The preserved and listed Cromer Yard Signal Box at Cromer Station on the Norwich to Sheringham 'Bittern Line' in Norfolk, UK
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4256 x 2832 px | 36 x 24 cm | 14.2 x 9.4 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
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Cromer railway station, Cromer, Norfolk, UKMore information:
Built in 1922 for the Midland and Great Northern Railway, the grade two listed building has been painstakingly restored as a 1960s railway time capsule by the Cromer Railway Signalling group, part of the North Norfolk Railway, following its closure 18 years ago. The signal box is the only surviving Marriott signal box, which is made of reinforced concrete and named after William Marriott who built the line in from Norwich to Cromer in 1887. Very few boxes were renewed during the life of the Midland & Great Northern Railway, but Cromer Yard opened during the 1920s, and was to a very different design to those based on Midland (Massingham) or Great Northern (Langor Bridge) practice. Construction is from concrete blocks, although the front panels are faced with brick. The frame originally contained 29 levers which originally controlled just the station area, but this was enlarged in 1954 to 35.