Early Morning, Grange-over-Sands Railway Station

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    "Grange-over-Sands is a small Cumbrian seaside town lying on the north side of Morecambe Bay. Originally a small fishing village, Grange developed during the second half of the 19th Century with the arrival of the Lancaster & Ulverston Railway (later absorbed into the Furness Railway), when it became a popular seaside resort and much of this is evident in the Town's (mostly unspoiled) Victorian architecture. The Ulverstone & Lancaster Railway was opened through the first station on this site on 27th August 1857: the first passenger train ran on 1st September. The Furness Railway, having absorbed the U&LR in 1862, commissioned the architect Edward Graham Paley of Lancaster to design the present station, which was built in 1864-72. Grange station is listed Grade II and stands in a Conservation Area. It was restored in 1997/98. The 'FR' of the Furness Railway can be seen (reversed) on this lamp bracket. The Furness Railway became a part of the London, Midland & Scottish Railway in 1922." Photo by Gerald Massey, 2009.
  • Owner

    Gerald Massey
  • Source

    Geograph (Geograph)
  • License

    What does this mean? Creative Commons License
  • Further information

    Link: http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1517840
    Resource type: Image
    Added by: Simon Cotterill
    Last modified: 1 year, 6 months ago
    Viewed: 138 times
    Picture Taken: 2009-09-24
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