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Covent Garden was opened by the Great Northern, Piccadilly & Brompton Railway on 15 December 1906 fitted with a 12 lever 'B' Style frame. An additional push button panel was installed on 13 May 1962 to control a crossover at Kings Cross (Piccadilly line).

The box was closed on 13 October 1979 and the frame was moved to the Kidderminster Railway Museum.
Covent Garden signal frame taken in 2005, with its Westinghouse Brake and Signal Co. Ltd style 'B' miniature power lever frame in Severn Valley Railway Museum photograph 1
Attached is a picture taken at Kidderminster Railway museum after the lever frame and diagram had been preserved. Picture by kind permission of Copyright © Peter Burke 2006
Covent Garden signal frame taken in 2005, with its Westinghouse Brake and Signal Co. Ltd style 'B' miniature power lever frame in Severn Valley Railway Museum photograph 2
The frame is a Westinghouse Style 'B' Power Frame and was mechanically interlocked between levers with electrical lever locking, The frame was formed of 1 x 12 way section which making a total of 12 levers
Picture by kind permission of Copyright © Peter Burke 2006
Covent Garden signal frame taken in 2005, with its Westinghouse Brake and Signal Co. Ltd style 'B' miniature power lever frame in Severn Valley Railway Museum photograph 3
Detail photograph of the diagram located above the levers in the museum, Picture by kind permission of Peter Burke Copyright © Peter Burke 2006
.Covent garden rear contact assembly
This is the electrical rotationg contact assembly switches, looking though the glass, the contacts are located horizontaly behind the levers behind the diagram. Picture courtsey of © Mark Adlington 2009.
Covent garrden ear contact assembly
This is the electrical rotationg contact assembly switches, looking though the glass, the contacts are located horizontaly behind the levers behind the diagram. Picture courtsey of © Mark Adlington 2009.
Copyright © Mark Adlington 2009
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