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Edward Sankey's shop in Duke Street, Barrow in Furness over from Fleetwood and have the prints ready before their return from the Lakes in the evening. Edward Sankey was appointed an official photographer to the Furness Railway Company which led to recording disasters such as the Vedra explosion of 1914 and the Millom train wreck of 1913.
Barrow-in-Furness is a port town and civil parish (as just "Barrow") in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England. Historically in Lancashire, it was incorporated as a municipal borough in 1867 and merged with Dalton-in-Furness Urban District in 1974 to form the Borough of Barrow-in-Furness.
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St. George's Square is a conservation area and is flanked by a number of listed buildings. Amongst the most notable buildings located in St. George's Square are the former headquarters of the Furness Railway and Barrow's first permanent train station which were completed in 1863, [1] however this was replaced by Barrow Central Station a mere 20 years later.
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It later became Roose Hospital but was closed in the 1980s with the opening of Furness General Hospital, and later demolished. The site is now mostly a housing development. A multiple sports venue called Little Park existed from the 1880s until the late 1930s and hosted Barrow Raiders, Barrow Bombers and Barrow A.F.C. at various times. [4] [5] [6]
The company was founded in 1871 by James Ramsden as the Iron Shipbuilding Company, but its name was soon changed to Barrow Shipbuilding Company. [ 1 ] In 1897, Vickers & Sons bought the Barrow Shipbuilding Company and its subsidiary the Maxim Nordenfelt Guns and Ammunition Company , becoming Vickers, Sons and Maxim Limited. [ 2 ]