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peat works, Solway Moss
Solway Moss Works
site name:-   Solway Moss
civil parish:-   Kirkandrews (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   peat works
locality type:-   tramroad
locality type:-   narrow gauge railway
coordinates:-   NY33886821 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY3368
10Km square:-   NY36

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BOB14.jpg (taken 31.8.2007)  
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hearsay:-  
 Established by Union Moss Litter Co, later Richardson's Moss Litter Co, then L and P Peat, about 1896 with a 2 foot 6 inch gauge tramroad worked by horses. Diesel locomotives were used from the 1950s.

Hall, David & Scanes, Ken: 2001: Peat Moss Railways of Great Britain: Moseley Railway Trust

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BOB16.jpg (taken 31.8.2007)  
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