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A standard gauge gravity-worked line for the Liskard and Looe Canal using horses for the uphill run was opened from Moorswater to South Caradon in 1844. It was extended to Cheesewring in 1846. <ref>Encyclopedia of British Railway Companies by Christopher Awdry. Published 1990</ref> | |||
1860 The company was incorporated. <ref>The Stock Exchange Year Book 1908</ref> | |||
1862 The company worked the [[Liskeard and Looe Railway]] and leased it in 1901. | |||
1923 Became part of the [[Great Western Railway]]. <ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_constituents_of_the_Great_Western_Railway] Wikipedia</ref> | |||
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of Liskeard, Cornwall
A standard gauge gravity-worked line for the Liskard and Looe Canal using horses for the uphill run was opened from Moorswater to South Caradon in 1844. It was extended to Cheesewring in 1846. [1]
1860 The company was incorporated. [2]
1862 The company worked the Liskeard and Looe Railway and leased it in 1901.
1923 Became part of the Great Western Railway. [3]
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