Devoran - level crossing gateposts
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Devoran - level crossing gateposts
Image: © John Gibson Taken: 17 Mar 2009
On the edge of Devoran village, these two granite gateposts once held the crossing gates on the Redruth and Chasewater Railway where it crossed the road from Truro to Penryn and Falmouth. Although the railway closed in 1915 and the metals were taken up in 1919, one of the crossing gates survived here until very recently. The gatekeper's house was demolished in the 1970s.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.213296
Longitude
-5.096855