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Depot Sign

Photograph courtesy TSA (Newton).

This Crafers Depot sign was installed when the Depot opened in 1965 for the construction of the South Eastern Freeway. Measuring 3.0 x 0.60 m, it is an example of the labour intensive technology of the 1960s featuring raised lettering on the steel backing.

The Crafers Depot opened with the construction of the South Eastern Freeway in 1965, and closed in 1996 when it was amalgamated with the Depot at Littlehampton. The longest standing supervisor at Crafers was Mr Ray Sampson. The depot employed between thirty and thirty-five people until the freeway was completed. Apart from general road maintenance the depot was responsible for cutting the grass verges, maintaining sight lines at junctions and minimising fire hazards. Contractors are now employed for many of these tasks. Today the wider application of sealed road shoulders reduces the need for labour intensive routine edge maintenance.

This sign was later replaced with a conventional Highways Department sign manufactured from retro-reflective sheeting.

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