Old and new
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Old and new by Alan Murray-Rust 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.
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Image: © Alan Murray-Rust Taken: 14 Apr 2025
Tram rail during replacement of rails on Fletcher Gate https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/8023715 . The left hand section is the old rail, and careful viewing of the image shows that the rail head is only about one third the thickness of the new rail on the right.
