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WIGHT (Isle of) RAILWAY, a railway in the Isle of Wight: from Ryde 12 miles south-by-westward to Ventnor. It was authorized in 1860; and was opened to Shanklin in 1864, to Ventnor in 1866. Power was obtained in 1863 for an extension of 15¾ miles from Wrexall to Newport; and in 1865 for several other extensions for aggregately 13¼ miles.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a railway" (ADL Feature Type: "railroad features") |
| Administrative units: | Hampshire Ancient County |
| Place: | the Isle of Wight |
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