N8468 : Railway, Tara Mines near Navan
taken 40 years ago, near to Navan, Co Meath, Ireland
The Drogheda - Navan - Kingscourt railway :: O0974
Opened, in sections, by four railway companies between 1850 and 1875. Drogheda – Navan closed to passengers in 1958, Navan – Kingscourt in 1947. There are two short branches – to Platin cement factory at Drogheda and the Tara mines at Navan. The Navan – Kingscourt section handled gypsum trains until 2001. The line still serves the Tara mines.
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- N8468, 2 images (more nearby )
- Photographer
- Albert Bridge (find more nearby)
- Date Taken
- Friday, 27 April, 1984 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Friday, 19 December, 2008
- Category
- Railway (more nearby)
- Subject Location
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Irish: N 848 681 [100m precision]
WGS84: 53:39.3574N 6:43.0252W - Camera Location
- Irish: N 849 680
- View Direction
- West-northwest (about 292 degrees)
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