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Signal box nameplate on display at Chasewater
On 12 April 1905 the renewal of the interlocking frame and point and signal connections at Buildwas was authorised at a cost of £692.<ref>[[Bibliography#Books|Marshall (1989)]] p. 133.</ref>
In November 1923 the two signal boxes at Buildwas were replaced by a central signal box. This was a GWR Type 7D brick signal box with a 66-lever frame.<ref>Signal Box Register, Volume 1: Great Western, revised 2011 edition, Signalling Record Society (plus correction sheet #9 )</ref> A new 113 lever frame was brought into use on 9 December 1931 to handle the new layout and connections into the Power Station sidings.<ref>[[Bibliography#Books|Vanns(1998)]] p. 35.</ref> It was then the largest box on the Severn Valley Branch; the more remote points were motorised. <ref>[[Bibliography#Books|Marshall (1989)]] p. 134.</ref>
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Buildwas box closed on 15 March 1964.<ref>[[Bibliography#Books|Marshall (1989)]] p. 133.</ref>A Buildwas Signal Box nameplate is on display at the [https://www.chasewaterrailway.co.uk/museum/ Chasewater Railway Museum].
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