Digital Photograph - Railway Crossing, New & Dendy Streets, Brighton, 1964

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Description Of Content:: View of the signal box and boom gates of a railway crossing, which are closed to allow a red suburban train through. The signal box is buff brown. Two cars are waiting to be let through the gates.

Railway crossing at New and Dendy Streets, Brighton, December 1964. Marlene Austin had come back for Christmas to visit her family. This was one of the last Christmases spent there for many years. The signal box has now been demolished.
Acquisition Information:: Copied from Mrs Marlene Austin, 2006
Acknowledgement:: Contributed by Mrs Marlene Austin

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Themes this item is part of:	Transport Collection, Melbourne's Biggest Family Album Collection
Primary Classification:	RAIL TRANSPORT
Secondary Classification:	Railway Infrastructure - Permanent Way
Tertiary Classification:	level crossings
Inscriptions:	New/Dendy St rail crossing Dec 64
Format:	Digital Still Image: Colour; Tiff
Place & Date Depicted:	Brighton, Victoria, Australia, Dec 1964 Place Depicted Notes: Corner of New and Dendy Streets.
Photographer:	Mrs Marlene Austin