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Downham Market: Railway Signal Box
Heritage Open Day: Still pulling the right levers since the 19th Century! Listed Grade II in 2013, this pretty green and yellow signal box was built in 1881 by Saxby and Farmer.
Still in use today this little wooden building might not look like much at first glance but it houses an original mechanical rocker lever frame installed when Queen Victoria was still on the throne. It is one of the few of its kind left in the country. Inside there are polished wooden floors, tidy rows of colour-coded levers, and windows offering a front-row seat to the railway action. Its notched bargeboards and window sashes without horizontal glazing bars indicate that it’s of the GER type 2 design. It's living proof...that some things - when they're built right - stand the test of time.
Still in use today this little wooden building might not look like much at first glance but it houses an original mechanical rocker lever frame installed when Queen Victoria was still on the throne. It is one of the few of its kind left in the country. Inside there are polished wooden floors, tidy rows of colour-coded levers, and windows offering a front-row seat to the railway action. Its notched bargeboards and window sashes without horizontal glazing bars indicate that it’s of the GER type 2 design. It's living proof...that some things - when they're built right - stand the test of time.
Today
Downham Market Railway Station, Railway Road, Downham Market, Norfolk PE38 9EN
Sun 21 Sep:10-4pm; Free Entry.
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