2006

NY5710 : Shap Summit

taken 18 years ago, 4 km SW of Oddendale, Cumbria, England

Shap Summit
Shap Summit
The Lancaster and Carlisle Railway engineered by Joseph Locke managed to negotiate the Cumbrian fells without the need for a tunnel, but the incline from Tebay at 1 in 75 ended in this deep cutting through the summit ridge.

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Category: Railway
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Shap Summit [8] · Railway [2] · Tebay [2] ·
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NY5710, 11 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Don Burgess   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 11 June, 2006   (more nearby)
Submitted
Friday, 9 November, 2007
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NY 573 107 [100m precision]
WGS84: 54:29.4061N 2:39.6037W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NY 571 107
View Direction
East-southeast (about 112 degrees)
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Image classification(about): Geograph (First for NY5710) · First in 5 Years (TPoint) (about)
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