Maryport and Carlisle Railway Plans

Twelve drawings in four rolls of plans for the Maryport and Carlisle Railway. Includes 6 colour drawings of deposited plans for Act of Parliament 1837 showing the route of the railway and land ownership. Four colour drawings of the railway from 1851. Two further colour drawings of the railway on tracing paper dated 1853.

The Maryport and Carlisle Railway opened in stages from 1840 until 1845, linking the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway (the first railway to arrive in Carlisle) to the town of Maryport, a small port on the Solway Firth. The primary purpose of the railway was to transport coal from local collieries to the port. The railway is now part of the Cumbrian Coast Line.

The drawings include the deposited plans submitted to Parliament for approval on the railway by an Act in 1837. The drawings are highly detailed with some of them being almost 5 metres long. Some of the drawings include details of the landowners along the route of the railway.