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The Telegraph public house was named to commemorate the late 18th century windmill atop Brixton Hill that was adapted by the Admiralty for use as a semaphore signal station immediately after the Napoleonic Wars. It was built in 1896 to the designs of W.M. Bruton, but closed in 2009.Digital image courtesy of Penelope Gretton, 2005.

Details
Collection:	Penelope Gretton Collection
Image type:	Photograph
Artist:	Gretton
Ref:	06100
Identifier:	SPd3942/8/18
Date:	2004

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