Cliffs at Redness Point, Whitehaven

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Cliffs at Redness Point, Whitehaven

Image: © Humphrey Bolton Taken: Unknown

I think this was taken from the North Pier lighthouse, but possibly from the West Pier Lighthouse. The quarry on the right was captioned 'Old Quarry' on the 1899 map, but not shown at all on the first edition, c.1870. '

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Image Location

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Latitude
54.557761
Longitude
-3.589436