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proposed |
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| locality:- |
Lancaster |
| county:- |
Lancashire |
| civil parish:- |
Whitehaven (formerly Cumberland) |
| civil parish:- |
Maryport (formerly Cumberland) |
| civil parish:- |
Carlisle (formerly Cumberland) |
| county:- |
Cumbria |
| locality type:- |
railway (proposal) |
| SummaryText:- |
from Lancaster, Lancashire; through Whitehaven, Maryport, to Carlisle, Cumberland. |
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hearsay:-
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Route promoted by the Caledonian Railway Committee, proposed from from an 'ocular
survey' by George Stephenson, 1837.
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Crossing Lancaster Sands, Morecambe Bay, by an embankment arcing from Hest Bank to
Humphrey Head; over Cartmel Sands by an embankment through Chapel Island; tunnel from
Pennington to Kirkby Ireleth; over Duddon Sands by an embankment. The embankments
would each allow the reclaiming of thousands of acres of land to agriculture.
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Gilpin, Leslie R: 2008: Ulverstone and Lancaster Railway: Cumbrian Railways Association::
ISBN 0 954232 7 0
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| also see:- |
 West Cumberland Railway |
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| also see:- |
Cumberland Coast railway |
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