Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WHITEHAVEN AND FURNESS RAILWAY

WHITEHAVEN AND FURNESS RAILWAY, a railway in Cumberland and Lancashire; from the Whitehaven Junction at Whitehaven, along the coast south-ward, to the Furness railway, near Dalton. It was formed in 1845-50; is 35 miles long; and is now incorporated with the Northwestern.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a railway"   (ADL Feature Type: "railroad features")
Administrative units: Cumberland AncC       Lancashire AncC
Place: Whitehaven

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