Railway Shed, Halifax


This is a scan from the same strip of negatives I have been featuring this week. Based on clues from its neighbouring shots, it must have been taken in Halifax around 1972. It is clearly an old railway siding, and it could have been in one of two possible locations: either the railway sheds which were then in the process of demolition in the shadows of North Bridge, or the old railway station buildings – some of which still exist – near the junction of South Parade and Water Lane. This is now called Discovery Road (it leads to the back of the Eureka Museum), and I would be delighted to discover whether the photograph was taken there or at North Bridge.

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  1. Hi
    Definitely the North Bridge Goods Shed looking SW towards the Gas Works – you can see the 1960s built gasometer in the distance. The Shaw Syke Goods Sheds (the original Halifax railway station) were never this extensive and had a definite curve.
    Regards
    David Howes

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