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Banavie Railway Swing Bridge, New Signal Box
Signal Box (20th Century)
Site Name Banavie Railway Swing Bridge, New Signal Box
Classification Signal Box (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) West Highland Line; Fort William, Railway Signalling Centre
Canmore ID 276204
Site Number NN17NW 19.02
NGR NN 11254 76784
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/276204
- Council Highland
- Parish Kilmallie
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Lochaber
- Former County Inverness-shire
Swing Bridge, engineers Simpson & Wilson, opened 1901 Hand operated, it carries the railway to Mallaig over the canal on a massive steel bowed truss. The wooden signal box nearby (which now controls the whole West Highland Line) is a 1980s replica of the original (station demolished).
Taken from "Western Seaboard: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Mary Miers, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
NN17NW 19.02 11254 76784
Not to be confused with Corpach Signal Box (NN 08557 76784), for which see NN07NE 37.
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OS (GIS) AIB, May 2006.
