At the corner of Knott Lane and Dowson Road
Introduction
The photograph on this page of At the corner of Knott Lane and Dowson Road by Gerald England as part of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over 14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
At the corner of Knott Lane and Dowson Road
Image: © Gerald England Taken: 23 Nov 2014
On the left is a litter bin probably dating from the 1990s. The bench has probably been there since Dowson Road was built in the late 1920s. There is a similar bench and bin on the diagonally opposite corner Image The V sign on the wall is typical of other survivors in the area and indicates the presence of a fire hydrant valve Image The boxes on the right are for traffic light control. The green one on the left is an old GEC cabinet. It has a small locked door which in some instances contained the manual operation controls, if any were required. This business was sold to Siemens, who operate it out of Poole. The grey box is one of theirs. In between them is a power pillar -essentially a sawn off lamppost - to give them access to mains power. (Many thanks to Bob Harvey http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/8272 for this information.)
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image Location
Latitude
53.439151
Longitude
-2.076734