EPW048641 ENGLAND (1935). Railway sidings and adjacent housing, Crumpsall, 1935

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Wilton Road

Sinclair Avenue

Boardman Road

Ardern Road

Crumpsall Lane

The shadow between the two tracks is the shielded side contact third rail, which has wooden planking over the top and on the far side. There is a visible break in the electrified rail just to the left pf this pin - the trains had multiple pickups and could cope with such a small break. To the right of the break the electrified rail has switched to the outside of the tracks. As pick ups were on each side of the carriages, the electric third rail could also be on either side of the track. In stations they were both on the middle of the two tracks.

Crumpsall Station on the Railway line, Manchester Victoria (to the left) to Bury (to the right). This was an unusual early electrified line with side contact third rail. Now operated by Manchester Metrolink as a tram line with overhead wires. The sidings have gone.

St Mary, St. Mary's Hall Road, Crumpsall. Founded in 1839. The first church was built on the site in 1839, but destroyed by fire after being struck by lightning on 4th January 1872. This later church was demolished around 1977 and the site is now occupied by housing. The roads around the site recall the church - St Marys Hall Road, Parsonage Street, Rectory Road, Rectory Avenue.