1966
ST7660 : Midford Station & signal box
taken 59 years ago, near to South Stoke, Bath And North East Somerset, England
This is 1 of 4 images, with title starting with Midford Station in this square
Midford Station & signal box
Midford was the first station from Bath on the Somerset & Dorset Railway. I'm standing at the start of the viaduct and just behind me is the point at which the single track became double for the climb over the Mendips. Everything looks tidy and in order, but this is deceptive - the railway had closed almost 3 months previously and only demolition trains will now pass this way.
The flat-roofed signal box is unusual; it dates from a rebuilding of 1936 when a runaway train partly demolished the original.
The flat-roofed signal box is unusual; it dates from a rebuilding of 1936 when a runaway train partly demolished the original.
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- Grid Square
- ST7660, 119 images (more nearby 🔍)
- Photographer
- Martin Tester (more nearby)
- Date Taken
- 30 May 1966 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Tuesday, 19 March, 2019
- Subject Location
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OSGB36:
ST 7605 6068 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:20.6816N 2:20.7148W - Camera Location
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OSGB36: ST 7607 6064
- View Direction
- North-northwest (about 337 degrees)
