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Coniston Railway

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603: 513: 432:. Green slate has also been quarried in the area for at least 500 years and there has been a tourist industry for some 200 years. By the middle of the 19th century the copper mines and the slate quarries at Coniston were flourishing, the mines employing 400 men and the quarries were producing an average of 2,000 tons of slate a month. Around this time the Coniston mines were the largest copper mines in the north of England. 752:. An extension from Coniston to Copper House (for the copper mines) was opened in 1860. From Broughton-in-Furness the line rose steeply, initially up a gradient of 1 in 49, to Woodland. From Woodland it continued to rise, with a maximum gradient of 1 in 77, to Torver. Just after Torver station it reached its highest level and then descended towards Coniston, with a level section just before Coniston station. 284: 725: 180: 291: 226: 78: 242: 332: 234: 202: 158: 131: 124: 102: 310: 780:
there continued to be about nine trains a day on weekdays. On Tuesdays and Thursdays a through train travelled from Blackpool. Initially on Sundays there were usually two trains a day each way, although by 1922 there were four trains. After the Second World War there were usually only three trains
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was 84 feet (26 m) long and was registered to carry 200 passengers. In 1900 alterations were made at a cost of £35 (£4,800 in 2023), removing the smoking room and providing more accommodation for second-class passengers. The boat was taken out of service in 1936. Its engine was removed and
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In 1957 there were eight trains each day and a survey showed that an average of only 18 passengers were carried on each of these trips. It was estimated that if the line were closed about £17,000 (£520,000 in 2023), would be saved each year. The line was closed for passenger trains on 6
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were invited and the contract for building the line was awarded to Child & Pickles. Work on building the line started in January 1858, but the contractors became bankrupt in August of that year. The Furness Railway took over responsibility for completing the line.
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proposed building a railway with a gauge of 3 ft 3 in (990 mm) from the copper mines at Coniston to link with the Furness Railway at Broughton. John Robinson McClean, engineer of the Furness Railway, reported this to the
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in 1907 and was registered to carry 400 passengers. It cost £5,600 (£750,000 in 2023), was 97 feet 6 inches (29.72 m) long and had a maximum speed of 11.5 knots. The boat was taken out of service at the outset of the
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c. cx) received royal assent on 10 August. The line was initially run as a separate business, although it was closely associated with the Furness Railway, having the same chairman (the Duke of Devonshire) and general manager
484:(later to be Duke of Devonshire), the company's chairman, recommending that the line should be of standard gauge. However no further action was taken at that time. Interest in the line revived in 1856, and the route was 1535: 830: 772:
workmen's trains ran between Coniston and the shipyards at Barrow. In August 1930 there were ten trains running each way on weekdays. In the summer of 1939 a direct train was introduced from
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44347. Freight services ended on 30 April 1962 and the track was lifted and the other railway structures were removed. The Coniston footbridge was dismantled and re-built at
1791: 688:. He identified a number of improvements to be made before he could sanction the opening of the line. The line was opened on 18 June 1859 although the buildings at 443:. In 1848, hoping for an increase in tourism, J. G. Marshall demolished his inn at the head of the lake and replaced it with a "handsome hotel". The 404:, which ran for over 100 years between the middle of the 19th to the middle of the 20th century. It was originally designed for the transport of 463:
in 1849 and this reached Broughton in October 1850. Also in 1849 the Furness Railway paid £550 (equivalent to £70,000 in 2023), to improve the road from
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From the outset of the railway the company were aware of its potential for tourism. In an attempt to attract more tourists to use the line it bought a
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were mining copper ore in the Coniston area 2000 years ago, and there is evidence that copper was being extracted from the area as long ago as the
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The line ran for 8.5 miles from Coniston to Broughton-in-Furness. At Broughton-in-Furness it joined the Whitehaven and Furness Junction Railway to
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firm of Jones, Quiggin and Company at a cost of £1,200 (£150,000 in 2023), transported in sections by rail, and assembled on the slipway close to
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From the outset trains ran from Coniston to Broughton-in-Furness and on to Foxfield and most trains went further, terminating at
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From the start, locomotives were supplied by the Furness Railway. Originally these were of two types,
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Before the railway was built, materials had to be transported in horse-drawn carts to
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were not completed until the end of the year. These buildings were designed by the
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locomotives. Trains on the Blackpool to Coniston service were usually hauled by a
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by George Sanders to plans drawn up by McClean and his assistant, Frank Stileman.
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October 1958. On 27 August 1961 an enthusiast's train ran on the line pulled by
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continues to run a service during summer months, calling at Coniston Pier,
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The line was inspected on 25 May 1859 and again on 14 June by
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constructed in 1974. Other parts of the track bed were converted into
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Sharpe, Paley and Austin: A Lancaster Architectural Practice 1836–1942
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locomotive, although on one occasion in July 1957, it was hauled by
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locomotives. For the purpose of economy, the railway developed a "
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in June 1846 and its extension to Broughton in February 1848. The
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to the coast and later developed into a line for tourists to the
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where lines led in one direction towards the west coast of
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was reassembled at Coniston and resumed service in 1980.
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in 1978. It was divided into sections and taken to
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Furness and Coniston Railways Amalgamation Act 1862
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Index

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Legend
Coniston copper mines
Coniston
Torver
Woodland
Broughton-in-Furness
Cumbrian Coast line
Whitehaven
Foxfield
Cumbrian Coast line
Barrow-in-Furness
Cumbria
Coniston
Broughton-in-Furness
slate
copper ore from the mines near Coniston
Lake District
Romans
Bronze Age
Coniston Water
horse-drawn omnibus
Furness Railway
Barrow-in-Furness
Kirkby-in-Furness
Whitehaven and Furness Junction Railway
Whitehaven
Ambleside

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