The Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway and Dock Act, 1855
WHEREAS the making of a Railway from the Port Carlisle Railway in the Township of Drumburgh in the Parish of Bowness in the County of Cumberland to or near to the Coat Lighthouse, near Silloth Bay in the Parish of Holme Cultram in the said County, and the Construction of a Dock at Silloth Bay aforesaid, with a Pier or Jetty extending into the Sea, for the landing and embarking of Passengers and Goods, would be attended with local and public Advantage: And whereas the Persons herein-after name...