Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/02/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Feb 24, 2014, at 5:15 PM, Douglas Barry wrote: > George, the wall is the original boundary wall of Bray railway station > which was built in 1854. Its 160th birthday is on the 10th July this year. > Don't whether the wall is actually that old as the line was extended > southwards to Greystones in 1855, but it is no younger than 1855. So it's > probably 159 years old, but might be 160... > > The original line from Dublin to Dun Laoghaire was the third oldest > railway in the world (and the first commuter line in the world) when it > first opened in 1834, and it in turn was extended to Dalkey using the > tracks of the Dalkey Atmospheric Railway (the first of of its type in the > world too) and then to Bray over the next twenty years. > > Wikipedia has a bit on it. > > Things are very old around here - me especially.... Thank you so much Douglas. I so love fine old stonework. Built to last by skilled craftsmen. Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist