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GWR Route: North Warwickshire Line

Bordesley Shed: gwrbg-shed1959

Schematic drawing showing doors of the 1854 broad gauge Birmingham Engine House at Bordesley

Schematic drawing showing doors of the 1854 broad gauge Birmingham Engine House at Bordesley. The doors were attached by hinges to cast iron columns. Sketched by RS Potts in 1997 for the Broad Gauge Society's Magazine, the above elevation was part of a drawing (the other two parts being 'gwrbg-shed1958' and 'gwrbg-shed1956') notes that the original drawing was prepared in the Engineers Office at Paddington and were signed ER for CS, dated April 1 1854 and traced at Fluyder Street. RS Potts further records Public Record Office, Kew, RAIL 252/95.

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