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monument Word or Phrase:AIR RAID PRECAUTIONS SIGNAL BOX *  
Definition:A brick built railway signal box, usually with a reinforced correct roof, designed to minimize the effects of blast damage from aerial bombardment and thus protect the signalling equipment.

monument Word or Phrase:SIGNAL BOX *  
Definition:A building on a railway system housing levers used to regulate trains on the tracks using signals and to change the points to enable a train to transfer from one track to another.

* Copyright of English Heritage (1999)

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