Barrow-in-Furness is the station beyond Vicarstown.
History[]
In 1839 Henry Schneider arrived as a young speculator and dealer in iron, and he discovered large deposits of haematite in 1850. He and other investors founded the Furness Railway, the first section of which opened in 1846, to transport the ore from the slate quarries at Kirkby-in-Furness and haematite mines at Lindal-in-Furness and Askam and Ireleth to a deep-water harbour near Roa Island.[15] The crucial and difficult link across Morecambe Baybetween Ulverston and Carnforth on the main line was promoted, as the Ulverston and Lancaster Railway, by a group led by John Brogden and opened in 1857. It was promptly purchased by the Furness Railway.
The docks built between 1863 and 1881 in the more sheltered channel between the mainland and Barrow Island replaced the port at Roa Island. The first dock to open was Devonshire Dock in 1867, and Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone stated his belief that "Barrow would become another Liverpool". The increasing quantities of iron ore mined in Furness were then brought into the centre of Barrow to be transported by sea.
The Sodor and Mainland Railway started their construction at this station in the mid-to-late 1850s.
In the days of the Big Four, Gordon and Reginald took passengers to this station for their respective companies' stations from Sodor.
Reginald once made fun of Gordon being 2 minutes late but then Reginald blew his safety valve and was made fun of by Gordon and Alfred.
Edward and Eric would take their trainloads of scrap from the Knapford Harbour renovations in 1937 to the Scrapyard here.
The unused sidings next to the station were the site of Peter's trial from September 11th to the 14th of 1949.
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