Commemorative plaque on former booking-hall of S&D Railway, Stockton

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Commemorative plaque on former booking-hall of S&D Railway, Stockton

Image: © Walter Dendy, deceased Taken: 18 Apr 1954

'Here in 1825 the Stockton and Darlington Railway Company booked the first passenger, thus marking an epoch in the history of mankind'. The plaque can be seen on the side wall of Image From StreetView it had been removed from the building by October 2014.

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54.558692
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-1.310468