisle Canal...
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Carlisle Canal railway station was opened in 1854 as the Carlisle terminus of the Port Carlisle Railway Company's line from Port Carlisle in Cumbria,...
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withdrawn. After 1815 ideas of a canal were revived, and a much shorter canal from Bowness to Carlisle, the Carlisle Canal, was promoted. It received parliamentary...
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Carlisle (Canal) Previously 12D, became 12C 1963–1977 Barrow-in-Furness Previously 12E 12D 1950–1955 Workington Became 12C 1958–1958 Carlisle (Canal)...
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1820s to improving the links from Newcastle to Cumberland a Newcastle -Carlisle canal was rejected in favour of a railway. Speaking at an 1834 dinner marking...
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Lefebure (Chapters include Camden, Briathwaite, Millbeck, Fellwalkers, Carlisle Canal, Armboth, John Peel (farmer) and the Blencathra), with endpaper maps...
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Port Carlisle, and four years later, in 1821, the eleven and a half mile-long Carlisle Navigation Canal was built to take goods to Carlisle. The canal was...
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to Carlisle. The line was built by the North British Railway; the stretch from Edinburgh to Hawick opened in 1849 and the remainder to Carlisle opened...
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railway stations situated in the village of Scotby, two miles outside of Carlisle, England. Both have closed. This railway station (54°53′21″N 2°52′40″W...
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Carlisle Bogfield railway station, also known as Carlisle Water Lane railway station, served the city of Carlisle, in the historical county of Cumberland...
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The Crinan Canal is a nine miles (14 km) long navigable canal in Argyll and Bute, west of Scotland. It opened in 1801 and connects the village of Ardrishaig...
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stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.04. Railway & Canal Historical Society. p. 71. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November...
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Cumwhinton in Cumbria, England. The station was located on the Settle and Carlisle Line and was closed in 1956. The station is still intact, including platforms...
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long Carlisle Navigation Canal was built to take goods to Carlisle. The canal was closed in 1853 and the canal basin at Carlisle and parts of the canal were...
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Port Carlisle and in 1821, the Carlisle Navigation Canal was built to take goods to Carlisle. The canal was closed in 1853, when the Port Carlisle Railway...
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railway station near Fingland, Cumbria on the Carlisle & Silloth Bay Railway & Dock Company's branch from Carlisle to Silloth The station served the small hamlet...
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Silloth was the terminus of the Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway, a branch railway from Carlisle, England. The town, dock and station at Silloth were built...
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station near Newton Arlosh, Cumbria on the Carlisle & Silloth Bay Railway & Dock Company's branch from Carlisle to Silloth The station served the small hamlet...
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Cumbria, England. It was located on the Settle-Carlisle Line, 24+3⁄4 miles (39.8 km) south of Carlisle. Whilst the station is now disused, the line is...
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port was constructed at Port Carlisle and in 1821, the Carlisle Navigation Canal was built to take goods to Carlisle. The canal was closed in 1853 and much...
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Retrieved : 2012-08-21 Sources Ramshaw, David (1997). The Carlisle Navigation Railway. Carlisle : P3 Publications. ISBN 978-0-9522098-5-0. White, Stephen...
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on both platforms until the 1950s. In 1880, Cowans Sheldon & Company of Carlisle enlarged the water tank on the up platform. By 1893, the island platform...
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station closed with the line to Silloth in 1964. Opened as Abbey by the Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway in 1856, then renamed Abbey Town by the North British...
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(later Cumbria). A station on the site was opened as Abbeyholme by the Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway in 1856, and was then renamed Abbey Junction by...
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town, the other being Appleby West on the Midland Railway's Settle to Carlisle line; the latter station is still open, albeit now simply called Appleby...
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the 19th century the Carlisle Canal was built through the parish and, when this closed, its line was converted into the Port Carlisle Dock and Railway. Three...
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