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WEAR-VALLEY RAILWAY, a railway system in Durham; consisting of four sections, the Bishop-Auckland and Weardale, the Wear and Derwent, the Weardale Extension, and the Shildon Tunnel; comprising a productive aggregate of about 44 miles; and incorporated with the Stockton and Darlington.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a railway system" (ADL Feature Type: "railroad features") |
Administrative units: | County Durham AncC |
Place: | Wear Valley |
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