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Projecting Bracket: Broadstone Station Bridge   

Bracket on N. face of bridge over railway, S. from Broadstone Station [2GL].

Location
Grid reference: SZ 0039 9586.
Landranger 195: Bournemouth & Purbeck, Wimborne Minster & Ringwood.
Structure: Bridge.
Waypoint: PB0079.

Neighbouring Flush Brackets
202 Broadstone, Higher Blandford Road 609.26m to the northwest.
201 Lockyer's School 2.51km to the northwest.
200 Netherwood Mead 3.56km to the north.
G3056 Round Hill Cottages 3.60km to the west.
190 Wimborne, Leigh Road 4.04km to the north.
The nearest fundamental bench mark is Wimborne, 6.84km to the north.

Second Geodetic Levelling, England & Wales (1912-21)
This projecting bracket was used during the Second geodetic levelling, England & Wales, and was levelled with a height of 144.0660 feet [43.9113 metres] above mean sea level (Newlyn datum). It was included on the Southampton to Wimborne - Branch Line [Wimborne to Broadstone] and Wimborne to Dorchester levelling lines. The surveyor's description was Bracket on N. face of bridge over railway, S. from Broadstone Station.

Logged Visits
Logged on 19th July 2008 by PHMB. Condition: Destroyed.
I've got a job to remember when bridge was demolished and replaced with a roundabout but think it was early to mid 1980s
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