Description: EXTRA INFOPHOTO RUSPIDGE OLD RAILWAY SLEEPERS THE FOREST OF DEAN RAILWAY BETWEEN BULLO AND CINDERFORD WAS ALWAYS A BUSY STRETCH OF LINE. IT MAY HAVE BEEN LESS THAN SIX MILES LONG BUT THE SHEER NUMBER OF INDUSTRIAL SITES - COAL MINES BRICKWORKS TINPLATE WORKS AND QUARRIES - ENSURED THERE WERE A GREAT MANY PRIVATE SIDINGS CONNECTED TO IT AND A STEADY SUPPLY OF FREIGHT TRAFFIC. THIS PICTURE SHOWS THE REMAINS OF ONE OF THESE PRIVATE SIDINGS THE SOUTHERN CONNECTION TO SHAKEMANTLE QUARRY. THE SIDING WAS DISCONNECTED FROM THE MAIN LINE IN JUNE 1953 HAVING FALLEN OUT OF USE SOME YEARS PREVIOUSLY BUT NEARLY 70 YEARS ON THE SLEEPERS CAN STILL BE FOUND QUIETLY ROTTING AWAY. 2020 COPYRIGHT (Photograph and text in Extra Info) JOHN WINDER PHOTO PAPER THICKNESS NORMAL PHOTOGRAPH THICKNESS NOTES REF NO JWV-1519 PHOTO SIZE SIZE 6 X 4 inches CONDITION: SOME CROPPING OR WHITE LINES TOP/BOTTOM MAY OCCUR DUE TO PHOTO RATIO WATERMARK IF PRESENT ON THE IMAGE WILL NOT APPEAR ON ITEM SENT TO YOU: NOTES This is a print and supply service for an image that is COPYRIGHT (Photograph and text in Extra Info) John Winder obtained from GEOGRAPH and licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic License details available here: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ MANY OTHER ITEMS ARE BEING ADDED TO MY SHOP DAILY
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Type: Photographs
Theme: Topographical
Sub-Theme: England
Number of Items: Single
Period: 1945 - Present
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