Just a thought , could the station have been just temporary platforms on the main line .A station in the grounds would have required run round loops for locos & temporary signaling. The line does pass close to exhibition rd, it would only be a short walk from there.
And here they are....
The 1:500 OS of late 1880's shows disused platforms
Extract from 1905 revision of OS showing a general view of the same site
In later years Edge Hill No.13 was renamed Exhibition Junction although the box that carried the name was a replacement in 1929(ish) for the one shown on the map and was nearer Crawfords factory.
The bit that always troubled me is the old formation leading towards the site. In later years the council had sidings here and I had assumed there had been some earlier also and then I looked at my images of the model of Edge Hill in the National Railway Museum and noticed almost in a state of shock.........
The model shows the exhibition and the formation was indeed sidings leading in to the complex I assume for loading/unloading exhibits!!!
Mike
Great find Mike, that model railway with the exhibition, great pic.
It is, indeed.
As is the 1880s map.
Is that in the Record Office, Mike, because I checked the 1889 OS, which is similar to the 1905 OS (without showing evidence of a station).
That drawing is good, but I think the railway running right down the side is a bit of artistic licence.
Great plan, Ged.
Signs of a mis-spent youth in the RO.
I think the lines into the exhibition are 'goods only' and the station was as sketched on the map. A couple of reasons for this -
1. Station appears to have been known as Exhibition Road (see Ged's map)
2. The Liverpool Mercury in it's article about the arrival of the Queen talks about the station near the exhibition and who's platform adjoins the roadway. It goes on to say the queen kept heir veil raised until she passed the exhibition on route to her temporary residence in Newsham House.
Mike
Last edited by mikewturner; 04-08-2008 at 09:07 PM.
The reason for her staying at the Judges' Lodgings (Newsham House) was because she opened the Exhibition.
From the "Annals of Liverpool".
Exhibition (Shipperies). Queen Victoria in Liverpool to open the "International Exhibition of Navigation", Edge Lane Estate. 11 May 1886.
Thanks for the reference for the map.
Last edited by PhilipG; 04-08-2008 at 08:50 PM.
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