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1911 Irish Railway Strike

  • 05-11-2014 8:41pm
    #1
    Judgement Day
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    Came across this interesting German postcard online tonight. Is this Kingsbridge/Heuston station?

    1911%2BRailway%2BStrike.jpg

    More about the unsuccessful strike here: http://1913committee.ie/blog/?p=80


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  • #2
    Losty Dublin
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    Judgement Day wrote: »
    Came across this interesting German postcard online tonight. Is this Kingsbridge/Heuston station?

    1911%2BRailway%2BStrike.jpg

    It's not the Bridge; it's cabin was well away from the platform and train shed. Even so, it was a lot bigger than the cabin pictured. The key may well be in identifying which company used a six wheeler with an observation post as seen in the photo.


  • #3
    interlocked
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    Jusr looking at the 25 inch map on the OSI site and it looks to be the Military platform in Kingsbridge, there was a cabin located at the end of it adjacent to where the Guiness line came in through the wall, the signals also look to be in the correct position.

    The main cabin was on the down side of Islandbridge juncrion at the throat of the Gullet

    http://maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V1,713364,734136,7,9

    What do ye think?


  • #4
    Judgement Day
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    That was my thought too. :)


  • #5
    ClovenHoof
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    Look at the size of the Hueston goods shed on the map!

    Any photos of that?


  • #6
    Grandeeod
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    ClovenHoof wrote: »
    Look at the size of the Hueston goods shed on the map!

    Any photos of that?


    Whatever about the goods shed, further exploration of that map, reveals all those tram lines. Dublin had a fantastic public transport system before the car and before the city decided to let the car dominate.


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  • #7
    whisky_galore
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    Rolling stock looks antiquated even by 1911 standards. Probably 1850's/1860's vintage?


  • #8
    Qualitymark
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    Where is the 'military platform' - is it still there?

    Incidentally, I've posted a question over on the History forum about this strike; am wondering if there's anyone with a personal connection to the strike, and with memories of it. I'm curious as to what the demands of the strikers were, in terms of pay, working hours, etc. This union seems to have been more or less syndicalist, unusually in a highly class-divided profession like railwaymen.


  • #9
    Grandeeod
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    Qualitymark wrote: »
    Where is the 'military platform' - is it still there?

    Incidentally, I've posted a question over on the History forum about this strike; am wondering if there's anyone with a personal connection to the strike, and with memories of it. I'm curious as to what the demands of the strikers were, in terms of pay, working hours, etc. This union seems to have been more or less syndicalist, unusually in a highly class-divided profession like railwaymen.

    Its still there and was renovated along with the rest of Heuston station. Its platform 1 and is used by commuter trains to Kildare/Portlaoise.


  • #10
    ALS
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    There is also a siding beside platform 1 called the MOW ( military of way )

    Grandeeod wrote: »
    Its still there and was renovated along with the rest of Heuston station. Its platform 1 and is used by commuter trains to Kildare/Portlaoise.


  • #11
    Grandeeod
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    ALS wrote: »
    There is also a siding beside platform 1 called the MOW ( military of way )

    I genuinely didn't know that. Is it true?


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