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London Road Terminus, Carlisle
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London Road Terminus
site name:-   Newcastle and Carlisle Railway
Street:-   London Road
locality:-   Carlisle
civil parish:-   Carlisle (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   railway station
coordinates:-   NY41115500 (about) 
1Km square:-   NY4155
10Km square:-   NY45

evidence:-   old drawing:- 
placename:-  Canal Terminus
item:-  crane
source data:-   Drawing, Depot, Carlisle, Newcastle and Carlisle Railway, London Road Terminus, Carlisle, Cumberland, by John Wilson Carmichael, 1835.
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View of Carlisle Terminus with groups of people and carriages gathered beside it. To right of foreground two workers rest beside railway lines, one sitting whilst the other stands. To left of composition stands an unmanned crane. Distant hills rise in the background. 
Carmichael executed 22 pencil drawings of the construction of the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway at the suggestion of the Rail Company. 
inscribed at bottom right:-  "The Canal Terminus, Carlisle"
item:-  Tullie House Museum : 1968.16.20
Image © Tullie House Museum

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