The Sand Pits

A Harrington Ironworks loco with the Furness Railway Co's wagon no. 712 loaded with sand standing on the Harrington & Lowca Light Railway. These pictures date from around 1900.



A fully loaded train pulling out of the Holme Crescent sand pit

The sand pits showing the rear of Church Road Terrace
and the church with it's pre-1906 low tower.

The site of the sand pits and the railway bridge as it appears today.