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On this Day in 1829
Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Carlisle Railway Act 1829
1829 (May 22) An act for making and maintaining a railway or tramroad from the town of Newcastle upon Tyne, in the county of Newcastle upon Tyne, to the city of Carlisle, in the county of Cumberland, with a branch thereout, received the royal assent.
From: J. Sykes. Local records; or, Historical register of remarkable events which have occurred in Northumberland and Durham, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and Berwick-upon-Tweed..., published 1833
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