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Oil burning signal lantern at Hamworthy


Signal Lantern. Signal Lantern.

Image 1: Signal lantern being refilled and trimmed on the Hamworthy Goods branch face of the Down platform.

Image 2: Front view of signal lantern sitting on milepost 116 at West end of Down platform.

Signal Lantern. Signal Lantern. Signal Lantern.

Image 3: Side view of signal lantern sitting on milepost 116 at West end of Down platform.

Image 4: Rear view of signal lantern sitting on milepost 116 at West end of Down platform.

Image 5: Signal lantern being re-fitted to the Hamworthy Goods branch reception signal. The last full size semaphore with an oil burning lantern on the Waterloo - Weymouth mainline. (Still in use April 2003)

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