Designation - Electrification Mast Plaque (26.6.09)
Posted on 11.08.2009
An electrification mast plaque has been designated. It was the first mast to carry overhead wires for the electrification of the East Coast Main Line, at Peterborough, on 7th February 1987.
THE FIRST MAST TO CARRY OVERHEAD WIRES
FOR ELECTRIFICATION OF THE EAST COAST
MAIN LINE WAS PLANTED AT PETERBOROUGH
ON 7TH FEBRUARY 1985. EXACTLY 2 YEARS
LATER, ON 7TH FEBRUARY 1987, THIS
12,000TH MAST WAS PUT IN PLACE BY
THE PRIME MINISTER
THE RT HON MARGARET THATCHER M.P.
TO MARK THE COMPLETION OF ONE THIRD OF
THE TOTAL PROJECT AND THE START OF
WORK IN THE YORK AREA.
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