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Post by tonymitchell on Jun 14, 2021 16:18:45 GMT
Does anyone know any history surrounding a former overbridge backing onto Cavendish Avenue to the North and the David Lloyd complex to the South? The vertical abutments are extant. I have tried Googling, to no avail. This video at 44:06 shows it clearly. Google Earth imagery from 1945 shows the full structure intact. |
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Post by slugabed on Jun 14, 2021 16:45:31 GMT
Looking back through old OS maps show it as "there" from at least the pre-war period onwards,but no indication of its function. Certainly odd as on the one side there appears to be a substantial earthen ramp,on the other access to the service alley behind the houses in Cavendish Ave. I suspect an accommodation bridge of some sort? Whose real function disappeared when the farmland was built over? maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=19&lat=51.55762&lon=-0.34125&layers=173&right=BingHyb |
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Post by Hutch on Jun 21, 2021 12:50:46 GMT
On This map, the bridge can be seen to be an accommodation crossing between a farm to the south of the line and a field north of it. Housing made it redundant. |
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Post by jimbo on Jun 22, 2021 5:05:45 GMT
On This map, the bridge can be seen to be an accommodation crossing between a farm to the south of the line and a field north of it. Housing made it redundant. Interesting that South Harrow shows with no sidings at all! |
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Post by t697 on Jun 22, 2021 10:15:25 GMT
Yes that is odd, given the map date of 1912. There are pictures of South Harrow sidings even with a shed on at least one road much earlier than that.
Rather impressive though is the track layout and sidings showing at Sudbury Hill, Harrow on the Great Central, now Chiltern.
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Post by Tom on Jun 22, 2021 19:01:33 GMT
Is it possible that the shed at South Harrow was a bit of a stop-gap until Ealing Common depot was complete in about 1905?
ISTR the photographs of South Harrow shed that I've seen showed a corrugated sheet construction which looked a bit temporary.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2021 8:03:58 GMT
It was a temporary building and was replaced by Mill Hill Park (Ealing Common) in 1905. I believe it lasted a for a time beyond the opening of Ealing Common as I have seen reference in Traffic Notices c.1910 about the movement and storage of Picc Line Gate Stock cars in under cover accommodation.
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