A recess in a brick retaining wall
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The photograph on this page of A recess in a brick retaining wall by Walter Baxter as part of the Geograph project.
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A recess in a brick retaining wall
Image: © Walter Baxter Taken: 16 Jan 2011
These recesses, 1100mm wide by 260mm deep by 1830mm high at the highest point, were built at 15m intervals in a brick retaining wall on the southeast side of Ladhope Tunnel on the former Waverley Railway Line. They were designed to provide a refuge for surface workers (the recess could accommodate two men) should they be surprised by an oncoming train. The wall, 15m high at the highest point, was built after a landslip closed the line in 1916. The line was closed in 1969 and this part of the former route is now a footpath known as the Black Path. For a wider view of the path and a wall recess, see Image The reinstatement of the line from Edinburgh to Tweedbank is scheduled to commence in 2011 with a completion date of 2014.
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Image Location
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55.619497
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-2.810068