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to Sheriff Gate where it branched into three. One line ran south-west to Salter Hall Quarry; a second ran south to Stockhow; a third ran east to Kirkland, for Bankstead mine. The Kirkland branch continued east to Kelton Fell and Knockmurton mines. There were junctions with both the
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Knockmurton mine closed about 1920; Bankstead mine closed 1921; Salter Hall quarry and the railway closed 1926. The track was lifted in 1934.
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McEwan, J.F.; Bowtell, Harold D. (August 1983). Peascod, Michael (ed.). "Baird's Lines in Cumberland".
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All four routes in to and out of Rowrah are clearly shown on this map dated 1904 and 1914
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The Track of the Ironmasters: A History of the Cleator and Workington Junction Railway
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McGowan Gradon, W. (March 1952). "The Rowrah & Kelton Fell Mineral Railway".
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standard gauge
mineral railway
Cumberland
England
Glasgow
Scotland
Rowrah
Whitehaven, Cleator and Egremont Railway
Cleator and Workington Junction Railway
Rowrah
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Whitehaven, Cleator and Egremont Railway
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Manning Wardle
Moor Row
Rowrah railway station
Arlecdon railway station
Kidner, R.W.
"Rowrah & Kelton Fell Mineral Railway"
McGowan Gradon 2004
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0-9540232-2-6
The Railway Magazine
Route in Google Maps
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