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Letter box on Albert Quay

  • 27-07-2013 01:11PM
    #1
    dewdrop
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    This letter box shows its location as "Bandon Railway". Correct long time ago.


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  • #2
    54kroc
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    I had cornflakes for breakfast.


  • #3
    KCAccidental
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    Former terminal station for the bandon railway long time agoooo


  • #4
    becost
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    dewdrop wrote: »
    This letter box shows its location as "Bandon Railway". Correct long time ago.

    My head hurts


  • #5
    ofcork
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    Closed in 1961 but the station on albert quay was open til the 70s.


  • #6
    RoyMcC
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    ofcork wrote: »
    Closed in 1961 but the station on albert quay was open til the 70s.

    What function did it have after 1961?


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  • #7
    KCAccidental
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    RoyMcC wrote: »
    What function did it have after 1961?

    I think it was used to load fertilizer on goods trains. the trains then used to run on the street via a tramway from albert quay to kent station over the old lifting bridges. you can still follow the path the tramway took to this day!

    here's a cool amateur video of it going through the streets in 1975 :)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8OlST8kEBg


  • #8
    ofcork
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    I remember the tracks coming out by the coliseum and across the bridges


  • #9
    Moro Man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 253 ✭✭Moro Man


    dewdrop wrote: »
    This letter box shows its location as "Bandon Railway". Correct long time ago.

    postbox_gr.jpg

    been a while since we've had a king :)


  • #10
    Xantia
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 682 ✭✭✭Xantia


    Back in the day going over the bridges cyclists used to get stuck in the rails and had to follow the track until they slowed down and hopped out of the rail...


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