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Thurso, Janet Street, Engine Shed
Engine Shed (19th Century), Railway Turntable (19th Century)
Site Name Thurso, Janet Street, Engine Shed
Classification Engine Shed (19th Century), Railway Turntable (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Thurso Railway Station
Canmore ID 303014
Site Number ND16NW 60.02
NGR ND 11268 67758
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/303014
- Council Highland
- Parish Thurso
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND16NW 60.02 11268 67758
The now demolished single road engine shed was situated about 162m S of Thurso Station (ND16NW 60.00) and W of the S end of Janet Street. Stone built, with a gables and slated roof.
Built by the Sutherland and Caithness Railway, and opened in July 1874, later used by the Highland Railway Company. A railway turntable was situated about 30m SW of the engine shed. The building was closed to railway use in 1962, but continued in use as a carpet store until the late 1990's. It has now been demolished.
The engine shed is depicted and annotated 'Engine Shed' on the 2nd Edition of the 25-inch OS map (Caithness, 1906, sheets 5.2, 5.15).
The engine shed has been incorrectly associated with a site within the present Auction Mart (see ND16NW 268).
Information from RCAHMS (DE), March 2010.
R Griffiths and P Smith 2000.
