Sainsbury's, Clapham High Street
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Sainsbury's, Clapham High Street
Image: © Richard Rogerson Taken: 21 Feb 2009
A horse tram depot was originally built here in 1885 and converted for electric trams in 1904. The sheds were badly damaged during the war and were rebuilt in 1950 as a bus garage. In 1958 the garage closed and two years later it was used by the Museum of British Transport, until 1973. From 1979 to 1987 it was a bus garage again until it ended its days as an indoor go-kart operation. In 1996 all of this went to be replaced by a Sainsbury’s superstore. (http://claphamhighstreet.co.uk/Content/chshistory.htm)
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Image Location
Latitude
51.461845
Longitude
-0.135837