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Friday, November 22nd, 2024
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Solway Firth
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An arm of the Irish Sea, and in its upper part forming the estuary of the river Esk, separating Cumberland from the S. of Scotland (Kirkcudbright and Dumfries); stretches inland from Balcarry Point 36 m., and from 2 to 20 m. broad; receives the Annan, Dee, Nith, Eden, and Derwent, and has valuable salmon-fishings; the spring tides ebb and flow with remarkable rapidity, the "bore" often reaching a speed of from 8 to 10 m. an hour; is spanned near Annan by a railway viaduct 1960 yards long.
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Solway Firth'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/s/solway-firth.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Solway Firth'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/s/solway-firth.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
