Widnes East signal box seen shortly after it had suffered a fire on 5 April 1987. This BR LM15 type box had replaced a CLC box dating from 1891 on 8 April 1956. It was located further west than its predecessor in the fork of Widnes East Junction. The GC & MR Joint Railway had passed to the left of the box.
Photo by Terry Callaghan
Signal Boxes on line in 1896 (Including controlling boxes on the CLC main line) |
Grid Reference (twelve figure) |
Description of location |
Widnes East Junction |
354153,387809 |
Down side of line (south side) to the west of the bridge over South Lane. |
Widnes South Junction |
353671,387128 |
Down side of line (east side) 222 metres to the north of the bridge under Dans Road. |
Sullivan’s Crossing |
353058,385446 |
Down side of line (south side) on the east side of the level crossing. |
Golden Bowl |
352794,385350 |
Up side of line (north side) opposite the Golden Bowl public house. |
Tanhouse Lane Crossing |
352614,385306 |
Up side of line (north side) west side of the level crossing. |
West End Goods |
352015,385157 |
Up side of line (north side) at the western end of Tanhouse Goods Yard. |
Widnes Central |
350807,385018 |
Down side of line (south side) roughly at the mid-point between the western end of Central Station and the bridge over Lowerhouse Lane. |
Moor Lane |
350361,385196 |
Up side of line (north side) west of the junction with the Dock Estate Line but slightly east of the junction with the Landowners Branch. |
Ditton Quarry Junction |
349117,386530 |
Down side of line (south side) at the point where the Ditton Quarry Branch diverged. |
Hough Green Junction |
348763,386525 |
Up side of line (north side) 114 metres west of the actual junction. |
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