Monument record MHG1428 - Georgemas Junction Station

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Grid reference Centred ND 1548 5931 (425m by 293m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet ND15NE
Old County CAITHNESS
Civil Parish HALKIRK
Geographical Area CAITHNESS

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(Location cited as ND 154 593). Georgemas Junction Station, opened 1874 by the Sutherland and Caithness Rly.
J R Hume 1977.

This, the most northerly railway junction in the British Isles, is situated at the division of the Wick and Thurso terminal lines of the 'Far North' line of the (former) Highland Rly. It was opened (by the Sutherland and Caithness Rly.) on 28 July 1874.
R V J Butt 1995.

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  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Butt, R V J. 1995. The directory of railway stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present. 102.
  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Hume, J R. 1977. The industrial archaeology of Scotland 2: The Highlands and Islands. Paper (Original). 191.

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Jun 1 2016 10:03AM

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