Disused level crossing and Bacup line trackbed
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The photograph on this page of Disused level crossing and Bacup line trackbed by Peter Whatley as part of the Geograph project.
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Disused level crossing and Bacup line trackbed
Image: © Peter Whatley Taken: 3 Jun 1972
The view from the platform end at Rawtenstall station on the final day of British Rail operation, June 3rd 1972. The trackbed which had led to Bacup is now a road and most of the buildings, particularly the former cotton mills, have gone too.
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Image Location
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53.698677
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-2.289555