The port was constructed in 1867 to provide links to Heysham and Fleetwood.
Heysham also had a large outdoor karting track on Heysham Head where racing legend Nigel Mansell used to race in his teenage years.
He was the eldest son of Joseph Snowden and Fanny Ruth Snowden of Morecambe and Heysham, Lancashire.
However, trains to/from Heysham must use the Platform 2 line in order to reverse and gain access to the single track Heysham branch.
She operated on the Douglas to Heysham route until 1930 when she was transferred to the Hull to Zeebrugge services.
For a short time in the 1930s, some passenger services were run by the Northern Counties Committee, between York Road and Donegall Quay, where LMS steamers operated to Heysham.
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He was the son of Dr. John Heysham Gibbon, Sr., and Marjorie Young Gibbon (daughter of General Samuel Young), and came from a long line of medical doctors including his father, grandfather Robert, great-grandfather John and great-great grandfather.