Wellwood Siding Signal Box
Location type
Name and dates
Wellwood Siding Signal Box (1878-1927)Opened on the Muirkirk Branch (Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway).
Description
This signal box controlled a siding on the south side of the line, served from the west. The siding formerly served Wellwood Pit by reversal. This pit was to the south and on higher ground.
To the south were a network of small mines which were connected with the Muirkirk Iron Works.
All of this was obliterated with the Powharnal Opencast development.
Tags
9External links
Canmore site recordNLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
| Nearby stations Muirkirk [1st] Muirkirk [2nd] Cairntable Halt Cronberry Lugar Commondyke Cumnock [2nd] Glenbuck Cumnock [1st] Auchinleck New Cumnock Catrine Loudounhill Drumclog Inches | Wellwood Pit Wellwood Iron stone mine Wellwood Pits Powharnal Opencast Extension Powharnal Row Powharnal Drift Mine Wellwood Opencast Disposal Centre Sidings Powharnal Opencast Tarrioch Iron Works Wellwood Shed Pits Pits Kaimes Colliery Tourist/other Wellwood Signal Box [2nd] Wellwood No 1 Pit Signal Box |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
