Croydon Corporation tramways duct cover, Brigstock Road, Thornton Heath
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Croydon Corporation tramways duct cover, Brigstock Road, Thornton Heath
Image: © Christopher Hilton Taken: 11 Jul 2011
Croydon Corporation's tram route no.2 ran from the Greyhound pub in central Croydon to Thornton Heath High Street, via London Road and Brigstock Road. In 1933 the Corporation's trams, along with those of the London County Council and other networks in the capital, were taken over by London Transport, so this duct cover has been in the pavement since the early 1930s at the latest. (Following the takeover, this route became London Transport's route 42.) There is a run of these duct covers all along the north side of Brigstock Road, which is something of a museum of old covers once one starts staring at the pavement whilst walking!
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Image Location
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51.396021
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-0.107895