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LMS Route: Rugby to Wolverhampton

Stechford: lnwrstfd2850b

Close up showing the station's down platform and the array of gas lanterns and lamp posts used to light the station

Close up of image 'lnwrstfd2850' showing the station's down platform and the array of gas lanterns and lamp posts used to light the station. The use of gas for lighting stations was a late 19th century development and was very much dependent upon access to a suitable supply, something which was not too problematic for Stechford being part of the fast expanding urban sprawl of Birmingham. The booking office rear wall appears to have a walk way with handrails running at window sill level of the type found at signal cabins and boxes. This was to allow staff to gain access to the windows so that they could be cleaned.

Photographer - George E Lewis

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