EAW043876 ENGLAND (1952). Aldenham Reservoir, Elstree, 1952. This image was marked by Aerofilms Ltd for photo editing.

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Pennawd [EAW043876] Aldenham Reservoir, Elstree, 1952. This image was marked by Aerofilms Ltd for photo editing.
Cyfeirnod EAW043876
Dyddiad 11-June-1952
Dolen
Enw lle ELSTREE
Plwyf ELSTREE AND BOREHAMWOOD
Ardal
Gwlad ENGLAND
Dwyreiniad / Gogleddiad 516718, 195313
Hydred / Lledred -0.31295333002871, 51.644020718867
Cyfeirnod Grid Cenedlaethol TQ167953

Pinnau

Tylers Way. The M1 Motorway now runs parallel just to the North at this point.

totoro
Wednesday 7th of January 2015 01:11:53 PM
Aldenham Reservoir Built by the Grand Union Canal Company to control the water levels in the River Colne following the construction of the Grand Union Canal. It was hand dug by French prisoners of war between 1795 and 1797. It is the source of the stream, Tykes Water.

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Wednesday 7th of January 2015 01:10:20 PM
Watford Road

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Wednesday 7th of January 2015 01:08:39 PM
Aldenham Bus Overhaul Works The main London Transport Bus overhaul works. Actually located on the edge of Elstree, and not Aldenham despite being officially called Aldenham Works. Originally bought for the Northern line extension to Bushey Heath and almost complete at the outbreak of World War II, the railway extension works stopped. The site was used as an aircraft factory, for Handley Page Halifax bombers. After the war the Northern line plan was finally dropped in September 1949. The site was then developed for bus overhaul - much needed after the war years. The construction began in 1952 and the existing buildings were extended and converted into a bus overhaul works over a 53.3-acre (216,000 m2) site: Aldenham Works. Part of the works site was leased to British Leyland as a repair and spares storage centre. Although the site was used for repair work and preparation of new buses before 1956, the official opening was on 30 October 1956, when it had a staff of 1,800. At its peak fifty buses per week received overhaul. To save wasting road tax, London Transport had special dispensation to re-register their buses so that the registration of a vehicle arriving for overhaul would be taken off and given to the next vehicle to leave the works after overhaul. The Country buses were taken from London Transport in 1970, and by 1985 economies produced a rethink on the three-five yearly overhaul policy (preventative maintenance gave way to allowing buses to fail in service before repair work) and the workflow shrank. More modern bus bodies would distort if separated from their chassis and the basic concept of the works overhaul system had gone. Buses requiring work could now be off the road for much longer. The works was closed in November 1986. In 1986 bus maintenance moved to Chiswick (which had handled chassis renovations until 1955 when that moved to Aldenham) Demolition took place in 1996 for the Centennial Park business park. The opening ten minutes of the film Summer Holiday took place at the works.

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Wednesday 7th of January 2015 01:00:26 PM