N8767 : Gypsum train, Navan
taken 45 years ago, near to An Uaimh, Donaghmore, The Little Furze and Kilcarn, Meath, Ireland
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Gypsum train, Navan
CIE locomotive no 057 awaiting departure from Navan with a laden gypsum train from Kingscourt.
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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- Grid Square
- N8767, 26 images (more nearby
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- Photographer
- Albert Bridge (find more nearby)
- Date Taken
- Monday, 9 May, 1977 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Wednesday, 21 March, 2012
- Geographical Context
- Subject Location
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Irish:
N 871 674 [100m precision]
WGS84: 53:38.9684N 6:40.9681W - Camera Location
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Irish:
N 871 674
- View Direction
- West-southwest (about 247 degrees)
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