Old Telegraph post
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Old Telegraph post
Image: © Gerald England Taken: 1 Feb 2010
On the Trans Pennine Trail near Dowson Road which follows the route of the former the Godley Junction to Apethorn Railway. This is not, as sometimes thought, an old signal but a telegraph pole - connected with signalling, but not actually a signal itself. On the top arms it is possible to see the 'J' shaped hooks onto which the porcelain insulators would be screwed to hold the wires. Below the top arms are slots where further arms would have been slotted in and attached.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.443376
Longitude
-2.076441