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Furness Railway
FR
Cumbrian Coast Line
civil parish:-   Lindal and Marton (formerly Lancashire)
civil parish:-   Dalton Town with Newton (formerly Lancashire)
civil parish:-   Barrow-in-Furness (formerly Lancashire)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   railway
civil parish:-   Kirkby Ireleth (formerly Lancashire)
civil parish:-   Askam and Ireleth (formerly Lancashire)
civil parish:-   Barrow-in-Furness (formerly Lancashire)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   railway
civil parish:-   Kirkby Ireleth (formerly Lancashire)
civil parish:-   Broughton West (formerly Lancashire)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   railway
civil parish:-   Dalton Town with Newton (formerly Lancashire)
civil parish:-   Lindal and Marton (formerly Lancashire)
civil parish:-   Pennington (formerly Lancashire)
civil parish:-   Ulverston (formerly Lancashire)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   railway
civil parish:-   Dalton Town with Newton (formerly Lancashire)
civil parish:-   Urswick (formerly Lancashire)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   railway
SummaryText:-   from Dalton through Furness Abbey, Roose, Rampside to Piel Island, Lancashire; from Dalton Junction through Askham in Ireleth, Kirkby in Furness to Kirkby Slate Works, extended from Kirkby in Furness through Foxfield to Broughton in Furness, Lancashire; extended from Dalton through Lindal to Ulverston, Lancashire; plus complicatd routes in and around Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire.
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photograph
BPR06.jpg  Copy of the railway coat of arms.
(taken 2008)  courtesy of the National Railway Museum
photograph
BLW36.jpg (taken 18.4.2006)  

 Coniston Railway from 1862

 Ulverstone and Lancaster Railway from 1862

 Lakeside branch railway from 1866

 Whitehaven and Furness Junction Railway from 1865

 Arnside to Hincaster branch railway from 1876

 Cleator and Workington Junction Railway from 1876

 Whitehaven, Cleator and Egremont Railway from 1877

 Conishead Priory branch railway

 Stainton branch railway from 1850?

evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:-  Furness Railway
source data:-   Map of the English Lakes, in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1850s-60s.
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"Furness Railway"
triple line, light bold light, railway; note branch at Kirkby Ireleth 
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"Furness Railway"
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item:-  JandMN : 82.1
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old advertisement:- Bemrose 1881
placename:-  Furness Railways
item:-  steamercharabanctrainrailway
source data:-   Advertisement for the Furness Railways, tours in The Lakes, published by Bemrose and Sons, 23 Old Bailey, London and Derby, by A B Moss, Carlisle, Cumberland, and by T Wilson, Kendal, Westmorland, about 1881.
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Included in a Handy Guide to the English Lakes and Shap Spa. 
item:-  JandMN : 455.33
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old advertisement:- Philip/Wilson 1890s
source data:-   Advertisement from The Concise Series of Guides No.1, The English Lake District, published about 1895.
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Guide book published by George Philip and Son, 32 Fleet Street, London, Philip, Son and Nephew, Liverpool, Lancashire, and Titus Wilson, Kendal, Westmorland, about 1895. 
item:-  JandMN : 58
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evidence:-   old map:- LMS 1939 B
source data:-   image  click to enlarge
LMS6Cm.jpg
"MAP OF LMS RAILWAY"
item:-  JandMN : 1016.5
Image © see bottom of page

 history of the line's openeing

evidence:-   old print:- 
source data:-   Print, coloured lithograph, Abbot's Wood, Furness Abbey, Lancashire, engraved by J McGahey, from a photograph by Taphouse, printed by J Richardson, Barrow-in-Furness, 1870?
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PR0059.jpg
In a cutting in the foreground is a train on the Furness railway. 
printed at bottom left, right, centre:-  "Drawn on Stone by J. McGahey / Taphouse Photographer / &Printed by J Richardson, Barrow in Furness / ABBOT'S WOOD, FURNESS ABBEY,- THE RESIDENCE OF JAMES RAMSDEN, ESQ."
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2008.107.59
Image © see bottom of page


