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Saturday 2 January 2021

Pictures Still Keep Cropping Up

I am sure I have mentioned from time to time in this Blog that few pictures exist of the water tower as it was in its day such a commonplace building barely worth the cost of film.  Yet a couple more have appeared today courtesy of historian Nigel Mussett:


Above ; a sad and neglected water tower with trees starting to invade the coal yard.  The electric street light is at least functional

Below:  the south end of Settle station showing the now re-located signal box then standing by the large goods shed.   The platform was the still gas-lit and the up line water crane, fed from the water tower, can be seen:


Pictures - WR Mitchell collection
 

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