N8767 : Tara Mines train, Navan (1990)
taken 34 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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- N8767, 26 images (more nearby )
- Photographer
- Albert Bridge (find more nearby)
- Date Taken
- Monday, 27 August, 1990 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Wednesday, 27 February, 2013
- Geographical Context
- Subject Location
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Irish: N 871 673 [100m precision]
WGS84: 53:38.9312N 6:41.0147W - Camera Location
- Irish: N 871 673
- View Direction
- WEST (about 270 degrees)
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