EPW001420 ENGLAND (1920). Barden Road looking towards Tonbridge Station, Tonbridge, 1920. This image has been produced from a print.

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EPW001420
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EPW001418
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EPW060388
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EPW001424
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EPW062776
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Manylion

Pennawd [EPW001420] Barden Road looking towards Tonbridge Station, Tonbridge, 1920. This image has been produced from a print.
Cyfeirnod EPW001420
Dyddiad 7-June-1920
Dolen
Enw lle TONBRIDGE
Plwyf
Ardal
Gwlad ENGLAND
Dwyreiniad / Gogleddiad 558601, 146078
Hydred / Lledred 0.26994583868914, 51.19136668179
Cyfeirnod Grid Cenedlaethol TQ586461

Pinnau

1920 and 'Tonbridge' the station's name is clearly painted on its roof. Surely, this can only have been intended as a navigation aid for aircraft and airships?

Kentishman
Wednesday 31st of August 2016 06:40:30 AM

Cyfraniadau Grŵp

No aircraft in this image but it dates from 1920 and the station name 'Tonbridge' is clearly painted on its roof. This must be an early example of a navigation aid for aircraft.

Kentishman
Wednesday 31st of August 2016 07:10:46 AM
This image clearly shows Tonbridge's importance as a railway junction. On the top left is the line to and from Ashford, Folkestone and Dover, the line from Royal Tunbridge Wells and Hastings curl in the top left third. At the bottom right, the line curls off to London Bridge, Waterloo and Charing Cross while running straight off to the right is the line to Redhill, Guildford and Reading, opened in 1849 as a link to the Channel ports avoiding London.

Kentishman
Wednesday 31st of August 2016 07:05:43 AM