Does anyone have a photo or photos that show the GNR(I) goods yard and its buildings? I’ve attached a close up of notes showing the goods yard. Also schematics I’ve been exploring of the large good shed (called a goods station on the Finn Valley Railway Act 1872 plans.
Can anyone please help? It might not even be a railway photo, but contain the buildings in the background.
The photo is an extract from a much bigger panoramic view taken from the old CDRJC bridge that crossed the GNR(I) line. It’s on the National Library of Ireland website. I had to enlarge the image on the site to get that small piece of the picture. It’s dated 1965. I think it’s after closure.
I’d really like to get photos of the yard and it’s buildings. Also, I can’t find any aerial photos of Strabane station and it’s surroundings. Does anyone know of any?
I have recently obtained really good 1:1056 scale (no I haven’t left a zero off that) 1883 OS town plan of the station. It has allowed more accurate dimensions to be measured for the good shed. See updated drawings.
The 3rd image shows the good shed arrangement shown on the 1872 Plan accompanying a Parliamentary Bill. Clearly, the shed was developed in stages over time. The photo of the building clearly shows what look like different stages of development. This seems to be confirmed by the 2 plans.
The extract from the 1864 Griffith’s Valuation map shows what might just be the higher structure seen in the photo.
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Does anyone have a photo or photos that show the GNR(I) goods yard and its buildings? I’ve attached a close up of notes showing the goods yard. Also schematics I’ve been exploring of the large good shed (called a goods station on the Finn Valley Railway Act 1872 plans.
Can anyone please help? It might not even be a railway photo, but contain the buildings in the background.
The photo is an extract from a much bigger panoramic view taken from the old CDRJC bridge that crossed the GNR(I) line. It’s on the National Library of Ireland website. I had to enlarge the image on the site to get that small piece of the picture. It’s dated 1965. I think it’s after closure.
I’d really like to get photos of the yard and it’s buildings. Also, I can’t find any aerial photos of Strabane station and it’s surroundings. Does anyone know of any?
I have recently obtained really good 1:1056 scale (no I haven’t left a zero off that) 1883 OS town plan of the station. It has allowed more accurate dimensions to be measured for the good shed. See updated drawings.
The 3rd image shows the good shed arrangement shown on the 1872 Plan accompanying a Parliamentary Bill. Clearly, the shed was developed in stages over time. The photo of the building clearly shows what look like different stages of development. This seems to be confirmed by the 2 plans.
The extract from the 1864 Griffith’s Valuation map shows what might just be the higher structure seen in the photo.
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