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1.—“Royal Scot” train, near Shap summit, Engine No. 6134 “Samson” British Locomotives Illustrated (1933)

Among the outstanding features of British Railway operation of to-day is the development of the long distance non-stop run. This has been made possible by water-troughs, enabling an engine to replenis [...]

Keywords: railways, transport, engines, steam engines, trains, shap, colour

Places shown: Shap; Cumbria; England

Added: 2010-02-09

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Furness Abbey. The Story of Some English Shires (1897)

[...] at the time of the Domesday survey [c.A.D. 1080] therewas no county of Lancashire, but the three portions which the county now contains lay scattered. The district of Cartmell had been detache [...]

Keywords: ruins, arches, norman architecture, abbeys, greyscale

Places shown: Barrow-in-Furness; Cumbria; England

Added: 2010-10-01

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