Cove Quarry Signal Box
Location type
Name and dates
Cove Quarry Signal BoxOpened on the Caledonian Railway.
Description
This signal box, on the south side of the line, controlled access to two quarry sidings.
To the west, on the north side of the line, a siding ran to Annanlea Quarry. Approach was from the east.
To the east, on the south side of the line was a siding to a works, Cove Quarries. This was approached from the west. From here a siding turned south, crossed the Kirtle Water to reach the actual quarries.
The box closed in 1926.
The main line remains open, a double track electrified main line.
Tags
Signal box quarry| Nearby stations Kirkpatrick Kirtlebridge Rigg Eastriggs Wylies Halt Corsehill Halt Gretna Green Gretna Green [1st] Gretna Township Annan Shawhill Gretna [CR] Annan Gretna [NBR] Port Carlisle Ecclefechan | Annanlea Quarry Cove Quarries Nutberry Moss Peat Works Kirtlebridge Viaduct Kirkpatrick Railway Cottages Bonshaw Clay Pit Bonshaw Tile Works Quarry Kirtlebridge Shed Chapelcross Power Station Tourist/other Bruce^s Cave Cove Level Crossing Merkland Cross Kirtlebridge Brick Works Signal Box Stanfield Farm Level Crossing |
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