PHOTO ARTWORK AND SEAT AT THE RAILWAY BRIDGE WESTGATE CLECKHEATON THE PLAQUE RE

Description: EXTRA INFOPHOTO ARTWORK AND SEAT AT THE RAILWAY BRIDGE WESTGATE CLECKHEATON THE PLAQUE READS: A ROAR LIKE THUNDERON THE EVENING OF 22 JUNE 1928 SEVEN COAL WAGONS PLUNGED OFF THIS RAILWAY BRIDGE INTO WESTGATE.A COAL TRAIN WAS BEING SHUNTED INTO SIDINGS TO MAKE WAY FOR THE LONDON EXPRESS. A COUPLING BROKE AND THE WAGONS RAN AWAY MAKING A SOUND LIKE A FEARFUL ROLL OF THUNDER.THEY CRASHED THROUGH THE BUFFERS AND LANDED ON THE BUTCHERS SHOP THAT STOOD HERE FLATTENING IT. MIRACULOUSLY NO-ONE WAS INJURED BUT THE CLOUD OF COAL DUST TURNED SEVERAL PEOPLE BLACK AS INK.SPEN VALLEY CIVIC SOCIETY CLEANED THIS BRIDGE AND TIDIED THIS CORNER FUNDED BY BIFFAWARD AND KIRKLEES M.C. 2006 COPYRIGHT (Photograph and text in Extra Info) HUMPHREY BOLTON PHOTO PAPER THICKNESS NORMAL PHOTOGRAPH THICKNESS NOTES REF NO HBV-6282 PHOTO SIZE SIZE 6 X 4 inches CONDITION: SOME CROPPING OR WHITE LINES TOP/BOTTOM MAY OCCUR DUE TO PHOTO RATIO WATERMARK IF PRESENT ON THE IMAGE WILL NOT APPEAR ON ITEM SENT TO YOU: NOTES This is a print and supply service for an image that is COPYRIGHT (Photograph and text in Extra Info) Humphrey Bolton obtained from GEOGRAPH and licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic License MANY OTHER ITEMS ARE BEING ADDED TO MY SHOP DAILY

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Type: Photographs

Theme: Topographical

Sub-Theme: England

Number of Items: Single

Period: 1945 - Present

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