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Castlehill Junction, Signal Box

Building (19th Century), Signal Box (19th Century) - (20th Century)

What is recorded here

Castlehill Junction, Signal Box stood at the heart of a busy railway network, guiding trains through North Lanarkshire from the nineteenth century into the twentieth. Its small frame held immense power, deciding which line moved and which waited. The junction likely echoed with wheels, levers and voices, while the operator watched sparks fly past the glass.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Castlehill Junction, Signal Box as Building (19th Century), Signal Box (19th Century) - (20th Century). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

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