MT 95/989 - Revision history

Chris5156: New header

2011-01-21T03:24:27Z

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	~~\|'''Location'''~~		\| title = Motorway signalling: emergency light signals on M4 including Severn Bridge; arrangements for supply, installation and maintenance
	~~\|[[National Archives]]~~		\| daterange = 1966-1967
	\|-		\| nacatref = 7775430
	~~\|'''Title'''~~		\| series = MT
	\|Motorway signalling: emergency light signals on M4 including Severn Bridge; arrangements for supply, installation and maintenance		\| subseries = 95
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	~~\|'''Date range'''~~
	\|1966-1967
	\|-
	\|~~'''Catalogue'''~~
	\|~~[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/displaycataloguedetails.asp?CATLN=6&CATID~~=~~7775430 See entry]~~
	\|}

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2009-02-01T18:46:42Z

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Chris5156: Removed reference to details that are actually found in MT 95/987.

2008-12-28T23:58:47Z

Removed reference to details that are actually found in MT 95/987.

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	This one should rightly be filed under "brilliant information completely mislabelled" - a bulging category at the National Archives as much as anywhere. The file title promises information on an early signalling system installed on the Severn Bridge in the mid-1960s, and indeed the Motorway Archive Trust records very early prototypes of the Mk1 VMS signals (the type usually found in the central reserve of rural motorways) being trialled there. This is what any sane person would expect to find there.		This one should rightly be filed under "brilliant information completely mislabelled" - a bulging category at the National Archives as much as anywhere. The file title promises information on an early signalling system installed on the Severn Bridge in the mid-1960s, and indeed the Motorway Archive Trust records very early prototypes of the Mk1 VMS signals (the type usually found in the central reserve of rural motorways) being trialled there. This is what any sane person would expect to find there.

	In fact the file spends most of its time talking about the emergency telephone system on the Bridge and spends page after interminable page prattling on about this. The few scant references to emergency signalling systems seem to be something to do with closing the bridge in high winds - not the purpose of those experimental Mk1's - but there is so little information that it's hard to tell what was installed to this end, if anything. The reader is left with the impression that lights were installed to halt traffic at the Aust toll booths if the bridge was closed due to high winds, but even that is very much speculative.		In fact the file spends most of its time talking about the emergency telephone system on the Bridge and spends page after interminable page prattling on about this.

	The real joy here is a set of photographs tucked away at the back that show the Severn Bridge under construction, some of which are breathtaking, shot from the top of one of its towers before the road deck was in place. The view of the other tower in the far distance, connected only by a pair of cables, is quite remarkable, and well worth getting the file out on its own. Heaven only knows what the photos are doing in here.		The real joy here is a set of photographs tucked away at the back that show the Severn Bridge under construction, some of which are breathtaking, shot from the top of one of its towers before the road deck was in place. The view of the other tower in the far distance, connected only by a pair of cables, is quite remarkable, and well worth getting the file out on its own. Heaven only knows what the photos are doing in here.

Chris5156: New page: Category:Subseries MT 95Category:Misfiled {| |'''Location''' |National Archives |- |'''Title''' |Motorway signalling: emergency light signals on M4 including Severn Bridge; arr...

2008-12-28T23:57:40Z

New page: Category:Subseries MT 95 Category:Misfiled {| |'''Location''' |National Archives |- |'''Title''' |Motorway signalling: emergency light signals on M4 including Severn Bridge; arr...

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[[Category:Subseries MT 95]][[Category:Misfiled]]
{|
|'''Location'''
|[[National Archives]]
|-
|'''Title'''
|Motorway signalling: emergency light signals on M4 including Severn Bridge; arrangements for supply, installation and maintenance
|-
|'''Date range'''
|1966-1967
|-
|'''Catalogue'''
|[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/displaycataloguedetails.asp?CATLN=6&CATID=7775430 See entry]
|}

==Context==
This one should rightly be filed under "brilliant information completely mislabelled" - a bulging category at the National Archives as much as anywhere. The file title promises information on an early signalling system installed on the Severn Bridge in the mid-1960s, and indeed the Motorway Archive Trust records very early prototypes of the Mk1 VMS signals (the type usually found in the central reserve of rural motorways) being trialled there. This is what any sane person would expect to find there.

In fact the file spends most of its time talking about the emergency telephone system on the Bridge and spends page after interminable page prattling on about this. The few scant references to emergency signalling systems seem to be something to do with closing the bridge in high winds - not the purpose of those experimental Mk1's - but there is so little information that it's hard to tell what was installed to this end, if anything. The reader is left with the impression that lights were installed to halt traffic at the Aust toll booths if the bridge was closed due to high winds, but even that is very much speculative.

The real joy here is a set of photographs tucked away at the back that show the Severn Bridge under construction, some of which are breathtaking, shot from the top of one of its towers before the road deck was in place. The view of the other tower in the far distance, connected only by a pair of cables, is quite remarkable, and well worth getting the file out on its own. Heaven only knows what the photos are doing in here.

==People with camera copies==
[[User:Chris5156|Chris Marshall]] has a partial copy, mainly of the Severn Bridge photos.