LMS Route: Rugby to Wolverhampton
Stechford: lnwrstfd4045b
Close up of image 'lnwrstfd4045' showing the gated staircase
from the up platforms to the Booking Office located at street level. The
Booking Office and all platform buildings were constructed from timber, a
surprising material given the inherent risk of fire associated with the embers
being ejected from passing locomotives. At the rear of the Booking Office,
which straddled both island platforms, was the connecting corridor forming the
bridge between the two staircases. From the above view it would appear that a
narrow catwalk was fixed to the outside of the Booking Office with a handrail
in order to allow the windows to be cleaned periodically, much as was the
practice with signal cabins.
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