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London Road, CARLISLE, CA1 2NG

These marks appear to be Ordnance Survey cut mark benchmarks, and shown on 1888-1913 Map as levelled at 88.8 feet above Liverpool Datum

There are two benchmarks Image on the coping stones of the stone wall at the left hand side of the image

The northern end of the Settle to Carlisle railway had been closed since February 2016, due to a major landslip near Armathwaite (location NY4949 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5170658 ). After months of complex engineering work, this was the first day that train services through to Carlisle were resumed. To celebrate the reopening of the line, Flying Scotsman was chartered by the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway http://kwvr.co.uk/ for a special return trip from Oxenhope. For more information, see BBC News http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-39447835 . Photo taken from London Road bridge. Raised track on the left is beside the former London Road Goods Station http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2530114 .

Ordnance Survey documents indicate that a benchmark was levelled at 69.808 feet above Liverpool Datum on the back of the bridge 4.54 feet above rail level during the 1841-1844 Liverpool to Port Carlisle 1GL Survey. See www.bench-marks.org.uk/bm38812

A rusty cast iron post from the Edwardian era, located near the junction of London Road (A6) and Trevor Street. Used to mark the location of underground telephone cables or joints. For more detail, see photo of an identical post about 35m along the street Image Two more of these markers can be seen further out of town, on London Road at Harraby http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5222640 & http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5222642. UPDATE : This marker post has now been removed. It was present in Google Street View images in March 2019, but by September 2020 the post had gone, leaving just a dark mark on the wall behind where it was - see https://goo.gl/maps/TrLBLC9vjnRvEv9s9 .

The railway running out towards the south.

A look at the ex rail served depot that is now disused.

A cast iron post once used to mark the location of underground telephone cables. For more detail, see Image . Located on London Road (A6) below Summer Hill. The junction with Trevor Street can be seen at end of this wall - there is an identical post there http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5222637 . Two more examples spotted on London Road at Harraby http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5222640 & http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5222642 .

For location, see Image . At the top of the cast iron post is a crown and the initials ER - pretty sure this dates it to the reign of Edward VII (1901-1910). Originally there would have been numbers attached showing the distance in feet and inches to a buried telephone cable or junction. The arrow symbol was an official identifier of government property. At the time this was installed much of the telephone network in the UK, including all trunk lines, was run by the General Post Office http://www.britishtelephones.com/histuk.htm . Later cable markers (made of concrete) had 'GPO' stamped upon them - see Image .

The former tram depot (see: Image]) has been sold and work is progressing on refurbishment.