NY4154 : Old GPO telephone cable marker, London Road (2)
taken 9 years ago, near to Carlisle, Cumbria, England
Old GPO telephone cable marker, London Road (2)
A cast iron post once used to mark the location of underground telephone cables. For more detail, see NY4154 : Old GPO telephone cable marker (2), close up .
Located on London Road (A6) below Summer Hill.
The junction with Trevor Street can be seen at end of this wall - there is an identical post there Link . Two more examples spotted on London Road at Harraby Link & Link .
Derek Pattenson informs us that this marker post was removed some time between March 2019 and September 2020 , leaving just a dark mark on the wall behind where it was.