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This is the third post about the Docks Railway in King's Lynn.
https://rogerfarnworth.com/2018/10/0...-branch-part-3 The post covers the area around Bentinck Dock and has some detail about the Savage's Works on the East side of the dock. Savage's were internationally renowned for their steam-powered fairground attractions. |
Had an exceptional busy weekend, but just found and posted in Gallery. Please copy if required, but credit me? Thank you.
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Thank you, Bramleyman.
It is a great image and shows the approach to the John Kennedy Road Crossing with the Pilot Cinema to the left of the line and St. Nicholas' Chapel Spire beyond. I will include it in my blog with a credit to you. Best wishes Roger |
Thank you very much. If I remember rightly, I took it in late 1980's/early 1990's.
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I have included the approximate date. Thank you.
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You are most welcome Roger.
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A few random bits and pieces which relate to the docks railways in King's Lynn ....
http://rogerfarnworth.com/2018/11/06...-miscellaneous |
One of the directors of the Docks and Harbour Railways in King's Lynn was William Burkitt, a self-made local business man who had the means to order his own locomotive from Alfred Dodman & Company of Kings Lynn. The loco was named 'Gazelle'. This is the story of that locomotive. It pulls, Colonel Stephens, King's Lynn and the Shropshire and Montgomery Light Railway into one story!
http://rogerfarnworth.com/2019/07/21/gazelle |
There is a lot more to cover about the railways in and around King's Lynn. This post gives a flavour of what is to come in due course.
http://rogerfarnworth.com/2019/10/21...-in-kings-lynn There is a significant length of the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway, the branch to Hunstanton, the original length of the line from Gaywood towards Bawsey and a number of quarry and other short lines, without even considering the main line towards Ely. When time permits. .............. |
Thanks for that Roger.
Looking at the aerial photo of South Lynn station, I hadn't realised just how close to the river it was. I'm hoping to fly my drone round there soon, before the new Nar-Ouse Way development swallows the remaining evidence. Cheers, BW. |
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