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This lovely old picture popped up on Facebook today. The text tells the tale. What took my eye though was the water crane at the end of the platform. The location is Skipton and that is where what are now Settle's two water cranes came from - see several earlier posts.
We have few pictures of the water cranes in situ at Skipton but this is unlikely to be bettered.
There it stands forlornly, a soon to be obsolete relic of the steam age, alongside the shape of things to come. The S&C's trains look much the same today - charmless boxes on wheels.
On the right of the picture are catch points to deflect any runaway train away from the down main line.
Well, the water cranes have survived but I bet the train hasn't.
On the right of the picture are catch points to deflect any runaway train away from the down main line.
Well, the water cranes have survived but I bet the train hasn't.
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