File:The White House, Corporation Street, and Whitehouse Bridges - geograph.org.uk - 1455863.jpg

English: The White House, Corporation Street, and Whitehouse Bridges. The White House, on the right in this view, was a public house, with accommodation. It was built in 1841 by Rowdens of Highworth, Wiltshire, on the corner of Corporation Street and Station Road. Originally it was called the Queens Arms Inn. In later decades, up to the end of its life, it was called The White House. Being near the town's main railway station (Swindon used to have two), it was popular with rail travellers in its earlier years. During its last years, however, as the area declined, the pub had rather a mixed reputation. It eventually closed and then later it was demolished in December 2002. Today the site is occupied by flats.

Straight ahead are what were known as Whitehouse Bridges. These were a series of railway bridges carrying various railway lines across Corporation Street. Today only the one in the foreground survives. Because the headroom was only 10 foot 3 inches, literally hundreds of vehicles have got stuck under them. Mainly lorries and double deck buses. This situation continues today, despite every sort of notice and warning having been used to try and stop people driving tall vehicles on this route. View from the other end:- 1480143.

A technical note - this picture has been submitted because of its historic interest. Unfortunately the quality is poor because it had to be scanned, of necessity, from a small print. In turn this originated from a tiny 13mm x 17mm negative, taken on a 110 size cartridge film camera, and using Kodak's rather grainy Verichrome Pan film!