to The Times to query the absence of lifeboats on the steamers.

Connections and acquisitions

Whitehaven and Furness Junction Railway

The Whitehaven and Furness Junction Railway (W&FJR) was completed in November 1851, connecting the Furness Railway to Whitehaven and (on completion of the Bransty tunnel at Whitehaven in 1852) to the West Coast Main Line at Carlisle. In