Lot 44
A CAST IRON LNER RAILWAY SEAT BACK SIGN
'CORNHILL', CIRCA
Scottish Silver & Applied Arts
Auction: 15 August 2018 at 11:00 BST
£450
Description
of rounded rectangular form with bullnose moulding, cast in relief CORNHILL, later paintwork to front only
Dimensions
70.5cm x 10.7cm
Footnote
Note: Cornhill railway station was an intermediate station on the Great North of Scotland Railway (GNoSR) line from Cairnie Junction to Tillynaught.
Opened in 1859 by the Banff, Portsoy and Strathisla Railway, it was absorbed by the GNoSR in 1867 until grouping in 1923, passing into British Railways ownership in 1948. Passenger and freight services were withdrawn in May 1968 although most of the station buildings are still in existence.