Engine Shed, Moretonhampstead
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Engine Shed, Moretonhampstead
Image: © Derek Harper Taken: 2 Feb 2013
"Built circa 1866, by the South Devon Railway Company; engineer Peter Margery" http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1390818&searchtype=mapsearch . The granite building is "A good early example of a broad gauge railway engine shed". It now stands amid the Thompson’s Haulage depot. Behind are bright winter willows. View from the Wray Valley Trail.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.657249
Longitude
-3.758165