EPW000877 ENGLAND (1920). Kennet and Avon Canal, Huntley and Palmers Biscuit Factory, and the railway, Reading, 1920
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| Title | [EPW000877] Kennet and Avon Canal, Huntley and Palmers Biscuit Factory, and the railway, Reading, 1920 |
| Reference | EPW000877 |
| Date | May-1920 |
| Link | |
| Place name | READING |
| Parish | |
| District | |
| Country | ENGLAND |
| Easting / Northing | 472313, 173540 |
| Longitude / Latitude | -0.95911263013689, 51.455727207083 |
| National Grid Reference | SU723735 |
Pins
 Forbury Gardens / Interesting Lion Statue |
 Robert Tims |
Tuesday 27th of August 2013 03:15:28 PM |
| GWR Signal Works. |
 Norman W |
Saturday 20th of October 2012 03:09:35 PM |
| Caversham Lock & Weir on the River Thames. |
Norman W |
Saturday 29th of September 2012 08:33:03 PM |
| With the number of chimneys on the Huntley & Palmers site, this may well be factory coal. |
Norman W |
Saturday 29th of September 2012 08:26:36 PM |
| Old Caversham Bridge. Present bridge opened 1926. |
Norman W |
Saturday 29th of September 2012 08:24:00 PM |
| Reading Town Hall & Museum. |
Norman W |
Saturday 29th of September 2012 08:19:51 PM |
| Kings Meadow open air swimming baths. |
Norman W |
Friday 28th of September 2012 09:18:42 PM |
| Reading Abbey Gateway. Still there. |
Norman W |
Friday 28th of September 2012 09:15:19 PM |
| signal box - Reading Main Line West |
Nowy Paul |
Friday 28th of September 2012 04:53:13 PM |
| This might be the Huntley and Palmer shunting engine in the factory sidings. There seems to large amounts of coal stacked between the sidings below and above this location. |
 Maurice |
Saturday 22nd of September 2012 11:13:32 PM |
| The only remaining building of the Huntley and Palmer Biscuit Factory that remains today. |
Maurice |
Saturday 22nd of September 2012 11:11:10 PM |
| Freight connecting lines going under the GWR mainline. This route is shortly to return to use as part of the modernisation of Reading station to allow trains from the north side to join the Guildford/Waterloo lines without crossing the mainline from Paddington on the level. |
Maurice |
Saturday 22nd of September 2012 11:02:10 PM |
| Lines connecting the SECR to the GWR, mostly used for through passenger workings. |
Maurice |
Saturday 22nd of September 2012 10:59:02 PM |
| Reading Prison... perhaps better know as Reading Jail as in the 'Ballad of Reading Jail'. |
Maurice |
Saturday 22nd of September 2012 10:54:46 PM |
Just for info....started in 1844, completed and opened in about 1846. Massively over budget at £46,000. Will move its last prisoner out in November 2013 and close on 20/12/2013. Might get a 'stay of execution' but unlikely. |
Bob |
Wednesday 27th of November 2013 11:01:23 PM |
| Blakes Lock. Kennet & Avon Canal. |
Norman W |
Saturday 22nd of September 2012 03:09:09 PM |
| Railway Water Tower. |
Norman W |
Saturday 22nd of September 2012 03:06:11 PM |
| Vastern Road Coal Yard. |
Norman W |
Saturday 22nd of September 2012 03:01:47 PM |
| Reading Corporation Electricity Power Station. |
Norman W |
Saturday 22nd of September 2012 02:59:40 PM |
| Railway to London Paddington |
MB |
Friday 21st of September 2012 07:14:45 PM |
| Railway to Bristol and South Wales |
MB |
Friday 21st of September 2012 07:14:14 PM |
| Railway to Newbury, Taunton, Plymouth |
MB |
Friday 21st of September 2012 07:13:47 PM |
| Signalbox |
MB |
Friday 21st of September 2012 07:12:58 PM |
| Signalbox |
MB |
Friday 21st of September 2012 07:12:00 PM |
Reading Middle |
Nowy Paul |
Friday 28th of September 2012 04:59:31 PM |
| Signalbox |
MB |
Friday 21st of September 2012 07:11:31 PM |
Reading Main line East |
Nowy Paul |
Friday 28th of September 2012 04:58:07 PM |
| Reading Station - London & South Western Railway |
MB |
Friday 21st of September 2012 07:10:39 PM |
In 1920 the terminal station in Reading, that later become the Southern station, belonged to the South Eastern and Chatham Railway. It was at the end of the line from Redhill via Guildford. Trains of the London and South Western Railway from Waterloo to Reading also terminated here having joined the SECR's line at Wokingham. The station was closed in September 1965 and the traffic moved to new platforms at the south-eastern corner of the main Reading station in a long over due rationalisation. The site was cleared and developed for offices. |
Maurice |
Saturday 22nd of September 2012 10:49:23 PM |
| Reading Station - Great Western Railway |
MB |
Friday 21st of September 2012 07:09:59 PM |
| Signalbox |
MB |
Friday 21st of September 2012 07:09:01 PM |
Spur Junction |
Nowy Paul |
Friday 28th of September 2012 04:56:33 PM |
| Tank engine on shunting duties |
MB |
Friday 21st of September 2012 07:08:28 PM |