Royal Mail train TPO traveling Post Office north from Warrington Bank Quay Station, England,UK

Royal Mail train TPO traveling Post Office north from Warrington Bank Quay Station, England,UK Stock Photo
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Contributor:

Tony Smith

Image ID:

H19DHB

File size:

57.1 MB (1.7 MB Compressed download)

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Dimensions:

5472 x 3648 px | 46.3 x 30.9 cm | 18.2 x 12.2 inches | 300dpi

Date taken:

22 September 2016

Location:

Warrington Bank Quay, Cheshire, England, UK

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. An identifiable period record of Warrington Bank Quay, Cheshire, England, UK in 2016, retaining practical detail and local context that distinguish documentary photography from a generic illustration. The frame specifically shows Royal Mail train TPO traveling Post Office north from Warrington Bank Quay Station, England, UK. The setting additionally reflects community identity, before-and-after reference, industrial railway, public transport stop, contemporary social history, rail transport history, historic rolling stock, freight wagon, local character, public realm, bus infrastructure, place identity, mechanical signalling, and trackside history. The modern context includes continuing discussion of regional connectivity, decarbonisation and the contrast between mechanical railway systems and digital signalling. For current editorial use, integrated transport and service frequency provide additional context, especially through how local bus services affect access to work, education and healthcare. The archival value lies partly in recording landscape treatment and surrounding development around Warrington Bank Quay, Cheshire, England, UK before changed technology alters the character of the place. A second descriptive layer includes public-transport wayfinding, surface public transport, local mobility, visual archive, station environment, local history, roadside transit, and changing land use. References to train, Office, Station, traveling, and Royal give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. For Warrington Bank Quay, Cheshire, England, UK, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The location additionally provides evidence of regional connectivity and the contrast between mechanical railway systems and digital signalling without losing the local specificity of Warrington Bank Quay, Cheshire, England, UK.

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