Barnstaple, From Above The Railway Station 1874
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Our earliest view of Junction station. A carriage shed is to the left. The shaded area beyond the road will become the Ilfracombe railway. Several sailing vessels stand at Barnstaple Quay. Gas street lighting is already in place on the station approach road, but not on the Bideford road which leaves to the left.

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The building on the left is a carriage shed, used for holding spare passenger vehicles under cover. It is from the North Devon Railway in the 1850s and still appears to have broad gauge track (7ft gauge - not removed until 1877) laid into it. Access was by means of a small turntable just off the picture to the left. The Ilfracombe Railway is being built - the low embankment can just be seen with what appears to be ...see more