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- 28 Aug 2008 08:41
- Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
- Topic: Milk Machines
- Replies: 23
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Milk Machines
Hi I just wondered if anyone remembers using these old milk vending machines, which used to occupy many street corners up until the 1970's http://www.coldal.org/images/remember/milk.jpg They contained ice cold half pint tetrapaks of milk, and also that great staple of summer, the 'Jubbly' http://3.b...
- 23 May 2008 16:46
- Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
- Topic: Croydon Canal revisited
- Replies: 19
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- 9 May 2008 15:30
- Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
- Topic: Req info: view of Anerley Hill and Crystal Palace
- Replies: 24
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- 9 May 2008 11:18
- Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
- Topic: Req info: view of Anerley Hill and Crystal Palace
- Replies: 24
- Views: 35169
I am intrigued by all this...
I just realised I posted that first image on flickr in February...
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2093/225 ... 915f_o.jpg
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I just realised I posted that first image on flickr in February...
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2093/225 ... 915f_o.jpg
??????
- 9 May 2008 11:09
- Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
- Topic: Croydon Canal exposed!!! (Anerley, Penge)
- Replies: 6
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I've been checking some new maps of the Canal, supplied by Steve... I reckon there was a small mooring/wharf directly south of the swing bridge at the Dartmouth Arms..perhaps just long enough for 2 or 3 narrowboats, roughly where the pub Yard is...perhaps the recently exposed bank constituted part o...
- 30 Apr 2008 19:38
- Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
- Topic: The Crystal Palace Pneumatic Railway
- Replies: 76
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- 30 Apr 2008 10:26
- Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
- Topic: The Crystal Palace Pneumatic Railway
- Replies: 76
- Views: 154484
does anyone know of any photos of Lawrie Park Avenue or the Sydenham gate, contemporary with this railway? ..also, were there any balloon pictures, or wide view panoramas taken of the palace grounds at that time... ...perhaps some photo enhancement might reveal the station or other structure in the ...
- 29 Apr 2008 21:31
- Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
- Topic: The Crystal Palace Pneumatic Railway
- Replies: 76
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speculation (however fanciful) + hard evidence =working theory. I think all the evidence points to some version of Steve's route. ....and as much as I try, I cant see more than one station....at the Sydenham end....I do think the cutting is part of the trench that contained the tunnel...probably dug...
- 29 Apr 2008 13:04
- Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
- Topic: The Crystal Palace Pneumatic Railway
- Replies: 76
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- 28 Apr 2008 22:18
- Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
- Topic: The Crystal Palace Pneumatic Railway
- Replies: 76
- Views: 154484
I've been checking things out. I personally now believe there may only have` been 1 station, and it was where the cutting is., adjacent to the engine house, as shown in the engraving....also, he carriage is described as being blown and sucked, implying power at 1 end only. theres only 1 engine and e...
- 28 Apr 2008 16:54
- Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
- Topic: The Crystal Palace Pneumatic Railway
- Replies: 76
- Views: 154484
...in fact, that would put the north end up near`the gate at Chulsa rd, and certainly agrees with the positioning of the lower engine house and the suction basin. amended from Steve's route.. http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2390/2448790805_14f984dfa0_o.jpg in which case, this would be the site of the...
- 28 Apr 2008 15:51
- Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
- Topic: The Crystal Palace Pneumatic Railway
- Replies: 76
- Views: 154484
I totally agree...push/pull, its all the same..:wink: the`power plant is, however , visible in the engravings, unless there was another one the same at the penge end, which is at least a possibility. I know most atmospheric railways have a pump at both ends, as did the Forest Hill - Norwood atmosphe...
- 28 Apr 2008 08:42
- Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
- Topic: The Crystal Palace Pneumatic Railway
- Replies: 76
- Views: 154484
I'm pretty sure both images are of the sydenham gate station. There would be no need for a turntable. As far as I can tell, the whole train had to be inside the tunnel for the pneumatics to take effect, so would have been pulled into the tunnel at both ends until the seal was complete. If the images...
- 27 Apr 2008 15:18
- Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
- Topic: The Crystal Palace Pneumatic Railway
- Replies: 76
- Views: 154484
- 27 Apr 2008 12:46
- Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
- Topic: The Crystal Palace Pneumatic Railway
- Replies: 76
- Views: 154484
- 24 Apr 2008 14:24
- Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
- Topic: The Crystal Palace Pneumatic Railway
- Replies: 76
- Views: 154484
- 22 Apr 2008 18:28
- Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
- Topic: The Crystal Palace Pneumatic Railway
- Replies: 76
- Views: 154484
- 21 Apr 2008 21:07
- Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
- Topic: The Crystal Palace Pneumatic Railway
- Replies: 76
- Views: 154484
perhaps when the rifle range was built, they dug back into the tunnel to open up the area...just a thought... the adventure playground was somewhere along the area that was sold off*, opposite the bell. its a mystery that there are no comprehensive maps or blueprints (*I was surprised how much of th...
- 20 Apr 2008 17:15
- Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
- Topic: The Crystal Palace Pneumatic Railway
- Replies: 76
- Views: 154484
hi Steve, yep. I reckon you're pretty close there. I did consider the sydenham gate station being in the hilly area by the gate house...it does make sense, from those pictures. here's a rough overlay; http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2344/2428593094_a0d818a5b4_o.jpg ...it seems as if the cutting is fu...
- 20 Apr 2008 10:37
- Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
- Topic: The Crystal Palace Pneumatic Railway
- Replies: 76
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..This is becoming very interesting. I just wanted to suggest an alternative. imagine the station at Sydenham gate being in a cutting, with the tunnel entering the raised ground adjacent to the road...then following a course similar to that marked in blue here; http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3140/24...