High Street Take Away
Introduction
The photograph on this page of High Street Take Away by Jo and Steve Turner as part of the Geograph project.
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High Street Take Away
Image: © Jo and Steve Turner Taken: 23 Oct 2011
This railway wheelhouse plaque reads; "built in the 1880s as accommodation for the level crossing keeper for the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway. From 1926 it housed the machinery and operator for the mechanically operated crossing gates on the approach to the former Lincoln St. Mark's Station. This use ceased in 1985 when the railway closed." In November 1976 the mechanical system was replaced with the control for electrically-operated lifting barriers. It was converted into a newsagents in 1990 and later a take-away café that changed to ‘Mr Chippy’ around 2013. Present building appears to have replaced earlier structure shown on maps pre OS map of 1887 which was more rectangular in plan.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.224476
Longitude
-0.542868