photograph
BPR02.jpg  FR 0-4-0 locomotive No.3 'Coppernob' built by Bury, Curtis and Kennedy, Liverpool, 1846.
(taken 2008)  courtesy of the National Railway Museum.
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BVT23.jpg  FR 0-4-0 locomotive No.3 'Coppernob' built by Bury, Curtis and Kennedy, Liverpool, 1846.
(taken 2011)  courtesy of the National Railway Museum.
photograph
BVT25.jpg  FR 0-4-0 locomotive No.3 'Coppernob' built by
"BURY, CURTIS &KENNEDY / Liverpool" 1846.
(taken 2011)  courtesy of the National Railway Museum.
photograph
BVT24.jpg  FR 0-4-0 locomotive No.3 'Coppernob' built by Bury, Curtis and Kennedy, Liverpool, 1846.
(taken 2011)  courtesy of the National Railway Museum.
photograph
BPR05.jpg  FR 0-4-0 locomotive No.3 'Coppernob' built by Bury, Curtis and Kennedy, Liverpool, 1846.
(taken 2008)  courtesy of the National Railway Museum.
Inside cylinders; bar frames.


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BPQ93.jpg  Trespassers notice.
(taken 2008)  courtesy of the National Railway Museum.
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BRK80.jpg  Trespassers notice.
(taken 14.9.2009)  
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BST56.jpg  Level crossing gate notice.
(taken 14.5.2010)  
photograph
BPQ95.jpg  Helmet badge:-
"F.R. / Dock / Police" (taken 2008)  courtesy of the National Railway Museum.

hearsay:-  
Initially 14 miles of line serving mines at Lindal and at Kirkby. William Wordsworth objected to the railway.
The two core routes were: from Crooklands, by Dalton in Furness, Dalton Town with Newton, to Barrow-in-Furness, and to Kirkby Slate Works, near Kirkby in Furness, Kirkby Ireleth, Cumbria. There were early extensions: from Crooklands through Lindal, to Ulverston, Cumbria; and from Kirkby to Broughton in Furness, Broughton West, Cumbria. Other extensions and complicated routes in Barrow brought the track mileage to 428¾miles by 1918.
The lines are so complicated that the routes noted in 'Mapping' groups are unreliable; the undated groups are the least reliable. Despite referring to several reliable looking books, which don't entirely agree with each other, I am still confused. The Maping groups include places to locate the line which may not have been 'extant' when the line was first opened; the mappings do not include all the parts of every Y-junction.

person:-   railway company
 : Furness RailwayFR
date:-   1844
 to 1923

person:-   railway company
 : London, Midland and Scottish RailwayLMS
date:-   1923
 to 1948

person:-   railway company
 : British RailwaysBR
date:-   1948

Paley and Austin series
person:-   architect
 : Austin, Hubert J
person:-   architect
 : Paley, Henry A
place:-   St George's Square / Barrow-in-Furness
date:-   1862
Headquarters of the railway company, new building.

goes through:-    Crooklands Junction, Dalton-in-Furness
 railway footbridge, Dalton-in-Furness
 railway bridge, Dalton-in-Furness (2)
 Dalton Station, Dalton-in-Furness
[railway mile post, Dalton-in-Furness]
 Dalton Tunnel, Dalton Town with Newton
 railway bridge, Dalton-in-Furness
 Dalton Junction, Dalton Town with Newton
 Millwood Junction, Barrow-in-Furness
 Millwood Bridge, Barrow-in-Furness
 railway milepost, Barrow-in-Furness
 railway footbridge, Barrow-in-Furness
 Furness Abbey Station, Barrow-in-Furness
 level crossing, Barrow-in-Furness
 Furness Abbey Tunnel, Barrow-in-Furness
 accommodation crossing, Barrow-in-Furness
[railway bridge, Barrow-in-Furness (4)]
 Roose Gates, Roose
 Roose Station, Roose
23.5.1844: authorized -  

1846: opened -  

goes through:-    Roose Station, Roose
 Parrock Hall Junction, Barrow-in-Furness
 Rampside Station, Rampside
 Piel Pier, Barrow-in-Furness
 Piel Station, Roa Island
23.5.1844: authorized -  

1846: opened -  

1936: closed -  

goes through:-    Roose Station, Roose
 Rabbit Hill Station, Barrow-in-Furness
1846: opened -  

