I have yet to come across any publication acknowledging the fact that there were, at various times, three stations at Cleator Moor in West Cumbria. On 1 July...
Dear Ralph, Cleator Moor East of the Whitehaven, Cleator & Egremont Railway was opened on 1 July 1857 (D Joy, The Lake Counties, 1983 edition): re-sited on...
Graham H Wild
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Apr 2, 2005 7:05 pm
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My book "Cumbrian Railways" shows Cleator Moor east and West. Regards Nigel (Penrith.) ... From: "Graham H Wild" <graham@...> To:...
Ralph Further to the reply from Graham Wild, it should be noted that Cleator Moor [East] and Crossfield were separate public goods sites on the Birks Bridge ...
I have received an enquiry about a William Wood(s), born about 1815, believed to have been a surveyor or engineer on the LB&SCR (presumably London & Brighton)...
Matthew Searle
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Apr 25, 2005 5:12 pm
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Matthew Has your enquirer tried the Institution of Civil Engineers? May be it is just possible they have membership records going that far back. I suppose I ...
Peter Tatlow
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Apr 26, 2005 6:09 pm
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There was a Biographical Dictionary of Civil Engineers published a few years ago. It was edited with ICE and I presume that it drew on their records. The...
Re. litterature on Polish railway history, there seems to be a very good coverage on former Prussian territory, but very little on ex-Austrian, and virtually...
Halfdan Höner
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May 3, 2005 12:05 pm
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I am seeking access to a copy of a report, preferably without having to travel to Kew, which is a long way from where I live in NW England and wondered whether...
... Co-incidentally, I want to see this one too, as I'm specially interested in the parts of the Shropshire Union which the 1944 Act gave authority to close. ...
... travel to Kew, which is a long way from where I live in NW England and wondered whether anyone out there could assist. ... Vice-president, Ashton Davies,...
... having to ... by its ... Yes, I started searching via that link. Whilst there is a general reference for the minutes of the LMS at Kew wherein this report...
I'm making a presentation to the RCHS East Midlands region on Friday 2 Sept, 7:15 at Beeston Library, subject; Nottingham Express Transit. All welcome. The...
This is a second attempt to end this e-mail as the first attempt appeared to fail to get out. Steve, The following is taken from "Great British Tramway...
Tony Jervis
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Aug 3, 2005 7:53 pm
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Thanks Tony - this is an excellent history of the various projects in the region. It confirms what I had suspected - that Chilwell Road was actually built with...
I wrote: "The Chilwell Road Methodist Church celebrated it's centenary in 2002 when it moved from nearby Chapel St (Now no more). The other buildings in the...
Yesterday evening I noticed the narrow boat 'George' (BW registration plate 66882) moored above Osney Lock on the Thames. It looks like the pioneering Grand...
Matthew Searle
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Aug 18, 2005 7:58 am
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... Probably. Both the George and the Mary still exist and are now re-paired in private ownership. They featured on the cover of the www.hnboc.org.uk 2002/4...
Attempting to catch up with 30 years worth of assorted (and largely unsorted) notes, I came across the following, apparently extracted from New Scientist of 3...
Tony Jervis
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Sep 29, 2005 8:52 pm
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The two timber viaducts at Wickham Bishops on the Maldon East Branch were restored by Essex County Council in 1995 and are designated Ancient Monuments. A sign...
Possibly true if 'the country' is taken to be England. Barmouth Bridge is an obvious example, and I fancy there are one or two small examples in Scotland. On...
Matthew Searle
ms@...
Oct 12, 2005 8:17 am
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I believe that one of the Scottish timber bridges (though it could hardly be described as a viaduct in the usual sense of the term) referred to by Matthew...
Tony Jervis
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Oct 12, 2005 6:25 pm
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I think the New Scientist correspondent was incorrect in mentioning the Underground system. Not only do Lamm locomotives go unmentioned in the relevant...
Matthew Searle
ms@...
Oct 14, 2005 5:23 pm
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What about the 'Briwet Bridge' - might even qualify as a short viaduct farther north on the Cambrian line just south of Penrhyndeudraeth and I'm sure that the...
During the nineteenth century the muirs (moors) and mosses (bogs) around California, a village about three miles south of Falkirk, would have been a...
Tony Jervis
editor.BLN@...
Oct 29, 2005 6:10 pm
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The following (edited) will appear in the January 2006 R&CHS Bulletin unless someone can provide an answer before then. Tony Jervis, R&CHS Bulletin Editor. ......
Tony Jervis
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Oct 29, 2005 6:11 pm
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... see http://website.lineone.net/~coalmining/DictionaryK.htm Then one was discovered marked in the corner of a field 200 yards from the ... Possibly a...
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