2015
NY3857 : Remains of engine turntable, Kingmoor Sidings
taken 11 years ago, near to Grinsdale, Cumbria, England
Remains of engine turntable, Kingmoor Sidings
For nearly 100 years, this site was a busy maintenance depot for steam locomotives. After the depot closed in 1968 the structures were cleared, and the ground was recolonised naturally by vegetation. Today it is the Kingmoor Sidings nature reserve.
The low brick wall of the engine turntable survives, and part of it now functions as a footpath. The 70ft turntable was built in 1903 (information board on site).
Kingmoor Sidings is managed by Carlisle City Council Link
(Archive Link ) ; its website used to have lots of interesting information about the history of the railway depot, sadly now only available from the Wayback Machine Archive Link .
See also NY3857 : Brick in old engine turntable .
The low brick wall of the engine turntable survives, and part of it now functions as a footpath. The 70ft turntable was built in 1903 (information board on site).
Kingmoor Sidings is managed by Carlisle City Council Link
(Archive Link ) ; its website used to have lots of interesting information about the history of the railway depot, sadly now only available from the Wayback Machine Archive Link .See also NY3857 : Brick in old engine turntable .
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- Grid Square
- NY3857, 91 images (more nearby 🔍)
- Photographer
- Rose and Trev Clough (more nearby)
- Date Taken
- Wednesday, 13 May, 2015 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Thursday, 13 August, 2015
- Subject Location
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OSGB36:
NY 387 572 [100m precision]
WGS84: 54:54.3879N 2:57.3984W - Camera Location
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OSGB36: NY 387 573
- View Direction
- SOUTH (about 180 degrees)
