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Ann Leighton
Ann Leighton for 24 years was the crossing keeper of the railway crossing on the Perth side of the North Fremantle station. Over time, it came to be known as Leighton's Crossing—after her, not her husband, John, who was a railway ganger. The station (which no longer exists), beach and the locality also acquired the same name.
References and links
Signalling WA page.
Note: a crossing keeper is to be distinguished from a crossing sweeper.
This page incorporates material from Garry Gillard's Freotopia website, that he started in 2014 and the contents of which he donated to Wikimedia Australia in 2024. The content was originally created on 19 June, 2023 and hosted at freotopia.org/people/leightonann.html (it was last updated on 22 October, 2023). The donated data is also preserved in the Internet Archive's collection.