Stop sign at the bottom of Old Pool Bank
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Stop sign at the bottom of Old Pool Bank by Stephen Craven as part of the Geograph project.
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Stop sign at the bottom of Old Pool Bank
Image: © Stephen Craven Taken: 28 Dec 2020
The 'stop' rather than 'give way' is because of the location at a blind bend on a busy main road. The stone structure across the main road is the remains of the abutment of a railway bridge that carried a tramway taking stone from Pool Bank Quarries to the Otley-Ilkley railway line. A full history of the quarries can be found at https://www.poolinwharfedalehistory.co.uk/6-pool-bank-quarries/ and gives the date of construction of the bridge as 1891 and its removal in 1941.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.894517
Longitude
-1.640239