Beckermet Mines | |
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| General information | |
| Location | West of Haile, Cumbria, Copeland England |
| Coordinates | 54°27′51″N 3°30′22″W / 54.4642°N 3.5060°W |
| Grid reference | NY024086 |
| Platforms | Unknown |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | LNWR & FR Joint Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 15 January 1912 | opened for workmen's services |
| after 1923 | Closed[1][2] |
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Beckermet Mines railway station was situated at Pit No.1 of the mine of the same name. It was used by workmen's trains which travelled along a branch which curved eastwards off the Moor Row to Sellafield line, primarily to handle the iron ore lifted at the site.[3][4]
The mine was opened in 1903 in open country west of the hamlet of Haile, Cumbria, England. The site's surroundings remained rural in 2013.
- ^ Croughton, Kidner & Young 1982, p. 45.
- ^ Butt 1995, p. 30.
- ^ Jowett 1989, Map 36.
- ^ Robinson 1985, p. 70.