Water crane [or column] at N end of down platform, Hawick railway station
SC 429919
Description Water crane [or column] at N end of down platform, Hawick railway station
Date 1974
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 429919
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Water crane, Hawick Station, Hawick, Roxburghshire Hawick was the terminus of the Hawick branch of the North British Railway, opened in 1849, but this station dates from the construction of the Border Union Railway from Hawick to Carlisle, which opened in 1862. This view shows a water crane at the south end of the station, which drew water from a large water tank nearby. The leather pipe was used for filling the tenders tanks of steam locomotives. Note the stove used in winter to deter freezing. The building of the line to Carlisle gave the North British its own cross-border route, which it marketed as the Waverley Route. Through trains ran to London via the Midland Railway's Settle & Carlisle line. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H74/58/15
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/429919
File Format (TIF) Tagged Image File Format bitmap
Attribution: © HES. Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume
Licence Type: Permission to Reproduce
You may: copy, display, store and make derivative works [eg documents] solely for licensed personal use at home or solely for licensed educational institution use by staff and students on a secure intranet.
Under these conditions: Display Attribution, No Commercial Use or Sale, No Public Distribution [eg by hand, email, web]