1870: closed -  

goes through:-   [Dalton Junction, Dalton-in-Furness]
[Goldmire South Junction, Dalton Town with Newton]
 Goldmire North Junction, Dalton Town with Newton
 Park South Junction, Dalton Town with Newton
 Park South Level Crossing, Dalton Town with Newton
 railway bridge, Askam and Ireleth
[level crossing, Askam in Furness]
 signal box, Askam in Furness
 Askam Station, Askam in Furness
 Dunnerholme Gate Station, Askam and Ireleth
 Dunnerholme Crossing, Askam and Ireleth
 Soutergate Crossing, Kirkby Ireleth
 railway crossing, Sand Side
 Kirkby Station, Sand Side
1846: opened -  

goes through:-    railway junction, Kirkby Ireleth
 slate depot, Kirkby Ireleth
 Kirkby Slate Quarries, Kirkby Ireleth
1846: opened -  

1952: closed -  

goes through:-    Kirkby Station, Sand Side
 railway junction, Kirkby Ireleth
 railway bridge, Kirkby Ireleth
 level crossing, Foxfield
 Foxfield Station, Broughton West
 Foxfield Junction, Broughton West
 Broughton Goods Junction, Broughton West
 engine shed, Broughton in Furness
 Broughton in Furness Station, Broughton in Furness
1846: authorized -  

1848: opened -  

1962: closed -  

goes through:-    Ulverston Goods Junction, Ulverston
 Ulverston Goods Station, Ulverston
27.7.1846: authorized -  

1854: opened -  

goes through:-   [Crooklands Junction, Dalton Town with Newton]
 railway bridge, Dalton Town with Newton
 railway bridge, Lindal and Marton
 Tunnel Quarry, Lindal and Marton
 Lindal Tunnel, Lindal and Marton
 Lindal Station, Lindal in Furness
 railway bridge, Lindal in Furness
 railway sidings, Lindal and Marton
 Lindal West Signal Box, Lindal and Marton
 Lindal Ore Goods, Lindal in Furness
 railway bridge, Pennington (4)
[Lindal East Signal Box, Lindal and Marton]
 railway bridge, Pennington (3)
 Red Syke Bridge, Pennington
 railway bridge, Pennington (2)
 railway milepost, Pennington
 railway bridge, Pennington
 railway bridge, Ulverston (10)
 railway bridge, Ulverston (9)
 Ulverston Goods Junction, Ulverston
 Ulverston Station, Ulverston
27.7.1846: authorized -  

1854: opened -  

goes through:-    Oak Lea Junction, Dalton Town with Newton
 railway bridge, Dalton Town with Newton (2)
[Goldmire Junction, Dalton Town with Newton]

goes through:-    Roose Station, Roose
[Roose Gates, Barrow-in-Furness]
 railway bridge, Roose
 Salthouse Junction, Barrow-in-Furness
 St Luke's Junction, Barrow-in-Furness
 railway viaduct, Barrow-in-Furness
 Furness Railway Works, Barrow-in-Furness
 railway bridge, Barrow-in-Furness (5)
 Barrow Central Station, Barrow-in-Furness
 Barrow-in-Furness Signal Box, Barrow-in-Furness
 Cocken Junction, Barrow-in-Furness
 Hawcoat Junction, Barrow-in-Furness
 Ormsgill Junction, Barrow-in-Furness
 Sandscale Junction, Barrow-in-Furness
 Oak Lea Junction, Dalton Town with Newton
 railway bridge, Dalton Town with Newton (4)
 railway bridge, Dalton Town with Newton (3)
 Park South Junction, Dalton Town with Newton

goes through:-    Salthouse Junction, Barrow-in-Furness
 Loco Junction, Barrow-in-Furness
 Strand Station, Barrow-in-Furness
 Hindpool halt, Barrow-in-Furness
 Ormsgill Junction, Barrow-in-Furness

goes through:-    Loco Junction, Barrow-in-Furness
 Shipyard Junction, Barrow-in-Furness
 Island Road Station, Barrow-in-Furness
 Strand Station, Barrow-in-Furness

goes through:-    Shipyard Junction, Barrow-in-Furness
 Dockyard Junction, Barrow Docks
 Ramsden Dock Station, Barrow Docks

goes through:-    Dockyard Junction, Barrow Docks
 Channel Pier Sidings, Barrow Docks

goes through:-    Parrock Hall Junction, Barrow-in-Furness
 Southside sidings, Barrow Docks

goes through:-    Parrock Hall Junction, Barrow-in-Furness
 Roosecote Power Station, Barrow-in-Furness
1954: opened -  

1983: closed -  

goes through:-    Crooklands Junction, Dalton-in-Furness
[Stainton Staition, Stainton with Adgarley]
[Stainton with Adgarley Iron Mines, Stainton with Adgarley]

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