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SK0835 : Site of UK's first Automatic Half Barrier level crossing, Spath, Staffordshire

near to Stramshall, Staffordshire, Great Britain

Site of UK's first Automatic Half Barrier level crossing, Spath, Staffordshire

Looking southwest, taken from the point where the railway used to cross this minor road, the crossing being the first in the UK to be converted to Automatic Half Barrier operation in 1961. Practically no trace of the crossing remains apart from a few concrete foundations for the east side barrier

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2005

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Grid Square: SK0835, 4 images (more nearby)
Photographer: Simon Johnson (find more nearby)
Image classification: Geograph
Date Taken: Saturday, 12 November, 2005 (more nearby)
Submitted: Saturday, 12 November, 2005
Category: Site of former level crossing (more nearby)
Subject Location: OSGB36: SK 086 353 [100m precision]
WGS84: 52:54.9034N 1:52.4132W