Gunhouse Wharf railway station
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Gunhouse Wharf railway station was a station in Gunness
, Lincolnshire
. It was built by the Trent, Ancholme and Grimsby Railway
to serve a small wharf on the River Trent
. It left the main line at Gunhouse Junction, the main line making an end-on junction with the South Yorkshire Railway
's line to Doncaster which had been extended over the River Trent by means of Keadby Swing Bridge.
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Gunness
Gunness is a civil parish and small village situated on the east bank of the River Trent and deriving its name from forming a ness or promontory in the River Trent....
, Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire is a county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders...
. It was built by the Trent, Ancholme and Grimsby Railway
Trent, Ancholme and Grimsby Railway
The Trent, Ancholme and Grimsby Railway was a railway line in north Lincolnshire which commenced at an end on junction with the South Yorkshire Railway where that railway crossed the river Trent near the village of Gunhouse. This was known as Gunhouse Junction but the village has become known as...
to serve a small wharf on the River Trent
River Trent
The River Trent is one of the major rivers of England. Its source is in Staffordshire on the southern edge of Biddulph Moor. It flows through the Midlands until it joins the River Ouse at Trent Falls to form the Humber Estuary, which empties into the North Sea below Hull and Immingham.The Trent...
. It left the main line at Gunhouse Junction, the main line making an end-on junction with the South Yorkshire Railway
South Yorkshire Railway
The South Yorkshire Railway was a railway company which was based in the south of the former West Riding of Yorkshire, England. Its first section of line opened on 10 November 1849 between Swinton Junction and Doncaster...
's line to Doncaster which had been extended over the River Trent by means of Keadby Swing Bridge.