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Strata Florida Signal Box, Strata Florida Railway Station, Ystrad Meurig

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NPRN421794
Map ReferenceSN76NW
Grid ReferenceSN7109867073
Unitary (Local) AuthorityCeredigion
Old CountyCardiganshire
CommunityYstrad Meurig
Type Of SiteSIGNAL BOX
PeriodPost Medieval
Description
Strata Florida Signal Box is a Saxby & Farmer type 12b design, built for the Manchester & Milford Railway Company in 1895. It is a two storey structure under a pitched slated roof, with an external wooden access stairway to the passenger platform. The box has been dismantled and is currently stored locally awaiting re-erection.
Sources include: Peter Kay, Signalling Atlas and Signal Box Directory (Third Edition), Signalling Record Society, Wallasey, 2010; Network Rail, Signal Box Register (undated). For further information on the types and designs of signal boxes see: The Signalling Study Group, The Signal Box - A Pictorial History and Guide to Designs, OPC, 1986.

B.A.Malaws, RCAHMW, 02 September 2016.