Talk:Ramsey Island (Furness)

Ramsey Island

Ramsey Island furness is at east of barrow island and is one of the Islands of furness. It Is part of the docks system (BAE System) with a causeway built to get BAE systems workers cars there on Ramsey Island. Ramsey Island is for loading cargo on to Ships, there is another causeway at North which was built for the resevoir for clean non salty water. It is now linked up to Barrow Island by built bridges, it is acsesible by foot,car and boat and is a public island. Back in 1800 the island was just a grassy island with no population. Today the island has no population whilst it is part of the docks with cargo ships.The island is a council island at barrow in furness because it is part of the docks system. Ramsey Island and Barrow Island are also between Barrow and Walney but have been swallowed up by the town, the shipyard and dock system. An old lady that John knows remembers going to Ramsey Island for picnics but you'd be hard pressed to find it now!