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Title: Railway Station, Slough. About 1890 [Go to resource]
Description: A view of the second Slough railway station. The Great Western Railway came to Slough in 1838 but objections from Eton College meant that a station was not built until 1840. The original station became too small to support the needs of a fast growing town and it was rebuilt in 1882. Built of red brick, it has a large central pavilion and two smaller end pavilions. The telegraph poles are a reminder of Slough's place in the history of the telegraph when, in 1843, the first long distance public electric telegraph in daily use was extended from Paddington to Slough. The publisher of this postcard is A. Whitmell, Newsagent & Stationer, 24 High Street, Slough. Format: image/jpeg License: http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=query&p=gateway&f=generic_sitetext%2ehtm&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXMAXHITS_=1&cms_con_core_subtype%3acms_con_text_what=copyright&%3acms_sys_group=%22sopse%22 Subjects: Great Western Railway ; Railways ; Stations
Slough railway station ; A. Whitmell ; Electric magnetic telegraph ; Electric Telegraph Company; Great Western RailwayTemporal: start=1890-01-01; end=1910-12-30; Source: Sense of place SE Identifier: http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... Language: en-GB Format: image/jpeg Go to resource More Like this...
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