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GWR Route: Alcester to Hatton Junction

Claverdon Station: gwrc872a

Close up of the unloading of manure from a GW open wagon on to a two wheel cart on the wharf

Close up of image 'gwr872' shows the unloading of manure from a GW open wagon on to a two wheel cart on the wharf. It has been suggested that the material being unloaded is not manure but 'Kelp' better known as seaweed. Apparently farmers, even in the early 1900s, used Kelp to alter the nature of soil and improve its moisture. The debate is not was it used, because there is plenty of evidence supporting it was by coastal farmers, but whether it was transported by rail to farmers much further inland. Note the advertisements on the station building wall behind ‘Daily Chronicle’ and ‘Linseed Cake’ animal feed.

Robert Ferris

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