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"N U"   CABIN   -   "N U"   TOWER

SIGNAL STATION "NU" OPENED IN 1918 AT THE EAST END OF BAY RIDGE YARD.

OCTOBER 18, 1918 EMPLOYE TIME TABLE NUMBER 88




BY MAY 23, 1928 NU TOWER HAD REPLACED NU CABIN AND
MANUAL BLOCK RULES WERE IN EFFECT BETWEEN FN AND NU.

FROM EMPLOYE TIME TABLE NUMBER 108




IN 1927 THE BRANCH HAD BEEN ELECTRIFIED.   THE CABIN WAS REPLACED BY
A BRICK TOWER WITH A 24 LEVER SAXBY & FARMER MECHANICAL MACHINE.

HENRY   WILHELM   VISITED   NU   IN   FEBRUARY   AND   NOVEMBER,   1927   AND   DREW   THIS   MAP.



THESE ARE ELECTRICALLY CONTROLLED SIGNALS NUMBERS ONE, TWO AND THREE.
SWITCH AND DERAIL NUMBER SEVEN - LOCKED BY LEVER NUMBER SIX - ARE AT THE LEFT.


THE PIPELINE FROM THE TOWER FOR DERAIL SEVEN AND LOCK SIX ARE SEEN HERE


IN THE DISTANCE CAN BE SEEN THE CLUSTER OF PIPES COMING FROM THE TOWER






IN 1932 THE SWITCHES WERE MADE HAND THROWN AND THE TOWER WAS CLOSED.



IN 1938 THE ABANDONED TOWER STILL STOOD, MUCH VANDALIZED.