Signal Boxes: Introductions to Heritage Assets

by John Minnis

We have a rich heritage of railway buildings, some over 180 years old. This guide gives an overview of one of the most distinctive types, the signal box. These evolved at the beginning of the 1860s from huts and towers housing railway policemen. They comprised an elevated and well-glazed operating room with levers controlling points and signals, and a locking room below with the lower part of the lever frame.

As with stations, the different...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1848024533
• ISBN13: 9781848024533
• Release Date: December 2016
• Publisher: Historic England
• Length: 25 Pages