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SITE LISTINGS History Of Barrow Island - Barrow-in-Furness - Barrow Island past and present. History of Whitehaven - Whitehaven - Find out how the town helped to develop the coal and shipbuilding industries, and its links with America. Museums and Memorials Cumberland Pencil Museum - Keswick - Tells the story of pencils and pencil making, with information on the history of graphite mining in the area and machinery displays. Haig Colliery Mining Museum - Whitehaven - Tells the history of 700 years of coal mining history, which ended in 1986 when Haig Pit closed. Kendal Museum - Kendal - Founded in 1796 and tells the story of Kendal and the Lake District including local archaeology, history, geology, and natural history.

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