Lot
111
Lot 111
Documents - Cumberland - Carrs Flour Mills - Silloth. 1864-1...
Hammer
£75
Documents - Cumberland - Carrs Flour Mills - Silloth. 1864-1908. Documents, bundle of correspondence (1886), etc. relating to the land from Silloth Bay & Dock Co. to North British Railway Co. & 1886 conveyance & documents to the land to Henry, James & Richard Carr to build a flour mill, together with ground plan of the site & 1908 bundle of correspondence & documents, mortgages of the mills to The Clydesdale Bank Ltd. & related items. Fascinating local history item. Quantity in a box. Silloth was the creation of Carlisle & Silloth Bay Railway & Dock Co., established 1854 with the intention of providing Carlisle with port for ocean going ships. Railway linking Carlisle to Silloth built 1856 & wet dock constructed 1857-9. New dock opened 1885 & port flourished between then & First World War. Early industries included Carr's Flour Mill, built 1887, processing grain imported from North America, ensuring port's survival.
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